Colorado has a losing road record and has lost three in a row and 8 of 11. The offense has scored nine runs the last three contests despite playing two of them at Coors Field. The Rockies have also dropped 21 of their last 27 on the road. Rockies' 22-year-old righty Antonio Senzatela (4.56 ERA) has walked 18 in 47 road innings along with 43 hits allowed. Colorado is 36-75 in interleague games and 16-37 in interleague road contests. They are also 54-80 against an AL team with an on-base percentage .320 or worse. Kansas City has won six of nine to reside 1.5 games behind Minnesota for the American League's second Wild Card. This is the fifth straight home game for the Royals, who are 86-46 as a home favorite of -110 or higher. Colorado has lost seven of nine in this park and the Rockies are 4-17 away against a right-handed starter. Play Kansas City.
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MLB
Colorado at Kansas City
August 23, 2017
8:15 PM Eastern
1 unit on Kansas City -126 (moneyline) (risk 1 to return 1.79)
Result:
WIN
WIN
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