{"id":735,"date":"2024-09-12T10:46:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T14:46:15","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-09-12T10:46:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T14:46:15","slug":"preview-kansas-city-royals-clash-with-pittsburgh-pirates-at-pnc-park-on-september-13-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/12\/preview-kansas-city-royals-clash-with-pittsburgh-pirates-at-pnc-park-on-september-13-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Kansas City Royals Clash with Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on September 13, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Royals are set to battle the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on September 13, 2024, with the first pitch scheduled for 6:40 PM under possibly overcast skies. The starting pitcher for the Royals has not been announced, while the Pirates will send Luis L. Ortiz to the mound, boasting a 3.261 ERA. In the AL Central Division, the Royals are currently fourth with an 80-67 record, reflecting a .54 winning percentage. They&#8217;ve triumphed in 5 of their last 10 matchups and are coming off a single loss. With home and away records of 45-30 and 35-37, respectively, and stronger performances in night games, the team has accumulated 693 runs and given up 598. Over in the NL Central, the Pirates sit at 12th place with a 70-76 record, a .48 winning percentage, and are positioned fifth in their division with a 22-20 divisional record. They&#8217;ve won 7 of their recent 10 games and are riding a four-game winning streak. The Pirates have home and road records of 37-38 and 33-38 respectively, scoring 619 runs and allowing 664 total runs this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Royals are set to battle the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on September 13, 2024, with the first pitch scheduled for 6:40 PM under po<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}