The Kansas City Royals (0-1) host the Cleveland Guardians (1-0) on Saturday at 4:10 p.m. ET. The Royals are favored on the moneyline (-128) against the underdog Guardians (+109). Seth Lugo starts for Kansas City while Cleveland will counter with Gavin Williams.

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Royals vs. Guardians betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-128)
• Underdog: Guardians (+109)
• Over/under: 8.5

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals finished with a 49-28 record in games they were favored on the moneyline last season (winning 63.6% of those games).
• Kansas City had a record of 35-19 when playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -128 or shorter last year (64.8%).
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Royals’ implied win probability is 56.1%.
• Kansas City played in 168 games with a set over/under, and combined with its opponents to go over the total 70 times (70-93-5).
• The Royals put together a 92-76-0 record ATS last season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. hit 32 home runs and had 109 runs batted in last season, while accumulating a batting average of .332.
• Vinnie Pasquantino had 30 doubles, two triples, 19 home runs and 40 walks while hitting .262.
• Salvador Perez hit .271 a season ago with 28 doubles, 27 home runs and 44 walks.
• Jonathan India had 28 doubles, two triples, 15 home runs and 80 walks while hitting .248.

Royals pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Royals had a collective 8.5 K/9 last season, which ranked 18th in MLB.
• Kansas City had the eighth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.76).
• Last season the Royals averaged MLB’s 13th-ranked WHIP (1.245).
• The Royals surrendered the first-fewest home runs in baseball (146 total, 0.9 per game).

Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Guardians betting info

• The Guardians were underdogs in 65 games last season and won 29 (44.6%) of those contests.
• Last season, Cleveland won 11 of its 34 games, or 32.4%, when it was the underdog by at least +109 on the moneyline.
• The Guardians have a 47.8% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Cleveland and its opponents hit the over in 75 of its 171 games with a total last season.
• The Guardians were 86-84-0 against the spread last season.

Guardians hitting info

• Jose Ramirez finished with a .279 average last season, with 39 home runs and 118 RBI.
• Steven Kwan posted a .292 average with 14 homers and 44 RBI.
• Carlos Santana finished with a .238 average, 23 home runs and 71 RBI last season.
• Lane Thomas collected 112 hits, posted an OBP of .309 and a .400 SLG.

Guardians pitching rankings

• The Guardians struck out 8.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, ninth-best in MLB.
• Cleveland pitched to a 3.61 ERA last season, which ranked third in baseball.
• The Guardians had a combined WHIP of just 1.202 as a pitching staff, which was the fourth-best in baseball last season.
• With 179 homers allowed, the Guardians ranked 12th in the league at preventing long balls.