The Cleveland Guardians (7-6) ride a four-game win streak into a matchup against the Kansas City Royals (7-7) on Sunday at 1:40 p.m. ET. The Royals are favored (-131) to stop the underdog Guardians’ (+110) streak. Cole Ragans starts for Kansas City while Cleveland will counter with Ben Lively.

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Royals vs. Guardians betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-131)
• Underdog: Guardians (+110)
• Over/under: 7.5

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have been favored on the moneyline eight total times this season. They’ve finished 5-3 in those games.
• Kansas City has played as moneyline favorites of -131 or shorter in just one game this season, which it lost.
• The Royals have an implied moneyline win probability of 56.7% in this contest.
• Kansas City has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total six times this season for a 6-8-0 record against the over/under.
• The Royals have put together a 6-8-0 record against the spread this season (covering 42.9% of the time).

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. leads the Royals with a .308 batting average.
• Among all hitters in MLB action, Witt’s home run total ranks 108th and his RBI tally ranks 92nd.
• Witt takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .400 with three doubles, four walks and two RBI.
• Maikel Garcia has hit two home runs to lead his team.
• Garcia currently ranks 62nd in home runs and 92nd in RBI in the bigs.
• Vinnie Pasquantino leads the Royals with 10 runs batted in.
• Jonathan India has three doubles and eight walks while hitting .216.

Royals pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Royals has a collective 8.4 K/9, which ranks 16th in the majors.
• Kansas City has the third-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.07).
• Pitchers for the Royals combine for the No. 10-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.221).
• Royals pitchers combine to allow 12 home runs (0.9 per game), the ninth-fewest in baseball.
• Kansas City struck out six Guardians batters while giving up 11 hits in a 7-0 loss in its last game.

Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Guardians betting info

• The Guardians have been underdogs in six games this season and won two (33.3%) of those contests.
• Cleveland has a record of 1-3 in games where oddsmakers have it as underdogs of at least +110 on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Guardians, based on the moneyline, is 47.6%.
• Cleveland’s games have gone over the total in six of its 13 chances.
• The Guardians are 5-8-0 against the spread this season.

Guardians hitting info

• Steven Kwan leads Cleveland in batting average (.340) this season.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Kwan ranks 62nd in home runs and 50th in RBI.
• Kyle Manzardo is batting .209 this season with a team-high four home runs and 11 RBI.
• Manzardo currently is 14th in home runs and 19th in RBI in the big leagues.
• Jose Ramirez’s four home runs lead all Cleveland hitters, and he’s slugging .585.
• Carlos Santana has collected 13 hits this season and has an OBP of .357. He’s slugging .438 on the year.

Guardians pitching rankings

• The Guardians strike out 8.0 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
• Cleveland pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.62 ERA this year, which ranks 11th in MLB.
• The Guardians have a combined WHIP of 1.393 as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in MLB.
• The Guardians have allowed the 13th-fewest home runs this season with 14, or 1.1 per game.
• Last time out, Cleveland defeated the Royals, 7-0, with seven strikeouts and five hits allowed.