Two of the league’s top hitters will meet Wednesday when the Cleveland Guardians (75-58) and Kansas City Royals (75-58) take to the field at 1:10 p.m. ET, live on BSGL. Steven Kwan is batting .299 for the Guardians (-153 favorites on the moneyline) while Bobby Witt Jr. leads the underdog Royals (+130) with a .346 average.
Tanner Bibee gets the starting nod for Cleveland while Michael Wacha is Kansas City’s starter for the contest.
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The Guardians have won 64.2% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (52-29).
Cleveland has a 15-8 record (winning 65.2% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -153 or shorter.
The Royals have entered the game as underdogs 65 times this season and won 32, or 49.2%, of those games.
Kansas City has entered 17 games this season as the underdog by +130 or more and is 7-10 in those contests.
In the 133 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for the Guardians, they have combined with opponents to go over the total 63 times (63-61-9).
So far this season, the Royals and their opponents have hit the over in 61 of their 133 games with a total.
Guardians Stats & Insights
The Guardians have the No. 12 offense in baseball scoring 4.5 runs per game (601 total runs).
Cleveland is 14th in MLB with 151 total home runs.
The Guardians’ .236 batting average ranks 22nd in MLB.
Cleveland’s hitters strike out 7.3 times per game, the fourth-fewest strikeouts in the majors.
The pitching staff for the Guardians has a collective 8.7 K/9, the 10th-best in the majors.
Cleveland has the 10th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.83).
Royals Stats & Insights
The Royals have scored the fifth-most runs in the league this season with 649.
Kansas City ranks 15th in Major League Baseball with 150 home runs.
The Royals rank sixth in MLB with a .258 team batting average.
Kansas City ranks second in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 6.8 Ks per contest.
The Royals average the 23rd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.2) in the majors this season.
Kansas City has pitched to a 3.86 ERA this season, which ranks 11th in baseball.
Guardians Key Players to Watch
Bibee (10-6) takes the mound for the Guardians in his 26th start of the season. He’s put together a 3.46 ERA in 138 2/3 innings pitched, with 150 strikeouts.
Jose Ramirez leads Cleveland in home runs (33) and runs batted in (104) this season while batting .275.
Josh Naylor has collected 107 hits this season and has an OBP of .317. He’s slugging .457 on the year.
Kwan leads Cleveland with a .299 batting average while slugging 13 homers and driving in 39 runs.
Andres Gimenez is batting .249 with an OBP of .301 and a slugging percentage of .323 this season.
Royals Key Players to Watch
The Royals will hand the ball to Wacha (11-6) for his 24th start of the season.
Witt leads the Royals with 27 home runs while accumulating a team-high batting average of .346.
Vinnie Pasquantino has put up 96 runs batted in to lead his team.
Salvador Perez is hitting .284 with 26 doubles, 25 home runs and 37 walks.
Maikel Garcia is hitting .239 with 23 doubles, five triples, seven home runs and 35 walks.
Guardians and Royals Injuries
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)
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), Michael Lorenzen: day-to-day (Hamstring)
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