{"id":795,"date":"2024-07-26T06:56:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T10:56:32","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-07-26T06:56:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T10:56:32","slug":"chicago-cubs-and-kansas-city-royals-clash-preview-07-26-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betpennsylvaniasports.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/26\/chicago-cubs-and-kansas-city-royals-clash-preview-07-26-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Cubs and Kansas City Royals Clash Preview &#8211; 07\/26\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Cubs are set to battle the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on July 26, 2024, with a start time of 08:10 PM. Clear skies with minimal cloud cover are expected for the game.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Hendricks will take the mound for the Cubs, carrying a 6.690 ERA into the game, while Brady Singer will pitch for the Royals with a commendable 3.000 ERA.  In the 2024 NL Central Division, the Cubs are currently 12th with a 49-55 record. Despite being 5th in their division with a 13-23 record, they&#8217;ve won 4 of their last 10 games but are struggling with a two-game losing streak. They have better performance at home with a 27-25 record compared to their 22-30 record on the road.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Royals hold the 5th spot in the AL Central Division with a winning record of 56-47. They&#8217;ve won 6 of their last 10 games but also face a two-game losing streak. They perform significantly better at home with a 35-20 record, compared to their 21-27 on the road.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the betting odds, the PointSpread is set at -1.5 favoring the Royals, with an Over\/Under set at 9.0, indicating expectations of a moderately high-scoring game. The MoneyLine is -145 for the Royals indicating their favorable odds at home, while the Cubs are at +123, reflecting their challenge as the underdogs in this upcoming matchup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Cubs are set to battle the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on July 26, 2024, with a start time of 08:10 PM. Clear skies with minima<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betpennsylvaniasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betpennsylvaniasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betpennsylvaniasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betpennsylvaniasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betpennsylvaniasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betpennsylvaniasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betpennsylvaniasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betpennsylvaniasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betpennsylvaniasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betpennsylvaniasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}