{"id":699,"date":"2024-08-17T20:54:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T00:54:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-08-17T20:54:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T00:54:13","slug":"preview-kansas-city-royals-take-on-cincinnati-reds-august-18-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/17\/preview-kansas-city-royals-take-on-cincinnati-reds-august-18-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Kansas City Royals Take On Cincinnati Reds &#8211; August 18, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On August 18, 2024, an intriguing MLB matchup is set as the Kansas City Royals clash with the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park, starting at 01:40 pm under light rain conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Brady Singer will take the pitcher&#8217;s mound for the Royals with an impressive ERA of 3.317, while Andrew Abbott will counter for the Reds, holding an ERA of 3.586.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2024 AL Central Division standings, the Royals currently sit 5th, with a record of 66-55, reflecting a winning percentage of 0.55. They have a strong divisional performance with 26 wins and 13 losses, ranked 3rd. The Royals have won 4 of their last 10 games and are coming off a win streak of one game. The team&#8217;s home record stands at 38-25, with a slightly less successful road record of 28-30. The Royals have excelled in night games with 40 victories, compared to 26 during the day, having scored 577 runs while allowing 493.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, the Reds are 10th in the 2024 NL Central Division with a 60-61 record, achieving a 0.50 winning percentage. They are positioned 3rd in the division with an 18-17 record. The Reds have been on a hot streak, winning 7 of their last 10 contests, including a current 4-game winning streak. At home, they have a balanced 31-31 record, and a near-even 29-30 record on the road. The Reds have notched 22 daytime wins compared to 38 nighttime triumphs, scoring a total of 543 runs and conceding 488.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 18, 2024, an intriguing MLB matchup is set as the Kansas City Royals clash with the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park, starting at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}