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Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians Betting Picks & Predictions

Game time: August 28, 2024 at 1:10 PM ET

Venue: Progressive Field — Cleveland, Ohio

Article updated Aug 28, 6:35 AM EDT

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

The Kansas City Royals are on the road playing the Cleveland Guardians at the Progressive Field stadium on Wednesday, 8/28/2024 @ 1:10pm EST. Michael Wacha (ERA: 3.5) will be

Game outlook

The Kansas City Royals are on the road playing the Cleveland Guardians at the Progressive Field stadium on Wednesday, 8/28/2024 @ 1:10pm EST. Michael Wacha (ERA: 3.5) will be the starting pitcher for Royals and Tanner Bibee (ERA: 3.65) will be starting for Guardians. Cleveland is the betting favorite opening at -128 and the current line is Cleveland -149.

Royals vs Guardians Prediction for Today's Game

Based on recent trends and stats, the Scorecaster predicts Guardians to win today's game by 2 points and the total to go under 8 points.

PREDICTED SCORE: Kansas City 3 to Cleveland 5

Scorecaster algorithmic predictions factor in up-to-date player injuries for both the Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Guardians, including recent team & player performances and defensive & offensive matchups from recent history.

Curated Picks & Predictions

50% of SportsJaw players predict Cleveland Guardians to win.

Based on the moneyline, the implied probability that Cleveland will win straight-up is 60%.

Based on the current lines, Oddsmakers predict Cleveland Guardians to win and the total score to be 8.

OddsShark 's prediction is The super computer is giving each team a 50% chance of winning .

O: 4.5% picked Kansas City Royals on Covers.com

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Kansas City Key Betting Stats

With a power ranking of 11, Kansas City is ranked #8 in offense (scoring an average of 4.85 per game), #8 in defense (allowing an average of 4.11 points to be scored against them per game) and are 75-58 this season.

Cleveland Key Betting Stats

Cleveland Guardians has a power ranking of 21 and are #13 for offense (scoring an average of 4.56 per game), #4 for defense (giving up an average of 3.97 points per game) and 85-77 overall. Kansas City went 0-3 in their last 3 matchups against Cleveland.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as MLB Predictions

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SportsJaw Royals vs Guardians archived game preview contains historical odds and availability that may no longer be current. View history of past Royals vs Guardians matchups or learn how our predictions work.

Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · Kansas City Royals+115 → +135Moved
  • Moneyline · Cleveland Guardians-128 → -149Moved
  • Spread · Kansas City Royals+1.5 (-190) → +1.5 (-160)Moved
  • Spread · Cleveland Guardians-1.5 (+164) → -1.5 (+140)Moved
  • Total · Over8 (-110) → 8 (-110)Unchanged
  • Total · Under8 (-110) → 8 (-110)Unchanged

ATS and O/U trends

Kansas City Royals
69-93 matchup record · 6-4-0 ATS · 5-4-1 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
Cleveland Guardians
85-77 matchup record · 4-6-0 ATS · 5-5-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2024-08-28T10:35:09.990Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

Scorecaster algorithmic predictions factor in up-to-date player injuries for both the Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Guardians, including recent team & player performances and defensive & offensive matchups from recent history.

Recent head-to-head

  • 2024-08-27Kansas City Royals 6 · Cleveland Guardians 1
  • 2024-08-26Kansas City Royals 9 · Cleveland Guardians 4
  • 2024-08-26Kansas City Royals 4 · Cleveland Guardians 3
Final result

Matchup pick recap

Cleveland Guardians defeated Kansas City Royals 7-5

Cleveland Guardians defeated Kansas City Royals 7-5 on August 28, 2024, a 2-run decision in the series. Cleveland Guardians' strongest period was the 7th inning, when it outscored its opponent 4-0. Against SportsJaw's recorded Kansas City Royals +1.5 (-160) spread, Cleveland Guardians covered, while the 12 combined runs finished over the recorded total of 8.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • DemarcusBryantMoneyline · Kansas City Royals +124Loss
  • CoversMoneyline · Cleveland Guardians -137Win