MLB
Kansas City Royals @ Baltimore Orioles: Kansas City Royals (to win) /// 2.25
Last bet lost. Corbin Burnes played an incredible game: 8 innings, 5 hits and only 1 run. For any other team in this Play-In that would have been enough to win comfortably, but Baltimore is chockers! A team that with shaky knees can't even score 1 run in 3 innings against Kansas City's back-up pitchers. Why come to the Postseason to lose so desperately at home? That's a rhetorical question. My betting score is NBA 94-110 in favor of unsuccessful, MLB 91-86 in favor of successful, NHL 2-5 in favor of unsuccessful, NFL+NCAAF 3-9 in favor of unsuccessful.
New bet: Kansas City Royals on the road will beat Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd game of the series. Baltimore wasn't even helped by their best pitcher, who pitched a perfect 8 innings! And the bookies are giving the same odds again. I'm shocked, to be honest. In the 2nd game of the series for Baltimore will play Zach Eflin (his ERA this season is “3.59”) and for Kansas City will play their best starting pitcher, Seth Lugo (his ERA this season is “3.00”). I don't think the Royals won thanks to Cole Ragans in the 1st game of the series, as the Orioles offense was helpless against back-up pitchers as well. Kansas City will play better in offense in the 2nd game of the series, as playing 8 innings against Corbin Burnes is always a test for any offense in the League. Especially considering Baltimore will have a choker starting pitcher like the rest of the roster. Zach Eflin also played in the 2nd game of the series in last season's Play-In, but for Tampa Bay Rays against Texas Rangers. And yes, he completely failed, getting 9 hits and 5 runs in 5 innings in a game where his team should not have lost. Similar situation right now. Zach Eflin has played 4 games in his career against the Royals and in his last 3 games he got 14 runs in 14 innings. I think it's obvious here and it's too high probability that he'll fail again. Seth Lugo is one of the most cold-blooded starting pitchers in the League! He never gets nervous. Seth Lugo is like Kawhi Leonard in the context of emotion and professionalism. And in September Seth Lugo has been in incredible shape: he destroyed the Yankees (7 innings, 0 runs), the Guardians (7 innings, 1 run) and the Giants (7 innings, 2 runs) offense, and his ERA was “2.28”. I consider Kansas City Royals the favorite in this game, as Baltimore is again (like last season) unable to contend for anything serious in the Postseason. Bet? Absolutely! 😎😉