Royals vs. Red Sox Probable Starting Pitchers Today – August 7

By Lineups Staff | Aug 07, 2024, 5:11pm | Updated: 3 weeks ago

The Kansas City Royals (63-52) will look to Vinnie Pasquantino, on a 10-game hitting streak, against the Boston Red Sox (61-51) at 8:10 PM ET on Wednesday, at Kauffman Stadium.

The Royals will call on Cole Ragans (8-7) versus the Red Sox and Kutter Crawford (7-8).

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Royals vs. Red Sox Pitcher Matchup Info

Date: Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Time: 8:10 PM ET
TV: NESN
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Venue: Kauffman Stadium
Live Stream: Fubo
Probable Pitchers: Ragans – KC (8-7, 3.36 ERA) vs Crawford – BOS (7-8, 3.81 ERA)

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The Royals will hand the ball to Ragans (8-7) for his 24th start of the season.
The left-hander’s last appearance was on Friday, when he threw 5 2/3 innings against the Detroit Tigers, giving up two earned runs while allowing two hits.
The 26-year-old has pitched in 23 games this season with an ERA of 3.36, a 3.53 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.164.
He has 15 quality starts in 23 chances this season.
Ragans has five starts in a row of five innings or more.
He has four appearances with no earned runs allowed in 23 chances this season.
Among qualified pitchers in the majors this campaign, the 26-year-old ranks 22nd in ERA (3.36), 31st in WHIP (1.164), and seventh in K/9 (10.7).

The Red Sox are batting .263 this season, second in MLB. They have a team slugging percentage of .445 (second in the league) with 142 home runs.
The Red Sox have gone 4-for-24 with two doubles and an RBI in seven innings this season against the left-hander.

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Crawford (7-8 with a 3.81 ERA and 122 strikeouts in 127 2/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Red Sox, his 23rd of the season.
The right-hander’s last time out was on Saturday against the Texas Rangers, when he threw 5 1/3 innings, surrendering five earned runs while giving up six hits.
The 28-year-old has amassed an ERA of 3.81, with 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings in 22 games this season. Opponents are hitting .226 against him.
Crawford has recorded 11 quality starts this year.
Crawford has pitched five or more innings in a game 19 times this season entering this game.
He has had five appearances this season in which he did not allow an earned run.
This season, the 28-year-old ranks 39th in ERA (3.81), 20th in WHIP (1.089), and 33rd in K/9 (8.6) among pitchers who qualify.

He will take the mound against a Royals team that is batting .253 as a unit (eighth in the MLB). They are also slugging a collective .413 (10th in the league) with 123 total home runs (18th in MLB play).
Head-to-head against the Royals this season, Crawford has pitched seven innings without giving up an earned run on three hits, while striking out four.

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