Kansas City Royals vs. Seattle Mariners
MLB Pick: Kansas City Royals -106 odds
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Kansas City started this series with a win last night and it now sends its ace to mound for Game Two. The Royals have been playing real well, going 4-1 over their last five games as well as 8-3 over their last 11 games. The road has not been as good as home but they are a respectable 19-25 in road games on the season. Seattle had been playing much better but it is once again slumping, going 1-4 over its last five games. The Mariners are just a game over .500 at home which is far from strong. Zack Greinke is pitching very well again this season but he simply is not winning and that has due to poor run support but it has gotten better and should continue to do so. He is coming off a poor outing in his last start and gives us some added value in a great bounce back situation. He has tossed three straight quality performances prior to that game against the White Sox, and on the season, he has tossed seven quality outings in nine road starts. In his last six games against the Mariners, all have been quality efforts including four games where he allowed no runs and that has been the case in the last three where he is currently riding a 29-inning shutout streak. The Mariners counter with Ryan Rowland-Smith who has been pretty horrible all season. He is coming off a quality start but those have been few and far between and it sets up a good spot to play against. He is 1-7 with a 5.92 ERA and 1.67 WHIP in 14 starts with Seattle going 3-11 in those games. The Royals roughed him up for five runs in five innings in his lone start against them this season. The Mariners are 4-17 in Rowland-Smith’s last 21 starts following a team loss in their previous game. 3* Kansas City Royals

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