Red Sox vs Royals Betting Odds
When: August 05, 2022, at 8:10 p.m. EDT
Venue: Kauffman Stadium โ Kansas City, MO
Red Sox vs Royals Betting Preview
An American League series begins Friday night when the Boston Red Sox (53-53, 27-26 away) visit the Kansas City Royals (41-64, 22-30 home). Both teams are well out of their division races, but the Red Sox are within three games of the final AL Wild Card spot. This game will air live on ESPN+.
Rafael Devers is having another brilliant season as he leads the Red Sox with a .322 batting average and 23 home runs. Trevor Story has a team high 58 RBIs this season. Boston is batting .252 and the pitchers have recorded a 4.27 ERA and 1.31 WHIP.
Kansas City has been led by Bobby Witt Jr. and his 15 home runs and 52 RBIs. Andrew Benintendi, who is now a Yankee, had a team high .320 batting average. The Royals are batting .244 and the pitchers have recorded a 4.70 ERA and 1.47 WHIP.
Red Sox vs Royals Betting Trends
Red Sox
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston’s last 5 games.
- Boston are 6-14 SU in their last 20 games.
- Boston are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games against Kansas City.
- Boston are 3-8 SU in their last 11 games on the road.
- The total has gone OVER in 9 of Boston’s last 12 games when playing on the road against Kansas City.
- Boston are 5-13 SU in their last 18 games against an opponent in the American League.
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston’s last 6 games against an opponent in the American League Central Division division.
Royals
- The total has gone OVER in 5 of Kansas City’s last 7 games.
- Kansas City are 3-7 SU in their last 10 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City’s last 6 games against Boston.
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Kansas City’s last 6 games at home.
- The total has gone OVER in 9 of Kansas City’s last 12 games when playing at home against Boston.
- Kansas City are 2-4 SU in their last 6 games played in August.
- Kansas City are 4-9 SU in their last 13 games when playing as the underdog.
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Red Sox vs Royals Pick & Prediction
Last time out, Boston could not finish off the sweep in Houston as they lost 6-1 on Wednesday. The Astros put up two runs in each of the first two innings, and again in the fifth, to get the comfortable win. Xander Bogaerts went 1-4 with one home run, one RBI and one run scored in the loss. Jose Urquidy improved to 10-4 and Rich Hill fell to 4-5 on the year.
Kansas City lost their series in Chicago with a 4-1 defeat on Wednesday. The White Sox led 1-0 after the first inning and pulled away with three runs in the bottom half of the third inning. Bobby Witt Jr. went 2-4 with one home run, one RBI and one run scored in the loss. Lance Lynn improved to 2-4, Brady Singer fell to 4-4 and Liam Hendricks saved his 21st game of the season.
Pitching Matchup: TBD vs Zack Greinke (3-6, 4.41 ERA, 1.30 WHIP)