{"id":921,"date":"2024-09-14T10:10:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T14:10:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-09-14T10:10:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T14:10:13","slug":"showdown-preview-kansas-city-royals-clash-with-pittsburgh-pirates-on-september-14-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betpennsylvaniasports.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/14\/showdown-preview-kansas-city-royals-clash-with-pittsburgh-pirates-on-september-14-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Showdown Preview: Kansas City Royals Clash with Pittsburgh Pirates on September 14, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Set for a showdown on September 14, 2024, the Kansas City Royals will take on the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park, with the first pitch scheduled for 1:05 PM. The forecast predicts clear skies for the game day.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Wacha, who holds a 3.338 ERA, will be starting as pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. Facing him from the mound for the Pittsburgh Pirates is Mitch Keller, with a 3.849 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2024 AL Central Division, the Royals are currently positioned 4th with an 80-67 record, translating to a .540 winning percentage. They hold a divisional record of 33-16, ranking second within their division. They\u2019ve won 5 of their last 10 games, though they&#8217;re coming off a recent loss. The Royals have tallied 45 home wins versus 30 losses, and a slightly less favorable 35-37 performance on the road. Their daytime record stands at 30 wins, while under the night lights they&#8217;ve claimed 50 victories. The team has scored a total of 693 runs and conceded 598 runs so far.<\/p>\n<p>The Pirates, positioned 11th in the 2024 NL Central Division with a record of 70-76, have a .480 winning percentage. Their divisional tally is 22-20, placing them 4th in the division rankings. The team is on a four-game winning streak, with overall 7 wins in their last 10 outings. Their home record stands at 37-38 while their road games have yielded 33 wins and 38 losses. The Pirates have won 33 games during the day and 37 at night, scoring a total of 619 runs and giving up 664 runs this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Set for a showdown on September 14, 2024, the Kansas City Royals will take on the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park, with the first pitch scheduled for 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":922,"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\/921"}],"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=921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betpennsylvaniasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betpennsylvaniasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betpennsylvaniasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betpennsylvaniasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betpennsylvaniasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}