AAA Sports' MLB Game Of The Month (43-20 Run)
- Handicapper
- AAA Sports
- League
- MLB
- Competition
- Kansas City Royals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
- Release Date
- 09/17/2026 10:48 PM
- Event Date
- 09/18/2026 06:40 PM
- Bet Type
- Moneyline
- Pick
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Pittsburgh Pirates -175
(BetOnline)
- Outcome
- Win
- Analysis
- Our selection is on the Pittsburgh Pirates to defeat the Kansas City Royals on Friday at 6:40pm ET for a number of reasons. Here are some of the more important ones:
Kansas City will start Randy Dobnak -- In three starts in September, he has a 5.09 earned run average.
The Royals are just 19-26 this season against opponents from the National League.
They are also winning just 43.5% of their games when playing on zero rest.
Pittsburgh will start Paul Skenes -- He hasn't had the best of seasons for his level. But, he's been much stronger over his L2 starts allowing just two runs.
The Pirates are heating up with Skenes on the mound. They've won four of his L5 starts.
The play is on Pittsburgh.
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