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Red Sox vs Royals Betting Odds

Here are the Red Sox vs Royals Betting Odds:

TEAM	SPREAD	MONEYLINE	TOTAL
Boston	-1.5	-111	9 O
Kansas City	+1.5	+101	9 U

Red Sox vs Royals Betting Trends

Here are the Red Sox vs Royals Betting Trends for both teams, but first, the head-to-head stats:

Red Sox vs Royals Betting Trends: Head-to-Head

Red Sox vs Royals Betting Trends: Boston

Now, we have the Red Sox vs Royals Betting Trends for the Boston:

• Over the past seven games, the total has been under in five of Boston’s games.
• Boston has a winning record of 4-1 against Kansas City in its last five games.
• Five of Boston’s previous six games played away from home have resulted in the total going over.
• When Boston has been facing Kansas City away from home, the total has gone over in six of the last seven games that they have played.
• In its last nine games, Boston has a winning percentage of 6-3 while playing as the favorite.
• In its previous 12 games played on a Friday, Boston has a record of 4-8 against the spread when playing away from home.

Red Sox vs Royals Betting Trends: Kansas City

Now, we have the Red Sox vs Royals Betting Trends for the Kansas City:

• Ten of Kansas City’s most recent fourteen games have resulted in the total going UNDER.
• The Kansas City Chiefs have won all six of their most recent games by a score of 6-0.
• In its last 11 games played at home, Kansas City has a winning record of 10-1 against the spread.
• When Kansas City has been playing at home versus Boston, the total has gone over in six of the last seven games that they have played.
• The Kansas City Royals have a perfect record of 5-0 in their previous five games versus teams from the American League.
• During the last ten games that Kansas City has played against teams from the American League East Division, the total has been UNDER in eight of those instances.

Red Sox vs Royals Betting Prediction

Now we have the Red Sox vs Royals Betting Prediction for both teams.

Red Sox vs Royals Betting Prediction: Boston

Here is the Red Sox vs Royals Betting Prediction for the Boston:

The Boston Red Sox have a slugging percentage of.422, along with a strikeout percentage of 341 and a walk rate of 135 respectively. Throughout the course of the season, they have contributed 177 runs batted in in addition to 335 base knocks, and their team batting average is currently sitting at.255. As a team, the Red Sox have reached 74 doubles and have hit 45 balls out of the ballpark. They have also earned 74 doubles. While maintaining a team on-base percentage of.329, they have racked up a total of 186 runs scored. When taken as a whole, the Boston Red Sox are averaging 4.9 runs per game, which places them seventh in the Major League Baseball.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.80, and their pitching staff has a WHIP of 1.30 as a collective unit. Pitchers for the Red Sox have allowed 172 runs in total, including 36 home runs, which places them 21st in Major League Baseball. The Boston Red Sox have allowed 151 earned runs and 327 base hits, which is equivalent to 8.7 hits per nine innings. The Red Sox have a team earned run average of 4.01 for the season, which places them sixteenth in Major League Baseball, and their pitching staff has struck out 319 batters. As of this point in the season, they have walked 114 players from the opposing squad, and their face-to-face interaction ratio (FIP) is 3.76.

During the course of the season, the Red Sox have given 113 bullpen pitchers the opportunity to take the rubber. Over the course of the season, the bullpen pitchers have been responsible for inheriting 36 runners, and 44.4% of those players have reached base. They have nine saves for the year, but they have failed to convert eight of the seventeen possibilities to save. The bullpen for the Red Sox has a save percentage of 52.9% and has entered the game in 29 different circumstances where they were required to make a save. This year, the bullpen has a total of 11 holds, which places them 28th in the baseball league. There have been 27 instances in which Red Sox relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base, and they have also made 34 appearances in environments with high leverage.

Out of 3,048 innings played, the Red Sox have turned 67.6% of baseballs in play into outs, which places them in the 26th position in Major League Baseball. Over the course of the season, the Baltimore Orioles have accumulated a total of 1,016 putouts, in addition to 347 assists and 31 errors. They presently have a fielding percentage of.978, which places them in the thirty-first spot in the major leagues. Additionally, they have a total of 32 double plays.

To this point in his career as a professional baseball player, Dobbins has thrown 16 innings and has been responsible for 13 punch outs. In his career, Dobbins has a record of 2-1, a fielding percentage of 3.83, and he has faced 74 hitters from opposing teams through the major leagues. He has a 3.89 earned run average (ERA) and a 1.358 earned run average (WHIP). Along with four free passes, he has allowed 18 base hits, which is equivalent to 10.0 hits per nine innings.

Red Sox vs Royals Betting Trends: Boston Stats & Insights

• This season, the Red Sox have been the favorites in 30 games, and they have won 17 of those games, which is a 56.7% win rate.
• With a moneyline wager of at least -119, Boston has won 16 of its 26 games this season, which is equivalent to a 61.5% winning percentage.
• Based on the implied probability of the moneyline, the Red Sox have a 54.3% chance of winning this game than any other other team.
• Out of the 39 opportunities that Boston has had, 18 of those games have gone over the total.
• During this season, the Red Sox have a record of 18-21-0 against the spread.
• The Red Sox will get their fourth start of the season from Dobbins, who will kick off the game. His record is 2-1, with a 3.78 earned run average and 13 strikeouts in 16 and a half innings thrown.
• When the right-handed pitcher last pitched, it was on Saturday against the Minnesota Twins. He pitched for five and two-thirds innings, during which he allowed four earned runs while also allowing seven hits.
• In three games played so far this season, the 25-year-old pitcher has a 3.78 earned run average (ERA) and 7.0 strikeouts per nine innings. Additionally, he has allowed opposing hitters to have a batting average of.265 against him.
• Dobbins will attempt to extend a string of four games in which he has pitched five innings or more (he is now maintaining an average of 5.4 innings per game).
• The Royals offense, which ranks 23rd in the league with 139 runs scored when batting, will be the opponent he will face. The number 245 as a whole. Combined, it has a slugging percentage of.369, which ranks 22nd in Major League Baseball play, and it has hit a total of 27 home runs, which ranks 27th in MLB action.
• This year, the Red Sox have hit 46 home runs, which places them tenth in the league in terms of home runs hit.
• In the major leagues, the hitters for Boston have a total slugging percentage of.420, which places them eighth in the league.
• As of this season, the Red Sox have a club batting average of.254, which places them tenth among all Major League Baseball teams.
• This season, Boston has scored 191 runs, which places them in fifth place among all major league teams.
• This season, the Red Sox have a batting average of.329, which places them tenth in the Major League Baseball.
• Boston has an average of 8.9 whiffs per game, which places them in the 28th spot in the Major League Baseball in terms of strikeouts per game.

Red Sox vs Royals Betting Trends: Boston Last 10 Games

Date	Opponent	Score	Spread	Total	Moneyline
5/08/25	TEX	W 5-0	W-1.5	U9.5	W-136
5/07/25	TEX	W 6-4	W-1.5	O9.5	W-136
5/06/25	TEX	L 6-1	L+1.5	U9	LEVEN
5/04/25	MIN	L 5-4	L-1.5	O8.5	L-215
5/03/25	MIN	L 4-3	W+1.5	U9	L-115
5/02/25	MIN	W 6-1	W+1.5	U9	W+102
5/01/25	@TOR	L 4-2	L-1.5	U8.5	L-104
4/30/25	@TOR	L 7-6	L-1.5	O9	L-110
4/29/25	@TOR	W 10-2	W-1.5	O7.5	W-152
4/27/25	@CLE	W 13-3	W-1.5	O7.5	W-106

Red Sox vs Royals Betting Prediction: Kansas City

Here is the Red Sox vs Royals Betting Prediction for the Kansas City:

As of this point in the season, Kansas City has hit 27 home runs and has contributed 129 runs to the team’s total. They have walked 102 times and scored 129 runs, in addition to hitting 64 doubles and striking out 102 times. Not only do the Kansas City Royals have a batting average of.239 for the season, but they also have an on-base percentage of.301 as a club. The Royals have a team slugging percentage of.362, and they give up 3.39 runs per game on average, which places them 27th in the league. The number of times they have struck out is 260, which places them 29th in the baseball league, while they have collected 300 hits.

Throughout the course of the season, the Royals have a team WHIP of 1.187 and a FIP of 3.65. This stands for the team’s overall performance. They presently have 304 strikeouts and 114 walks, which results in a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.10 at the moment. They have a total of 286 hits that they have allowed, which places them ninth in the Major League Baseball. In addition to allowing 33 home runs, they have allowed 3.28 runs per nine innings, which places them third in the league. The pitching staff for Kansas City has a team earned run average of 2.99, which is equivalent to 123 earned runs given up, and they have given up 123 runs so far this year.

While the Royals are currently in a position where they have 41 save situations, they have accumulated 24 holds and four blown saves. During the course of the game, Kansas City has utilized relievers to enter the game in 17 different save opportunities, and they have walked away with 13 saves. Not only have their bullpen relievers entered the game on 28 occasions with runners on base, but they have also entered the game 37 times in high leverage situations. The inherited scoring rate for relief pitchers pitched by the Kansas City Royals is 30.8% out of a total of 39 inherited runners. They have a save percentage of 76.5%, which places them in fifth place in baseball, and they have activated 115 relievers throughout the course of the season.

The Kansas City Royals have accounted for a fielding rate of.990, which is the second highest in all of professional baseball, and they have also been responsible for 31 double plays. As of this point in the season, the Royals have a total of 1,012 putouts, 348 assists, and 14 errors to their credit. As a result of playing 3,036 innings, the Royals have a defense efficiency of 71.8%, which places them seventh among all professional baseball teams.

Over the course of his career in professional baseball, Lorenzen has allowed 812 hits while striking out a total of 732 batters across 892 innings pitched. He has allowed 397 earned runs while maintaining a WHIP of 1.316 and a FIP of 3.9. He has also been the owner of a perfect game. In his career as a professional baseball player, he has reached the point where he has faced 3,776 batters and has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.02. Lorenzen has a career record of 50-47 wins and losses, and he has a 4.00 earned run average. Additionally, he allows 8.2 hits per nine innings pitched.

Red Sox vs Royals Betting Trends: Kansas City Stats & Insights

• During the course of this season, the Royals have competed in 22 games as underdogs, and they have emerged victorious 10 times (or 45.5% of the time) in those battles.
• Over the course of this season, Kansas City has been victorious six times out of seventeen times while considered an underdog with a moneyline odds of at least -101 or worse.
• According to the moneyline that has been established for this contest, the Royals have an implied probability of winning that is fifty-two percent.
• During the current season, Kansas City and its opponents have gone over in thirteen of the 39 games that they have played, according to the total set by sportsbooks.
• Throughout the course of this season, the Royals have compiled a record of 20-19-5 against the spread.
• It is Lorenzen’s eighth start of the season for the Royals, and he pitches the first pitch. Through 38 and a half innings worked, he has a record of 3-3 with a 4.23 earned run average and 33 strikeouts.
• The right-handed pitcher’s most recent outing was on Sunday, when he faced the Baltimore Orioles. He pitched for four and a half innings, during which he allowed five earned runs while also allowing seven hits.
• Over the course of seven games this season, the 33-year-old pitcher has a 4.23 earned run average and 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings pitched. He has a batting average of.261 against his opponents.
• All three of Lorenzen’s starts this season have been of a high caliber, and he is looking forward to this matchup.
• During the course of this season, Lorenzen has made five starts in which he pitched for five innings or more.
• Every single one of his games in 2025 resulted in him giving up at least one earned run.
• The Red Sox offense, which is the opponent, has a slugging percentage of.420, which is seventh in the Major League Baseball, and they have hit 46 home runs, which is ninth in the league. They have finished in second place in the league with 341 total hits and fifth place in Major League Baseball play with 191 runs scored. Their collective batting average is.254, and they have scored 191 runs.
• At 27 home runs, the Royals are the fourth-worst team in Major League Baseball play.
• The Kansas City Royals have a slugging percentage of.369, which places them 22nd in the baseball league this season.
• A batting average of.245 places the Royals in 14th place in the Major League Baseball.
• The Kansas City Royals offense is the 23rd best offensive in Major League Baseball, averaging 3.6 runs per game with a total of 139 runs scored.
• The Royals’ on-base percentage of.304 places them 24th in Major League Baseball.

Red Sox vs Royals Betting Trends: Kansas City Last 10 Games

Date	Opponent	Score	Spread	Total	Moneyline
5/08/25	CWS	W 10-0	W-1.5	O8	W-245
5/07/25	CWS	W 2-1	L-1.5	U8.5	W-220
5/06/25	CWS	W 4-3	L-1.5	U8.5	W-230
5/05/25	CWS	W 3-0	W-1.5	U8	W-260
5/04/25	@BAL	W 11-6	W+1.5	O9.5	W+114
5/03/25	@BAL	W 4-0	W-1.5	U9	W-108
5/02/25	@BAL	L 3-0	L+1.5	U9.5	L+104
5/01/25	@TB	W 8-2	W+1.5	O8.5	W+116
4/30/25	@TB	W 3-0	W+1.5	U9	W+158
4/29/25	@TB	W 3-1	W+1.5	U9	W+124

 

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