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Johan Oviedo Earns Win in Kansas City Royals vs Pittsburgh Pirates Game

Pittsburgh's pitching staff did its job for UNDER bettors, holding Kansas City scoreless in a 5-0 victory on Monday at Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium.

The Pirates were a +105 underdog in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 9.

Johan Oviedo earned the victory for the Pirates, throwing 9 innings of work, striking out 5, walking 2, and allowing 2 hits and 0 earned runs. That effort was supported by 1 RBIs from Ke'Bryan Hayes in the win.

Kansas City got a 1-inning outing from Carlos Hernandez in the loss. He gave up 0 earned runs, 1 walks and 0 hits in his time on the mound, while Drew Waters had 1 hits in the loss for the Royals.

The battle of the bats favored Pittsburgh as they had 12 hits, while Kansas City only had 2.