The Kansas City Royals will go for their fourth straight win when the Royals and the Toronto Blue Jays play the middle game of their 3-game set today at Rogers Centre. Kansas City lit up Toronto’s ace, Kevin Gausman, last night tagging him for 5 runs on 6 hits and the Royals went on to take Game 1, 9-3. Toronto is expected to give the start to veteran Max Scherzer. Scherzer is 1-1 with a 4.89 ERA and a 1.09 WHIP over 35 innings of work. Kansas City is expected to counter with rookie southpaw Noah Cameron, who is living up to all of their expectations. Cameron is 5-4 with an ERA of only 2.44 and a 0.99 WHIP over 81 innings of work. The Royals are just 3.5 games back for a wild card spot and newly acquired Mike Yastrzemski and Adam Frazier are already paying dividends, with both of them going yard last night. The Jays have lost 5 of their last 6 and over that span they have allowed a staggering 57 runs. The underdog Royals have owned the Jays, winning 6 of the last 7 meetings and have momentum on their side.
TODAY’S PICK: KANSAS CITY ROYALS