The Kansas City Royals will play host to their AL Central foe Minnesota Twins at Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium. Fox Sports Kansas City will broadcast the matchup and the game is scheduled to get underway at 7:15 p.m. ET.
Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals Odds
Minnesota (-130) is coming into this one as the favorite over Kansas City (+120) and oddsmakers have the Over/Under for this night game at 9 runs (+100 for the over and -120 for the under). The game’s most recent runline odds stand at +115 for picking the Twins -1.5 runs and -135 for the Royals +1.5 runs.
The Royals are 28-68 straight up (SU) and 41-54 against the spread (ATS). They’ve lost 30.0 units for bettors taking the moneyline and 22.6 units (ATS). The Twins have gone 44-51 SU this year and are 53-41 ATS. Overall, the team’s lost 7.8 units for moneyline gamblers, but have gained 9.3 units ATS.
Royals games have a 40-51-4 over/under record so far in 2018. Minnesota has an over/under record of 46-45-3.
Lance Lynn will get the start for the visiting Twins. The right-handed Lynn is 7-7 with a 5.22 ERA and 91 strikeouts. He’s 2-0 with 11 strikeouts and a 4.09 ERA against Kansas City this year (two starts).
The Royals are handing the ball to righty Jakob Junis (5-10, 5.13 ERA), who’s got 92 strikeouts and 28 walks to his name, as well as a WHIP of 1.29. Junis is 0-1 with seven strikeouts and a 4.50 ERA in one start against Minnesota this year.
As a unit, Kansas City’s pitchers have yielded 5.6 runs per game overall in 2018. Its starting pitching staff has a 5.31 ERA, 1.47 WHIP and 7.3 strikeouts per nine innings. The bullpen has a 5.53 ERA, 1.56 WHIP and 6.9 K/9. In 36 games against divisional foes, Royals starters have an ERA of 5.31 and the bullpen’s ERA is 5.19.
Kansas City’s offense has put up 3.6 runs per contest, including 4.0 per game against divisional foes and 4.6 per game over its last five. The team has a slash-line of .228/.295/.401 over its last five contests and is 2-3 SU during that stretch.
Whit Merrifield has helped lead the Royals’ offense this season with five home runs, 30 RBIs, 43 runs and 17 steals.
In the other dugout, Minnesota’s pitching staff allowed 4.8 runs per game and its starters own a 4.43 ERA, 1.35 WHIP and 8.62 K/9. The bullpen has logged an ERA of 4.69, along with a WHIP of 1.35.
The Twins offense has slashed .245/.318/.406 on its way to 4.5 runs scored per game this year, including 4.6 runs per game against divisional foes and 7.6 per game over the team’s last five contests (3-2 SU).
Eddie Rosario has led Minnesota’s hitters. Rosario is slashing .310/.351/.533 with 19 home runs, 61 RBIs and 65 runs scored.
The Royals snuck away with the previous game in the series by a final score of six runs to five.
Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals MLB Prediction
Predictions: SU Winner – Twins, ATS Winner – Twins, O/U – OVER
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The under has cashed in only two of Kansas City’s last seven games.
Both teams have hit 11 home runs over their last 10 games.
Kansas City has posted 22.2 Runs + Hits + Errors per game over its last 10 contests and 19.8 over its last five.
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