Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals 6/29/23 - MLB Betting Picks and Odds
Cleveland Guardians vs. Kansas City Royals
MLB: 2:10 PM EST
Jun. 29, 2023
TV: n/a
Latest Odds : CLE -165 ; O/U 9
The Cleveland Guardians continue a road trip in Kansas City Thursday night for game three of three against the Kansas City Royals. Cleveland comes into Thursday two games below .500 following a win in game one of this series. Shane Bieber will take the mound for Cleveland Thursday night 5-5 on the year with a 3.69 ERA. Bieber has given up 42 runs on 96 hits in exactly 100 innings of work this season. As a unit Cleveland has been mediocre this season with a 3.79 combined ERA long 608 total strike outs.
Offensively Cleveland has been subpar on the year with a .246 team batting average after scoring 304 runs on 650 hits. Jose Ramirez is the offensive leader for Cleveland carrying a .294 batting average to go along with a team leading twelve home runs. Josh Naylor has been fantastic in the middle of the Cleveland order as well with ten home runs and a team high 57 RBIs.
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The Kansas City Royals remain at home Thursday night 35 games below .500 on a two game skid following the loss against Cleveland in game one of this series. Brady Singer took the mound for Kansas City in game one of this series giving up two runs on four hits across six innings of work resulting in a no decision. The Kansas City bullpen was fantastic giving up no runs on two hits over the next two innings. Scott Barlow came on to allow two runs on two hits in the 9th leading to the loss.
Offensively Kansas City was terrible with only two hits in 29 at bats including none with runners in scoring position to leave three men on base. The only run of the game for Kansas City came as Nicky Lopez grounded out to the pitcher resulting in an error leading to the run. Salvador Perez is the top bat in the Kansas City lineup this season leading the team with a .263 batting average to go along with a team high fifteen home runs and 39 RBIs in 71 games played.
Recent Betting Trends:
Guardians are 4-0 in their last 4 games vs. a team with a winning % below .400.
Guardians are 5-0 in their last 5 games with the total set at 11.0 or higher.
Guardians are 5-0 in their last 5 road games with the total set at 11.0 or higher.
Royals are 5-2 in their last 7 home games with the total set at 6.5 or lower.
Royals are 20-41 in their last 61 home games with the total set at 9.0-10.5.
Free Betting Pick: Cleveland Guardians -165
The Guardians have had some issues this year but are the much better team in this game. Greinke will be on the mound for KC and has been awful all year. Look for the Guardians bats to shine Thursday leading to runs in bunches. Take Cleveland Thursday to get a needed road win against a bad team. Final Score Prediction, Cleveland Guardians win 8-2.