Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, Preview and Odds - 06/01/2022

Game Time: 1:10 pm ET, Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Venue:  Progressive Field, Cleveland, OH

Where to Watch:  YouTube

DraftKings:  Moneyline odds:  Royals +120, Guardians -140; Over/Under:  8 runs

Bet365:  Moneyline odds:  Royals +120, Guardians -140; Over/Under:  8 runs

BetMGM:  Moneyline odds:  Royals +120, Guardians -140; Over/Under:  8 runs

 

Kansas City Royals:  16-31 (5th place, AL Central)

Cleveland Guardians:  20-24 (3rd place, AL Central)

 

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Kansas City Royals:  2-8 last 10

Cleveland Guardians:  4-6 last 10

 

 

 

The Royals are coming into this game with a 16-31 record overall and they are 8-16 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They have lost 3 of their last 4 games and are coming into this one on a 2 game winning streak. They just split their 4-game series against the Minnesota Twins 2-2 and they are playing the series finale of a 3-game series with the Guardians on Wednesday. This will be the 3rd game of the series on Wednesday with the 2nd game still to be played on Tuesday. Daniel Lynch is the starting pitcher for them on Tuesday while Brad Keller will be on the mound for them here on Wednesday. He is 1-5 with a 3.95 ERA this season. His team lost their last 4 straight games this season with him starting. In his last start, he allowed 6 ER, 2 HRs, and 3 BB with 3 Ks on 11 hits in 4 IP against the Minnesota Twins. They scored 20 runs in their last series averaging 5 runs scored per game in that span and they allowed 22 runs against them averaging just over 5 runs allowed per game.

 

The Guardians are coming into this game with a 20-24 record overall and they are 9-8 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. They have won 2 of their last 3 games and are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game. They just lost their 3-game series against the Detroit Tigers 2-1 and they are playing the series finale of a 3-game series with the Royals on Wednesday. This will be the 3rd game of the series on Wednesday with the 2nd game still to be played on Tuesday. Cal Quantrill is the starting pitcher for them on Tuesday while rookie pitcher Konnor Pilkington will be on the mound for them here on Wednesday. He is 0-0 with a 3.75 ERA this season. His team lost 4 of their last 5 games this season with him as a starter. In his last start, he allowed 3 earned runs, 0 homers, and 4 BB with 4 strikeouts on 7 hits in 3.1 innings played against the Detroit Tigers. They scored 12 runs in their last series averaging 4 runs scored per game in that span and they allowed 7 runs against them averaging just over 2 runs allowed per game.

 

The Guardians are coming into this game as a favorite with the current betting odds. They won the series opener here and have been hitting the ball well in their recent games. They are scoring a lot of runs and they should be able to keep that up at home here against a bad Royals team. The Royals have not been having a good season and they have been struggling to win games recently as they have been very inconsistent. The Guardians are going with their rookie pitcher Pilkington as the starter here and he allowed 3 runs in his last start but has been pretty good all season so far. The Royals have Keller starting though and he has been awful, not only pitching poorly in his starts this season but he is even coming off of a start where he allowed 6 runs. The Guardians will likely win this series at home and this is a game that they should have no problem winning with these pitchers on the mound. The best bet here is on the Guardians to win this game.

 

Royals Guardians Prediction:  Our MLB Pick for Wednesday, June 1, 2022 (1:10 pm ET start time) is Guardians 7 Royals 2.

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Kansas City Royals: 116-153 (-11.3 Units) ML in all games. 76-124 (-14.3 Units) ML as an underdog of +100 or higher. 44-24 UNDER against left-handed starters.

Cleveland Guardians: 50-20 (+21.4 Units) ML as a favorite of -125 to -175. 11-6 UNDER when the total is 8 to 8.5. 8-3 UNDER when the money line is -100 to -150.

 

 

Kansas City Royals:  M. Taylor (CF) Out indefinitely - Illness. A. Mondesi (SS) out for season - Knee. C. Gallagher (C) Out indefinitely - Hamstring.

Cleveland Guardians:  A. Civale (SP) Mid June - Buttocks. F. Reyes (RF) Out indefinitely - Hamstring. C. Morris (SP) Early June - Shoulder.

 

 

 

"We got into a spot where we had to fight back and the guys did a great job with that late in the game against a good bullpen and gave us a chance. Unfortunately a one-out walk put us in a bit of a bind and then a pitch that wasn't where we wanted it to be ended up being the home run." - Mike Matheny after his team’s loss against the Guardians on Monday.

 

 

"Nothing came out of it so it was one of those, just kind of smile it off. I'm not looking at him like, ‘Come on dude, you need to do better.' He learned from it. He understood. He knew what he did. We got out of it with no runs, unscathed." - Zach Plesac on a mistake Oscar Gonzalez made in their win against the Royals on Monday.

 

 

 

Whit Merrifield (R) CF

Andrew Benintendi (L) LF

Bobby Witt Jr. (R) SS

Salvador Perez (R) C

MJ Melendez (L) DH

Hunter Dozier (R) RF

Carlos Santana (S) 1B

Emmanuel Rivera (R) 3B

Nicky Lopez (L) 2B

 

Myles Straw (R) CF

Amed Rosario (R) SS

Jose Ramirez (S) 3B

Owen Miller (R) 1B

Josh Naylor (L) DH

Oscar Gonzalez (R) RF

Andres Gimenez (L) 2B

Steven Kwan (L) LF

Austin Hedges (R) C

 

 

Batting Average:  Edward Olivares (.371)

Hits:  Andrew Benintendi (57)

Home Runs:  Salvador Perez (6)

RBI:  Bobby Witt (24)

Stolen Bases:  Whit Merrifield (7)

Wins:  Collin Snider (3)

Saves:  Scott Barlow (5)

ERA:  Matt Peacock (0.00)

 

Batting Average:  Oscar Gonzalez (.438)

Hits:  Jose Ramirez (49)

Home Runs:  Jose Ramirez (13)

RBI:  Jose Ramirez (51)

Stolen Bases:  Myles Straw (9)

Wins:  Nick Sandlin (4)

Saves:  Emmanuel Clase (7)

ERA:  Sam Hentges (1.17)

 

Managers:

Kansas City Royals: Mike Matheny (3rd season)

Cleveland Guardians: Terry Francona (10th season)