Kansas City at Cleveland

The Kansas City Royals are 2-17 on the road this year. In essence, even if they somehow miraculously win this game, the best they can be thus far after twenty games on the road is a 15% winning percentage. On the road they are hitting .220 and scoring 2.8 runs per game. The Indians on the other hand are scoring 6.1 runs a home contest and send Paul Byrd to the mound tonight. Byrd, after struggling in his first few starts, has pitched with the consistency that the Indians were looking for when they acquired him. In his last two starts he has gone 7 innings and given up 3 earned runs both times. KC is 1-5 when Affeldt starts on the road as a dog of +150 to +200 and the Indians are 8-2 in their last 10 games as favorites of -200 or more. Although the Royals have won the past few games against Cleveland, the fact remains that this team simply cannot perform on the road as they are 0-4 in Cleveland of late. Large wood but against a 2-17 club against he Indian's I'll lay it.