Kansas City Tops Cleveland 5-2 - Recap
Kansas City Tops Cleveland 5-2 - Recap
Cleveland dropped a 5-2 decision at Kauffman Stadium on Wednesday as Kansas City legged out a win behind winning pitcher Luis Mendoza.
Kansas City was an underdog by +103 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 9.5.
Kansas City got 7 1/3 innings from Luis Mendoza, who gave up 2 earned runs on 4 hits, while striking out 3. He earned the victory, while the Royals got 1 RBI from Alex Gordon in the win.
Cleveland's starting pitcher Zach McAllister worked 6 innings, giving up 5 hits and 4 earned runs while striking out 3 in the loss. They got 2 hits from Jack Hannahan in a losing cause.
The battle of the bats favored Kansas City as they had 6 hits, while Cleveland only had 5.
The game was closed out by Greg Holland who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 0 hits, 0 walks and fanned 0 batters to earn the save.
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Teams
Line
Votes
Score
Votes
Chi White Sox
LA Angels
LA Angels
+111
-121
-121
55.0%
45.0%
45.0%
CHW 2
LAA 6
LAA 6
49.7%
50.3%
50.3%
Kansas City
Oakland
Oakland
+158
-168
-168
40.8%
59.2%
59.2%
KC 3
OAK 4
OAK 4
62.5%
37.5%
37.5%
Washington
San Diego
San Diego
+127
-137
-137
57.2%
42.8%
42.8%
WSH 4
SD 13
SD 13
48.8%
51.2%
51.2%
San Francisco
Colorado
Colorado
+128
-138
-138
57.9%
42.1%
42.1%
SF 0
COL 5
COL 5
53.3%
46.7%
46.7%
Detroit
Texas
Texas
+123
-128
-128
47.6%
52.4%
52.4%
DET 3
TEX 1
TEX 1
55.5%
44.5%
44.5%
