{"id":703,"date":"2024-08-25T20:52:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T00:52:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-08-25T20:52:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T00:52:21","slug":"preview-kansas-city-royals-clash-with-cleveland-guardians-on-august-26-2024-at-progressive-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betmontanasports.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/25\/preview-kansas-city-royals-clash-with-cleveland-guardians-on-august-26-2024-at-progressive-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Kansas City Royals Clash with Cleveland Guardians on August 26, 2024, at Progressive Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The stage is set for an exciting MLB showdown at Progressive Field on August 26, 2024, as the Kansas City Royals take on the Cleveland Guardians at 6:40 PM under partly cloudy skies.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams have yet to announce their starting pitchers for the game.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2024 AL Central Division standings, the Royals are currently fourth with a record of 72 wins and 57 losses, reflecting a winning percentage of .560. They boast a divisional record of 26-13, placing them second in the divisional rankings. The Royals have a recent track record of seven wins in their last 10 games, despite a current one-game losing streak. Their home and away records are 41-27 and 31-30, respectively, with more success in night games (45 wins) compared to day games (27 wins). Overall, the team has scored 627 runs and conceded 523.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardians hold the third spot in the division with a 74-55 record, translating to a .574 winning percentage. Their divisional performance shows 21 wins against 17 losses, leading the division. They have a mixed form recently, with four wins in their last 10 games and are on a one-game winning streak. The Guardians have stronger home game performance (39-21) compared to their away games (35-34), and similar to the Royals, they perform better at night (45 wins) compared to day games (29 wins). They have amassed 589 runs while allowing 514 in return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stage is set for an exciting MLB showdown at Progressive Field on August 26, 2024, as the Kansas City Royals take on the Cleveland Guardians at 6:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betmontanasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betmontanasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betmontanasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betmontanasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betmontanasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betmontanasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betmontanasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betmontanasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betmontanasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betmontanasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}