The Cleveland Guardians (5-6) and the Kansas City Royals (6-6) meet on Friday at 6:10 p.m. ET. The Guardians are favored on the moneyline (-140) against the underdog Royals (+119). Cleveland’s Tanner Bibee gets the start against Kansas City’s Kris Bubic.

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Guardians vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Guardians (-140)
• Underdog: Royals (+119)
• Over/under: 7

Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Guardians betting info

• The Guardians have won three of the five games they were the moneyline favorite this season (60%).
• Cleveland has gone 2-1 (winning 66.7% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -140 or shorter.
• The Guardians have an implied moneyline win probability of 58.3% in this contest.
• Cleveland has played in 11 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total five times (5-6-0).
• The Guardians have covered only 27.3% of their games this season, going 3-8-0 ATS.

Guardians hitting info

• Jose Ramirez has a team-best four home runs.
• Among hitters in baseball, Ramirez ranks 12th in home runs and 77th in RBI.
• Carlos Santana is hitting .286 with two doubles, two home runs and four walks.
• Santana ranks 54th in home runs among batters in MLB action and 134th in RBI.
• Santana has hit safely in two games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .316 with two home runs, two walks and three RBI.
• Kyle Manzardo paces the Guardians with nine runs batted in.
• Steven Kwan’s .300 batting average paces his team.

Guardians pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Guardians has a collective 7.8 K/9, which ranks 24th in the majors.
• Cleveland has a 4.21 team ERA that ranks 18th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Guardians have the fourth-highest WHIP in MLB (1.468).
• The Guardians surrender the 17th-fewest home runs in baseball (14 total, 1.3 per game).
• Cleveland struck out 12 White Sox batters while giving up eight hits in a 3-2 win in its last game.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have been underdogs in five games this season and won two (40%) of those contests.
• Kansas City has not been a bigger underdog this season than the +119 moneyline set for this game.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Royals have a 45.7% chance to win.
• Kansas City and its opponents have hit the over in five of its 12 games with a total this season.
• The Royals have an ATS record of 5-7-0 in 12 games with a spread this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. has been key for Kansas City with 12 hits, an OBP of .340 plus a slugging percentage of .426.
• Witt is 98th in home runs and 96th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Maikel Garcia is batting .308 this season with two home runs and six RBI.
• Garcia currently is 54th in homers and 77th in RBI in the big leagues.
• Vinnie Pasquantino leads Kansas City in RBI with 10 while batting .171.
• Jonathan India has 10 hits and an OBP of .365 to go with a slugging percentage of .302 this season.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals average the 17th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.5) in the majors this season.
• Kansas City has pitched to a 3.05 ERA this season, which ranks third in baseball.
• The Royals have a combined 1.182 WHIP as a pitching staff, ninth-lowest in MLB.
• With just 10 homers allowed, the Royals rank sixth in the league at preventing long balls.
• Kansas City suffered a 4-0 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out 10 Twins batters while allowing seven hits.