Cleveland Guardians vs Kansas City Royals Prediction and Betting Odds May 30
Cleveland Guardians vs Kansas City Royals Betting Preview
WagerTalk MLB handicapper Andy Lang offers his Cleveland Guardians vs Kansas City Royals betting preview for Memorial Day Monday, May 30. The starting pitching matchup features two young right-handed pitchers, as Zach Plesac toes the rubber for Cleveland and Johnathan Heasley gets the nod for Kansas City.
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| Monday, May 30 | MLB Betting Notes, Courtesy of Caesars |
|---|---|
| Moneyline: | Cleveland Guardians -155 vs Kansas City Royals +145 |
| Runline: | Guardians -1.5 (+120) / Royals +1.5 (-140) |
| Total: | 9.5 Runs (-110 Each Way) |
| Game Time: | 6:10pm ET / 3:10pm PT |
| Where: | Progressive Field in Cleveland |
| Weather: | 90-Degrees with Light Winds Blowing Out to Center |
Guardians vs Royals Analysis
The Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Guardians collide for the first of three games between American League Central rivals on Memorial Day Monday. The Guardians are coming off a series where they lost two of three games against the Detroit Tigers. Meanwhile the Royals were able to split a four game series against the first-place Minnesota Twins.
Royals Split With Twins
The Kansas City Royals ended up with a 2-2 series split after losing 7-3 in Minnesota against the Twins yesterday. Starter Zach Greinke was roughed up, giving up five runs on six hits including three home runs in only four innings. Greinke hasn’t been in good form and is now 0-4 on the season. M.J.Melendez and Hunter Dozier both went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a double.
Scoring runs has been an issue the Royals who rank 24th in runs scored with just under four per game. They rank 14th with a team batting average of .237 and 25th with an OPS of .664.
Johnathan Heasley gets his fourth start of the season after going 1-1 with a 4.91 ERA after the first three. He struggled with command in his last start against the Arizona Diamondbacks, walking six batters in five innings while limiting the damage to three runs. He has now walked 13 batters in only 13 13.1 innings of work.
Guardians Need To Bounce Back
The Cleveland Guardians lost two of three games against the Detroit Tigers this weekend with both losses coming by one run. In yesterday’s 2-1 loss, the Guardians only mustered seven singles with no extra-base hits. Owen Miller was the only player with a multi-hit game. Starting pitcher Triston McKenzie was spot-on but received the loss nonetheless, after hurling 7.2 innings while allowing only two runs on four hits while striking out eight.
Cleveland began the season on a positive but have essentially hit a brick wall. They are 3-8 over the course of their last 11 games while scoring three runs or less in seven of the losses.
On the season, the Guardians rank 11th in runs scored with 4.6 runs a game. Slugger Jose Ramirez has played at an M.V.P. level as his 12 home runs and 48 RBI set him among the league leaders.
The Guardians will hand the ball to struggling starter Zach Plesac. Plesac is 1-4 with a 5.40 ERA and 1.43 WHIP on the season. He was awful in his last start against the Houston Astros, only lasting 4.2 innings while allowing seven earned runs on nine hits.
Cleveland Guardians vs Kansas City Royals Prediction
Current form makes both teams difficult to back as the Guardians are 3-8 in their last 11 while the Royals are 2-8 in their last ten games. Neither starting pitcher has inspired much confidence, making it even harder to back a side.
The only directions I can look for this one is Cleveland and the over in some form. The Guardians should have no trouble getting on Heasley and making him pay for those walks. Heasley isn’t going to last long and their bullpen ERA is third-worst in the majors at 4.76.
The Royals’ bats have come around a bit recently and should be able to score some runs on a struggling Plesac. The over is 9-1 in the Royals’ last ten games. Let’s hope for some fireworks and back the over once again.
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Meet the Author
Andy Lang has lived in Indianapolis his whole life, and like most people from the Hoosier State, he became fascinated with motor sports. That interest in motor sports turned into a desire to make money off the sport through fantasy contests and sports betting. Like most, he took his lumps when he first got started, but now he is one of the most respected NASCAR bettors in the industry. Andy has expanded that sports betting experience to become profitable in a number of other sports, transforming this interest from a side hobby to a major source of income.
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