Yordano Ventura (6-4, 4.54 ERA) and Michael Wacha (3-7, 4.41 ERA) start in the second of a two-game series between the Kansas City Royals (40-35) and the St. Louis Cardinals (39-36) at Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium. The Royals won the last game 6-2, and Kansas City leads the series 1-0. Action begins at 8:15 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Jun. 28 and can be seen on FSKC and FSMW.
Ventura pitched 6.1 innings in his last outing, surrendering zero runs and striking out five in a 10-3 win over the Tigers. Eric Hosmer (.310, 42 Rs, 12 HRs, 48 RBIs, 4 SBs) went 1 for 3 yesterday with two runs and two RBIs. Wacha went 6.2 innings, surrendering two runs, striking out five and walking two in a 7-2 win over the Cubs in his most recent start.
Notes
The Royals are coming into this game after allowing no walks during their last outing. The Cardinals have a 2-3 record when opponents don’t give up any walks.
When they are outhit, the Royals are 4-21. The Cardinals have a 7-31 record when opponents outhit them.
Ranking 27th in home runs, Kansas City has hit 68 this season. St. Louis ranks sixth with 102 home runs.
Ranking 30th, Kansas City is at the bottom of the league in walks, notching 168 this season. St. Louis ranks in the top 10 with 252.
When the Royals hit at least one home run, they are 29-18, well-matched with the Cardinals who are 32-20 when hitting one or more homers.
