{"id":790,"date":"2024-08-31T15:56:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T19:56:10","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-08-31T15:56:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T19:56:10","slug":"preview-kansas-city-royals-clash-with-houston-astros-on-september-1-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bettexassports.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/31\/preview-kansas-city-royals-clash-with-houston-astros-on-september-1-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Kansas City Royals Clash with Houston Astros on September 1, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Royals are set to go head-to-head with the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on September 1, 2024, with the first pitch scheduled for 2:10 PM. Expected weather conditions for the game day will be provided closer to the event.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Lorenzen will be starting on the mound for the Royals, carrying an ERA of 3.475. He&#8217;ll be countered by Ronel Blanco of the Astros, who holds an ERA of 3.138.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the standings in the 2024 AL Central Division, the Royals are currently in 4th place with a record of 75-61, reflecting a winning percentage of .55. They are 2nd in divisional play with a 29-14 record. The team has won 5 out of their last 10 games but are on a three-game losing streak. They have a home record of 41-28 and an away record of 34-33. During daytime games, the Royals have 28 wins against 47 wins during nighttime.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side, the Astros sit in 6th place within the 2024 AL West Division with a record of 73-62 and a .54 winning percentage. They are top of their division with a 21-18 record. Like the Royals, the Astros have won 5 of their past 10 games and are currently on a three-game winning streak. At home, the Astros have posted a 37-29 record, and have a slightly better performance on the road with a 36-33 record. They&#8217;ve recorded 25 wins in daytime games versus 48 in night games.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams have shown competitive spirit, with the Royals scoring 659 runs and allowing 558, while the Astros have scored 616 runs and conceded 535.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Royals are set to go head-to-head with the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on September 1, 2024, with the first pitch scheduled for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bettexassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bettexassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bettexassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bettexassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bettexassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bettexassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bettexassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bettexassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bettexassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bettexassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}