Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction 05/01/2025 | MLB

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Two teams that have struggled to be consistent this season will face off this Thursday for the third consecutive day, when the Kansas City Royals visit the Tampa Bay Rays.

Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays: Braves Under

The Royals haven’t had it easy in this first month of the season, because while their pitchers have done a good job, allowing an average of 3.76 runs per game, their offense has been terrible, scoring just 3.12 runs per game. The Rays have performed better recently, but their offense still can’t inspire confidence, although at least their pitchers have been solid with about 3.69 runs allowed. Here there will be an interesting pitching duel between Seth Lugo and Shane Baz, two pitchers who combined for 15.0 scoreless innings in their previous outings. With both offenses struggling to produce, and the pitchers arriving inspired, we expect a low-scoring game.

Injuries for Kansas City Royals:

C. Ragans Out.

S. Long Out.

A. Marsh Out.

Injuries for Tampa Bay Rays:

S. McClanahan Out.

J. Mangum Out.

J. DeLuca Out.

J. Lowe Out.

Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays: Rays

Although neither team tends to produce many runs, the Rays are the ones who have looked better offensively in recent weeks, and they have been a bit more productive at home. As if that weren’t enough, the level that McClanahan has shown this season has been impressive, and he has the support of his good bullpen, so we expect the Rays to take the win here.

Kansas City Royals vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction

As in the first game of this series, we expect to see a close and hard-fought encounter until the end, in which the pitchers are the main protagonists and the offenses have difficulty producing runs, however, we also trust that the Rays will take advantage of being at home and take the victory.

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