Royals vs. Orioles Game 25 Gamethread

A weight has been lifted off of the Royals after the comeback win last night. Kansas City did a lot of the things you expect professional team to do including getting runners home from third with less than two outs, key hits with runners in scoring position, and taking advantage of miscues from the other team. Today they try to start building some momentum by taking the series from the Orioles.

Michael Wacha will be starting today, and he has been spectacular to begin the young season. In four quality starts he has thrown 27 innings and given up just 3 runs for a sparkling 1.00 ERA. He will look to continue that dominant form.

Baltimore will counter Wacha with veteran Chris Bassitt. He is off to a much less impressive start. The 37 year old righty has a 6.19 ERA currently and is striking out just 3.94 batters per 9 innings. His last start was by far his best so far when he went 5 innings, 4 hits, 4 walks, 2 strikeouts, and 0 runs allowed at Cleveland. Bassitt has been a consistently effective starting pitcher for a very long time, so the Royals should not underestimate him.

Pretty standard Royals lineup today: