Kansas City Royals (75-64) vs Cleveland Guardians (79-59)
Game Info: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 7:40 pm (Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium)
The Line: Betting Odds: Kansas City Royals -110 / Cleveland Guardians -109 — Over/Under: 8
In this article, we will formulate a Cleveland Guardians vs Kansas City Royals Prediction for this MLB game on Tuesday, September 3rd, at Kaufmann Stadium. To formulate this prediction, we will examine:
-The Guardians’ recent form and recent player performance
-The Royals’ recent form and recent player performance
-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving Cleveland
-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving Kansas City
-Recent betting trends in games played between Cleveland and Kansas City.
-A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for Today’s Game between the Guardians and Royals.
Royals Offense Has to be Better
Remember a week ago when the Royals were only two innings away from being in the lead of the American League Central? That feels like a long time ago and now they are really struggling again. On Monday, the Royals scored only two runs and that led to the defeat. Michael Wacha went five innings giving up five hits and two runs.
The Royals are averaging 4.78 runs while their pitching is giving up 4.13 runs per game. The offense is naked 9th in the league while the pitching is ranked 8th. Getting the start for the Royals will be Brady Singer who sits with a 9-9 record and an ERA of 3.36. In his last start against the Houston Astros, he went six innings giving up five hits and two runs. The Royals will take on the Twins after this series.
Why the Royals Will Beat the Guardians
- The Royals have won four of their last five games as underdogs against the Guardians following a loss.
- The Guardians have lost three of their last four games as favorites against AL Central opponents.
- The Royals have covered the run line in five of their last six home games against American League opponents following a home loss.
- The Guardians have failed to cover the run line in five of their last six night games against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
- The Royals have led after 3 innings in each of their last four games against the Guardians at Kauffman Stadium.
- The Royals have led after 5 innings in each of their last three games as underdogs against AL Central opponents.
Guardians Figuring it Out
After some struggles the Guardians are back on the right track and now they have some confidence. On Monday they gave up only two runs on the way to the victory. Giving Williams went seven innings and gave up only one run. The Guardians are averaging 4.55 runs while while their pitching is giving up 4.01 runs per game.
The offense is ranked 14th in the league while the pitching is ranked 6th. Jose Ramirez has hit 34 home runs and driven in 105 RBIs so far this season. Getting the start for the Guardians will be Tanner Bibee who sits with a 10-6 record and an ERA of 3.65. In his last start against the Kansas City Royals, he went five innings giving eight hits and five runs. The Guardians will play against the Dodgers following this series.
Cleveland Guardians vs Kansas City Royals Prediction
Bibee overall this season has been solid, but he’s coming off a start where he gave up five runs and it’s going to be much of the same here. The Royals are going to have no issue teeing off of him here. Singer sits with an ERA of 3.36 and he’s going to really step up in this game. The Guardians aren’t going to get any sort of offense going and it will be the Royals that are going to get the job done.