The Kansas City Royals and Arizona Diamondbacks meet Monday in MLB action at Chase Field. The Kansas City Royals look to snap a four-game losing streak. The Arizona Diamondbacks look for a win after splitting their last six games.
The Kansas City Royals have scored 12 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in six of their last 10 games. The Royals have split their last eight games when scoring four or more runs. Andrew Benintendi leads the Royals with 48 hits and 18 RBI, while Hunter Dozier and Whit Merrifield have combined for 71 hits and 29 RBI. Zack Greinke gets the ball, and he is 0-2 with a 3.48 ERA and 18 strikeouts this season. Greinke is 7-3 with a 3.72 ERA and 96 strikeouts in his career against the Diamondbacks.
The Arizona Diamondbacks have scored 21 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in five of their last eight games. The Diamondbacks have won 10 of their last 13 games when scoring four or more runs. Daulton Varsho leads the Diamondbacks with 38 hits and 20 RBI, while Ketel Marte and Christian Walker have combined for 63 hits and 31 RBI. Zach Davies gets the ball, and he is 2-2 with a 4.35 ERA and 30 strikeouts this season. Davies is 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA and 7 strikeouts in his career against the Royals.
The Royals are 21-43 in their last 64 Monday games and 2-5 in their last 7 overall. The Diamondbacks are 2-7 in their last 9 Monday games and 58-119 in their last 177 overall. The over is 5-1 in Royals last 6 road games. The over is 6-1-1 in Diamondbacks last 8 overall. The Royals are 5-0 in the last 5 meetings in Arizona and 5-1 in the last 6 meetings.
Zack Greinke has given the Royals chances to win this season, but he’s not the hardest pitcher in the world to hit, with a .283 allowed batting average and his ERA balloons to 4.43 on the road. Zach Davies has allowed just eight earned runs in his last 21 innings, and he’s giving up a .205 batting average in 21 innings at home. The Kansas City Royals are hard to back in their current form as well. If the Diamondbacks are a serious wild card thereat, they should take advantage of games like this at home.