Vinnie Pasquantino has 99 RBI this season, and will look for his 100th when the Kansas City Royals (73-70) take on the Cleveland Guardians (72-70) on Monday at 6:40 p.m. ET. The Royals are the underdog (+101) in this matchup with the Guardians (-121). Cleveland’s Slade Cecconi gets the start against Kansas City’s Ryan Bergert.

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Guardians vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Guardians (-121)
• Underdog: Royals (+101)
• Over/under: 8

Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Guardians betting info

• The Guardians are 34-23 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 59.6% of those games).
• Cleveland has a record of 27-15 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -121 or shorter (64.3% winning percentage).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Guardians’ implied win probability is 54.8%.
• Cleveland has had an over/under set by bookmakers 140 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 61 of those games (61-72-7).
• The Guardians have a 71-69-0 record against the spread this season.

Guardians hitting info

• Jose Ramirez leads the Guardians in home runs (27), runs batted in (74) and has put up a team-best batting average of .283.
• Ramirez’s home runs rank 25th in MLB and he ranks 47th in RBI in MLB.
• Ramirez has hit safely in four straight games. 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 batting .275 with 25 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 48 walks.
• Kwan ranks 184th in homers and 165th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Kwan heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .381 with a double, three walks and four RBIs.
• Kyle Manzardo has 14 doubles, two triples, 25 home runs and 44 walks while hitting .234.
• Angel Martinez is hitting .228 with 21 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 17 walks.

Guardians pitching rankings

• The Guardians pitching staff is 16th in the majors with a collective 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Cleveland has the 12th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.92).
• Pitchers for the Guardians combine for the 19th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.315).
• The Guardians surrender the 12th-fewest home runs in baseball (155 total, 1.1 per game).
• In its 2-1 win last time out, Cleveland struck out 10 Rays batters while allowing nine hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• This season, the Royals have won 37 out of the 79 games, or 46.8%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• This season, Kansas City has won 26 of its 66 games, or 39.4%, when it’s the underdog by at least +101 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 49.8% chance of a victory for the Royals.
• Kansas City and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 60 of its 143 opportunities.
• The Royals are 72-71-0 against the spread in their 143 chances 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.
• In all of MLB, Witt ranks 59th in homers and 38th in RBI.
• Maikel Garcia leads Kansas City in batting with a .294 average while slugging 16 homers and driving in 67 runs.
• Garcia is 105th in homers and 70th in RBI among all MLB batters this season.
• Garcia takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .222 with a double, a home run, two walks and three RBIs.
• Pasquantino leads the club in homers (29) and runs batted in (99) this season.
• Pasquantino has hit safely in four games in a row. 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 have an eight K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 23rd in the big leagues.
• Kansas City has the third-best ERA (3.64) in the majors this season.
• 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.