#971/972 ASA PLAY ON 8* Over 10.5 Runs – Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox, Wednesday at 7:10 PM ET - Both these pitchers have struggled often this season. Expected starters are Jordan Lyles for the Royals and Nick Pivetta for the Red Sox. We like the over here regardless of the starting pitchers as plenty of signs are pointing to the over here including the fact that the Kansas City bullpen has an ERA that ranks them 29th in the majors and the Boston bullpen has a WHIP that ranks them 23rd in the majors. The Royals won big 9 to 3 yesterday and, as bad as they have been overall, the Kansas City lineup has been showing some positive signs in recent weeks including recently during the KC season-best 7-game winning streak. The Royals have won 8 of 11 games and scored an average of 6 runs per game during this stretch. The Red Sox have scored an average of 5.5 runs per game in their last 15 home games and have gone 10-5 during this stretch. A pair of teams (including Boston in their comfort zone at home) that are more confident than usual right now plus a pair of confident lineups are doing battle in this one. Then you factor in that Lyles is 2-6 with a 7.56 ERA on the road this season and Pivetta is 3-4 with a 5.89 ERA as a starter and you have a great set-up for an over in this one. The wind forecast looks like will be easterly at game time and the warm evening with breeze likely toward right-center is also favorable for an over at hitter-friendly Fenway Park. Over is the call in this early evening match-up Wednesday.