Vinnie Pasquantino has 99 RBI this season, and will look for his 100th when the Kansas City Royals (73-70) meet the Cleveland Guardians (72-70) on Tuesday at 6:40 p.m. ET. The Royals are the underdog (+105) in this contest against the Guardians (-125). Joey Cantillo starts for Cleveland while Kansas City will counter with Noah Cameron.
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Guardians to win vs Royals -125
Guardians vs. Royals betting lines
- Favorite: Guardians (-125)
- Underdog: Royals (+105)
- Over/under: 7.5
Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Guardians betting info
- The Guardians have put together a 34-23 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 59.6% of those games).
- Cleveland has a record of 26-11 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -125 or shorter (70.3% winning percentage).
- The Guardians have an implied moneyline win probability of 55.6% in this game.
- Cleveland has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 61 times this season for a 61-72-7 record against the over/under.
- The Guardians have collected a 71-69-0 record ATS this season (covering 50.7% of the time).
Guardians hitting info
- Jose Ramirez has put up a team-high batting average of .283, while pacing the Guardians in home runs (27) and runs batted in (74).
- Among hitters in baseball, Ramirez ranks 25th in home runs and 47th in RBI.
- Ramirez has safely hit in four games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .368 with two doubles, a triple, a home run, a walk and six RBIs.
- Steven Kwan is hitting .275 with 25 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 48 walks.
- Kwan ranks 184th in home runs among hitters in baseball and 165th in RBI.
- Kwan takes a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .381 with a double, three walks and four RBIs.
- Kyle Manzardo is batting .234 with 14 doubles, two triples, 25 home runs and 44 walks.
- Angel Martinez has 21 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 17 walks while hitting .228.
Guardians pitching rankings
- The Guardians pitching staff ranks 16th in MLB with a collective 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Cleveland’s 3.92 team ERA ranks 12th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Guardians average baseball’s 19th-ranked WHIP (1.315).
- Guardians pitchers combine to give up the 12th-fewest home runs in baseball (155 total, 1.1 per game).
- Cleveland struck out 10 Rays batters while allowing nine hits in a 2-1 win in its last game.
Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Royals betting info
- This season, the Royals have been the underdog 79 times and won 37, or 46.8%, of those games.
- This season, Kansas City has won 24 of its 56 games, or 42.9%, when it’s the underdog by at least +105 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 48.8% chance of a victory for the Royals.
- Games involving Kansas City have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 60 of 143 chances this season.
- The Royals are 72-71-0 against the spread this season.
Royals hitting info
- Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City with a batting average of .294. He’s also hit 21 home runs with 77 RBI.
- Among all hitters in the majors, Witt ranks 59th in homers and 38th in RBI.
- Maikel Garcia’s batting average of .294 leads all Kansas City hitters this season.
- Garcia is 105th in home runs and 70th in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
- Garcia has hit safely in three games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .222 with a double, a home run, two walks and three RBIs.
- Pasquantino leads Kansas City in home runs (29) and runs batted in (99) this season while batting .262.
- Pasquantino has hit safely in four straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .350 with two doubles, a home run, a walk and four RBIs.
- Salvador Perez is batting .238 with an OBP of .281 and a slugging percentage of .444 this season.
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 3.64 ERA this season, which ranks third in baseball.
- The Royals have a combined 1.243 WHIP as a pitching staff, ninth-lowest in MLB.
- The Royals have given up the fourth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 145 home runs allowed.
- Kansas City suffered a 5-1 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out 12 Twins batters while allowing nine hits.
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