The Kansas City Royals go on the road to open their Wild Card Series against the Baltimore Orioles. Kansas City finished 4-2 over its final six games of the regular season. Baltimore has won five of their last six. Cole Ragans will get the start for KC. He was 11-9 with a 3.14 ERA and 1.14 WHIP this season. Baltimore will send Corbin Burnes to the mound. He was 15-9 with a 2.92 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP. Kansas City had a better team ERA at 3.76 compared to Baltimore's 3.94. Kansas City was 13th in runs scored while Baltimore came in 4th. Ragans finished the season allowing three runs in 25 innings. Burnes allowed four runs in his last 30 innings. Burnes had a 3.97 ERA in two starts against KC while Ragans had a 7.88 ERA in his two starts against Baltimore. Baltimore started hitting again the last week of the season and I look for that to carry over against Ragans, a pitcher they have had success against.

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