The Royals are in the Apple taking on the host Mets with Game One of their weekend series set for Friday night. The Mets will send Luis Severino to the bump with his 0-1 record and his ERA of 3.60 on the season. Severino struggled in his first home start of this young season, giving up six runs in the loss to Milwaukee. Even though he is 3-1 against the Royals, he didn’t pitch well in recent starts against them, giving up thirteen runs in his last three starts. The Royals will send Michael Wacha to the mound with his 1-0 record and his ERA of 2.25 on the season. Wacha is 5-3 against the Mets giving up just ten total runs in his last four starts against them. The Royals have won seven straight games. They’ve been on a roll offensively and scored twenty-eight runs in their last three games. Expect them to play well offensively in this game because they’ve hit the ball well against right-handers this season. The Mets have won five of their last seven games. They have also played well offensively, scoring twenty-nine runs in their last three games. Although they will struggle offensively in this game because they’re batting under .200 against right-handers and Wacha has looked good on the mound for the Royals, giving up only three runs in two starts. The TPR Index projects a run advantage of 1.36 runs in favor of the Royals. The SPMatrix has Wacha with an average of 5.88 compared to Severino who has an average of 4.91. Our next set of metrics looks at the overall Pitchers Power Ratings. Coming into this game and situation Wacha has a rating of 99 while Servino has a rating of 87 with the league average of 100. The SIM Matrix has the Kansas City Royals with a 73.89 percent advantage against the oddsmakers number in tonight’s contest. We are going to back the visitors in New York on Friday night as the Royals continue their solid play and get the first win of the series tonight.
CAJUN-SPORTS FORECAST: Kansas City Royals 4 Texas Rangers 3