The enthusiasm that has built up for this series is without bounds. There is so much riding on this series for both teams that it is almost overwhelming.
Game times and pitching matchups are as follows:
Royals at White Socks pitching matchups
Pitcher G IP K K% BB BB% ERA FIP xFIP SIERA fWAR rWAR Pitcher G IP K K% BB BB% ERA FIP xFIP SIERA fWAR rWAR Game 1 Danny Duffy (L) 22 126.1 113 20.2 58 10.4 4.70 4.88 4.98 4.78 0.5 1.0 James Shields 23 137.0 104 17.8 53 9.0 4.53 4.62 5.05 4.92 1.2 0.7 Game 2 Jakob Junis 19 110.1 101 20.8 32 6.6 5.06 5.42 4.51 4.19 -0.2 0.1 Dylan Covey 13 68.1 50 16.2 30 9.7 5.40 4.62 4.42 4.63 0.5 -0.3 Game 3 Brad Keller 31 76.0 45 14.1 32 10.0 3.43 3.83 4.48 4.79 0.9 1.9…