KC Royals Should Not Underestimate Cincinnati Reds

We’re finally set for interleague baseball in 2015; granted, it’s not that far removed from last October, but it is still the first time this season. It’s the first of four games against the Reds who Kansas City will see later this season in Cincinnati.

This year’s All-Star Game hosts enter two game under .500 against the KC Royals who climbed back to ten games over after beating New York two out of three this past weekend.

Probable Pitching Match-ups:
Tuesday, 7:10 pm – Johnny Cueto/RHP (3-3, 2.93) v. Yordano Ventura/RHP (2-3, 5.36)
Wednesday, 7:10 pm – Jason Marquis/RHP (3-2, 5.66) v. Jeremy Guthrie/RHP (3-2, 5.44)

Comments on Pitching Match-ups – Cueto, on paper, is the best of the four pitchers who’ll take the mound at Kauffman Stadium. That said, hopefully Ventura found something in Arlington last week where he still gutted out six innings. Wednesday features two veterans with sub-five earned run averages.

Game 1: This should be a fun match-up of pitchers who each have extremely gifted fastballs that they use. It’ll be a nice match-up between guys who’s records don’t reflect how they’ve done this season which I mean both positively/negatively.
Game 2: 0.22 is what separates these two veteran righties on Wednesday, which sounds good until you see how high their ERA’s are. Which pitcher can limit the other team should be key, also will Ned Yost let Drew Butera catch Guthrie like his last two starts, in which he is 2-0.