The Kansas City Royals (73-58) visit the Cleveland Guardians (75-56) at 6:40 p.m. ET Monday in a meeting between two of the league’s best hitters. Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .347 this year (first in the league) for the favored Royals (-129), while Steven Kwan ranks sixth in the majors with a .303 average for the underdog Guardians.
Alec Marsh will get the ball for Kansas City while Cleveland will counter with Logan Allen.
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The Royals have won 63.2% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (43-25).
In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -129 or shorter, Kansas City has a record of 30-15 (66.7%).
The Guardians have entered the game as underdogs 51 times this season and won 23, or 45.1%, of those games.
This season, Cleveland has won 10 of its 27 games, or 37%, when it’s the underdog by at least +109 on the moneyline.
The Royals have played in 131 games with a set over/under, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total 60 times (60-67-4).
The Guardians’ games have gone over the total in 62 of their 131 chances.
Royals Stats & Insights
The Royals score the seventh-most runs in baseball (634 total, 4.8 per game).
Kansas City averages 1.1 home runs per game to rank 15th in baseball with 146 total home runs.
The Royals have the sixth-best batting average in the league (.257).
Kansas City strikes out 6.8 times per game, the second-best mark in baseball.
The Royals pitching staff is 23rd in the majors with a collective 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
Kansas City has a 3.90 team ERA that ranks 11th among all MLB pitching staffs.
Guardians Stats & Insights
The Guardians have scored the 12th-most runs in the league this season with 596 (4.5 per game).
Cleveland has hit 150 homers this season, which ranks 14th in the majors.
The Guardians have a team batting average of .237 this season, which ranks 20th among MLB teams.
Cleveland has shown good bat-to-ball skills at the plate this season with the fourth-best strikeout rate (7.3 per game) among MLB offenses.
The Guardians strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, ninth-best in MLB.
Cleveland has pitched to a 3.78 ERA this season, which ranks eighth in baseball.
Royals Key Players to Watch
Marsh (7-7 with a 4.71 ERA and 93 strikeouts in 101 1/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Royals, his 20th of the season.
Witt leads Kansas City in homers with 27 while also maintaining a team-best .347 batting average.
Vinnie Pasquantino leads Kansas City in runs batted in with 96 while batting .264 with 18 homers.
Salvador Perez is slashing .281/.338/.481 this season for the Royals.
Maikel Garcia is batting .234 with an OBP of .282 and a slugging percentage of .341 this season.
Guardians Key Players to Watch
The Guardians will send out Allen for his first start of the season.
Jose Ramirez leads the Guardians in home runs (33) and runs batted in (103).
Josh Naylor is hitting .236 with 19 doubles, 28 home runs and 50 walks.
Kwan has a team-best batting average of .303.
Andres Gimenez has 18 doubles, a triple, five home runs and 24 walks while hitting .249.
Royals and Guardians Injuries
Royals: Hunter Renfroe: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Hunter Harvey: 15 Day IL (Back), Will Smith: 15 Day IL (Back), Josh Taylor: 60 Day IL (Biceps), Dan Altavilla: 60 Day IL (Oblique), Kyle Wright: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
Guardians: Alex Cobb: 15 Day IL (Hand), Carlos Carrasco: 15 Day IL (Hip), James Karinchak: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Sam Hentges: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Shane Bieber: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Trevor Stephan: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
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