KC Royals To Face Familiar Foe in Series Against Astros

These two teams last met 23 days ago at Minute Maid Park in Houston, where the Astros swept Kansas City. Fast forward to today, where our KC Royals are 20 games over .500 and the ‘Stros are in second place behind the Los Angeles Angels.

Yesterday, Houston made a move to give them another starter who is a familiar face in KC and will start game one. This should be another entertaining series between these two who weren’t expected to have the seasons they are currently enjoying.

Probable Pitching Match-Ups:
Friday 7:10 pm – Scott Kazmir/LHP (5-5, 2.38) v. Jeremy Guthrie/RHP (7-5, 7-5, 5.36)
Saturday 6:10 pm – Scott Feldman/RHP (4-5, 4.93) v. Danny Duffy/LHP (4-4, 4.24)
Sunday 1:10 pm – Dallas Keuchel/LHP (12-4, 2.12) v. Yordano Ventura/RHP (4-7, 5.19)

Comments on Pitching Match-Ups – The Astros new addition will get his feet wet immediately when this series gets started tonight. Other than that, this looks like it could be a hit and miss series given the pitchers being used on both sides.

Game 1: Kazmir doesn’t have the record to match his low ERA, he’s also faced KC twice in 2015 while with Oakland which he’s 0-1 and team is 0-2. Guthrie got a no-decision last Saturday at Chicago in the Royals extra inning victory.
Game 2: Feldman has a high earn run average, and is under .500 this season, so this could be a nice match-up for KC. Duffy starts for the first time since his eight plus inning gem against the White Sox, making it interesting to see how he does.
Game 3: Keuchel was tabbed by Ned Yost to start for the AL in Cincinnati which likely was based off his mastery when throwing against KC when these two last met. Ventura has an interesting week, as he pitched lousy, was demoted to Omaha then Jason Vargas gets hurt 24-hours later and is back with the team. We’ll see which version throws Sunday, classic Yo or current.

Schedule