The Boston Red Sox (64-51) take a seven-game win streak into a home matchup against the Kansas City Royals (56-58) on Wednesday at 7:10 p.m. ET. The Red Sox are favored (-146) over the Royals (+121). Boston’s Dustin May and Kansas City’s Michael Wacha pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

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Red Sox vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Red Sox (-146)
• Underdog: Royals (+121)
• Over/under: 9

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have won 42 of the 69 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (60.9%).
• Boston has gone 14-11 (winning 56% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -146 or shorter.
• The Red Sox have an implied moneyline win probability of 59.3% in this contest.
• In the 114 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for Boston, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 54 times (54-56-4).
• The Red Sox have collected a 62-52-0 record ATS this season.

Red Sox hitting info

• Jarren Duran has 31 doubles, 12 triples, 12 home runs and 38 walks while batting .264.
• Among all hitters in MLB play, Duran’s home run total ranks 116th and his RBI tally ranks 32nd.
• Duran enters this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .333 with three doubles, two home runs and eight RBIs.
• Ceddanne Rafaela is batting .266 to pace his team.
• Rafaela currently ranks 93rd in home runs and 76th in RBI in the majors.
• Trevor Story paces the Red Sox with 72 runs batted in.
• Story enters this game on a seven-game hitting streak. During his last 10 games he is batting .333 with four doubles, three home runs, four walks and 12 RBIs.
• Wilyer Abreu has put his power on display as he leads his team with 20 home runs.
• Abreu takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .294 with a double, a walk and six RBIs.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Red Sox has a collective 8.3 K/9, which ranks 18th in MLB.
• Boston has a 3.70 team ERA that ranks seventh across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Red Sox combine for the 19th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.296).
• The Red Sox give up the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (117 total, one per game).
• Boston defeated the Royals 6-2 in its last game with eight strikeouts while allowing five hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have entered the game as underdogs 70 times this season and won 32, or 45.7%, of those games.
• This season, Kansas City has won 14 of its 27 games, or 51.9%, when it’s the underdog by at least +121 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 45.2% chance of a victory for the Royals.
• Kansas City and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 48 of its 114 opportunities.
• In 114 games with a spread this season, the Royals are 59-55-0 ATS.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. has been key for Kansas City with 128 hits, an OBP of .341 plus a slugging percentage of .496.
• Witt’s home run total ranks 67th in MLB, and he is 37th in RBI.
• Witt takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .263 with a double, a triple, a home run, four walks and three RBIs.
• Maikel Garcia leads Kansas City in batting with a .300 average while slugging 11 homers and driving in 50 runs.
• Garcia ranks 128th in home runs and 80th in RBI among all batters in the big leagues.
• Garcia has safely hit in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .300 with a double, a home run, two walks and four RBIs.
• Vinnie Pasquantino is among the top hitters for Kansas City with a .261 average, 19 homers and 67 RBI.
• Salvador Perez is slugging .461 this season, with a team-best 20 homers while driving in 66 runs.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals strike out eight batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 22nd in MLB.
• Kansas City has pitched to a 3.60 ERA this season, which ranks second in baseball.
• Royals pitchers have a 1.237 WHIP this season, 10th-best in the majors.
• The Royals have given up the seventh-fewest long balls so far this season with only 115 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Kansas City fell to the Red Sox 6-2. Its pitchers compiled two strikeouts and nine hits allowed.