{"id":707,"date":"2024-08-31T11:30:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T15:30:29","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-08-31T11:30:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T15:30:29","slug":"preview-kansas-city-royals-take-on-houston-astros-august-31-2024-7-10-pm-at-minute-maid-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/31\/preview-kansas-city-royals-take-on-houston-astros-august-31-2024-7-10-pm-at-minute-maid-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Kansas City Royals Take on Houston Astros &#8211; August 31, 2024, 7:10 PM at Minute Maid Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the evening of August 31, 2024, the Kansas City Royals will clash with the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park, starting at 7:10 PM. The pitching matchup features Cole Ragans for the Royals, who carries a 3.309 ERA, against Yusei Kikuchi of the Astros, with a 4.385 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, the Royals are in 4th place in the 2024 AL Central Division with a record of 75-61, a winning percentage of .550. They are 2nd in the division with 29 wins and 14 losses. The team&#8217;s recent performance includes 5 wins in their last 10 games and they are currently on a three-game losing streak (L3). At home, the Royals have 41 wins and 28 losses, while their away record stands at 34-33. They have won 28 daytime games against 47 victories in nighttime games, with a total of 659 runs scored and 558 runs allowed.<\/p>\n<p>The Houston Astros, on the other hand, sit 6th in the 2024 AL West Division with a 73-62 record and a .540 winning percentage. They hold the lead in their division with a 21-18 record. Houston has also won 5 of their last 10 games and is currently on a three-game winning streak (W3). The Astros have managed 37 wins at home and 36 on the road, with 25 day game triumphs to 48 in night games. They have a total of 616 runs scored while allowing 535.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the evening of August 31, 2024, the Kansas City Royals will clash with the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park, starting at 7:10 PM. The pitching ma<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":708,"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\/707"}],"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=707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}