The Boston Red Sox (21-27) are underdogs (+100) as they try to sweep a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals (20-29, -120). The series finale starts at 7:40 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Kansas City’s Michael Wacha and Boston’s Connelly Early will take the mound first.

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Royals vs. Red Sox betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-120)
• Underdog: Red Sox (+100)
• Over/under: 8

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have been favored on the moneyline 26 total times this season. They’ve finished 12-14 in those games.
• Kansas City has gone 7-11 (winning just 38.9% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -120 or shorter.
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Royals a 54.5% chance to win.
• In the 49 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for Kansas City, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 22 times (22-27-0).
• The Royals have gone 19-30-0 against the spread this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. paces the Royals with seven home runs and 23 runs batted in, while accumulating a team-high batting average of .301.
• Witt ranks 49th in home runs and 75th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Witt enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .250 with a double, a walk and an RBI.
• Maikel Garcia has 13 doubles, a triple, three home runs and 19 walks while batting .262.
• Garcia currently ranks 170th in homers and 140th in RBI in the bigs.
• Garcia has safely hit in four games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .174 with a double.
• Vinnie Pasquantino leads the Royals with 23 runs batted in.
• Carter Jensen is hitting .236 with six doubles, six home runs and 19 walks.

Royals pitching rankings

• The 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Royals pitching staff ranks 16th in MLB.
• Kansas City’s 4.33 team ERA ranks 22nd across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Royals average MLB’s 23rd-ranked WHIP (1.385).
• Royals pitchers combine to surrender the 20th-fewest home runs in baseball (53 total, 1.1 per game).
• Kansas City struck out nine Red Sox batters while giving up 15 hits in a 7-1 loss in its last game.

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• This season, the Red Sox have won six out of the 17 games, or 35.3%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Boston has entered 13 games this season as the underdog by +100 or more and is 4-9 in those contests.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 50% chance of a victory for the Red Sox.
• Boston and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 20 of its 48 opportunities.
• In 48 games with a spread this season, the Red Sox are 20-28-0 ATS.

Red Sox hitting info

• Wilyer Abreu leads Boston in batting average (.294) this season while adding six home runs and 19 RBI.
• Abreu is 76th in home runs and 121st in RBI among all batters in MLB.
• Willson Contreras leads Boston in home runs (10) and runs batted in (30) this season while batting .258.
• Among all major league batters, Contreras ranks 24th in homers and 25th in RBI.
• Contreras takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .300 with a double, two home runs and seven RBIs.
• Ceddanne Rafaela has 44 hits this season and a slash line of .288/.355/.438.
• Rafaela enters this game on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .333 with three doubles and two walks.
• Jarren Duran is batting .189 with an OBP of .262 and a slugging percentage of .331 this season.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The Red Sox average the 18th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.3) in the majors this season.
• Boston has pitched to a 3.69 ERA this season, which ranks eighth in baseball.
• Red Sox pitchers have a 1.233 WHIP this season, ninth-best in the majors.
• The Red Sox have given up the 22nd-fewest long balls so far this season with 55 home runs allowed.
• Boston earned a 7-1 win in its most recent game, striking out 10 Royals batters while allowing six hits.