Top MLB No Runs First Inning (NRFI) Picks & Odds for Friday: Royals vs. Rays (8/19)
Let’s take a look at some No Runs First Inning prop bet odds and picks for today’s game: GAME.
Top MLB No Runs First Inning (NRFI) Picks & Odds: Royals vs. Rays
Kansas City Royals vs. Tampa Bay Rays – 7:10 pm ET
This matchup will feature two of the best young arms in the show. Getting the ball first will be Shane McClanahan. The Rays’ lefty has been absolutely lethal this season. He enters with an 11-5 record, a 2.28 ERA, and a 0.87 WHIP. Those kinds of numbers are from his electric stuff that has been unhittable at times this season. McClanahan’s strikeout and whiff rates are amongst the top seven percent of all qualified pitchers. His stuff makes him a challenging assignment in the first inning. Through 22 starts, he has a 2.86 ERA with a 0.73 WHIP and a 28 percent strikeout rate in the first inning. Tonight he gets to face a Royals lineup that ranks 25th in first-inning runs per game, and they have been cold early of late as they’ve failed to score in the first in each of their last three games.
On the other side, the bottom of the first will be the responsibility of Brady Singer. Singer has been outstanding over his last eight starts as he’s gone 3-1 with a 2.19 ERA, a 1.10 WHIP, and has struck out 58 batters over 49 innings of work. A theme during this hot stretch is a quiet first inning, as Singer has a 1.69 ERA through 16 first innings this season. He will face a Tampa lineup that has a threat at the top of the order and will be no easy task.
The Rays are eighth in first-inning runs per game on the year. However, given Singer’s ability to settle in quickly and McClanahan dominating to start the game, this NRFI is one of the best of the slate.
Pick: NRFI -143
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