Guardians vs. Royals Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – June 4, 2024

The Cleveland Guardians (39-20) and Kansas City Royals (36-25) meet Tuesday at Progressive Field, with first pitch at 6:40 PM ET on BSKC. The Guardians are -116 moneyline favorites for the contest, however, the Royals are favored against the spread of 1.5 runs with +159 odds. Triston McKenzie will get the ball for Cleveland while Kansas City will counter with Seth Lugo.

Take a look at our betting primer for this game, and uncover all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Guardians vs. Royals Betting Lines

• Favorite: Guardians (-116)
• Underdog: Royals (-103)
• Over/under: 8

Guardians vs. Royals Betting Insights

• The Guardians have been victorious in 28, or 70%, of the 40 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• This year Cleveland has won 22 of 32 games when listed as at least -116 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Guardians have a 53.7% chance of walking away with the win.
• The Royals have won 17 of the 35 games they were listed as the moneyline underdog this season (48.6%).
• In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of -103 or longer, Kansas City has gone 14-17 (45.2%).
• The Royals have an implied moneyline win probability of 50.7% in this game.

Guardians vs. Royals Hitting Leaders

• Jose Ramirez leads Cleveland in home runs (16) and runs batted in (57) this season while batting .272.
• Ramirez’s home runs put him sixth in baseball, and he ranks first in RBI.
• Josh Naylor has 47 hits and an OBP of .312 to go with a slugging percentage of .488 this season.
• Bobby Witt Jr. has racked up a team-best 42 runs batted in.
• In all of MLB, Witt is 40th in homers and eighth in RBI.
• Maikel Garcia has 12 doubles, three triples, five home runs and 18 walks while hitting .263.

Guardians vs. Royals Pitching Rankings

• The Guardians have a nine K/9 this season as a pitching staff, third-best in baseball.
• The Guardians have the seventh-best ERA (3.48) in the majors this season.
• The Guardians have a combined 1.187 WHIP as a pitching staff, seventh-lowest in MLB.
• The pitching staff for the Royals has a collective eight K/9, the fifth-worst in MLB.
• Kansas City has a 3.57 team ERA that ranks ninth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Royals combine for the 13th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.258).