Kansas City Royals Cleveland Indians Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 12-6 Kansas City Royals head into the 6-11 Cleveland Indians to play the 1st of 4 series on the grass of Progressive Field, April 27, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 6:10PM EST.
Wagering Odds
Moneylines: Royals -146/ Indians +136
O/U Total: 6.5
Pitching Matchup
Jason Vargas (L) W/L 2-1 WHIP 1.77 ERA 6.75
Corey Kluber (R) W/L 0-2 WHIP 1.12 ERA 3.90
Kansas City lost 5-3 to the White Sox yesterday and has now scored seven runs in their past four games, leading to a 1-3 record in those contests. Cleveland lost to the Tigers 8-6 to close out a nine-game road trip 3-6.
This is the first matchup of the season between these two clubs. Cleveland won five of the last seven meetings in 2014.
This will be Vargas’ fourth start of the year and despite his numbers, KC is 2-1 in the games he has started. Kluber has some great numbers (especially WHIP) but Cleveland is 0-4 in his four starts this season.
No member in the expected lineup for the Indians has hit a homer off of Vargas. 1B Carlos Santana and 2B Jason Kipnis have had the most success against him, batting .313 and .333 respectively.
The Royals are familiar with Kluber and 1B Eric Hosmer and OF Alex Gordon have both hit two dingers off of him. 3B Mike Moustakas (.381) and 2B Omar Infante (.353) have also had success against the reigning Cy Young Award winner.
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Kansas City at Cleveland Betting Trends
The Royals are 1-4 straight up in their last 5 games.
The game total has gone under in 4 of the Royals last 6 games against Cleveland
Kansas City is 6-12 straight up in their last 18 games on the road in Cleveland
Cleveland is 2-5 straight up in their last 7 games.
Cleveland is 12-6 straight up in their last 18 games at home against Kansas City.
Injury Report
KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Tim Collins P 15-Day Disabled List
Luke Hochevar P 15-Day Disabled List
Greg Holland P 15-Day Disabled List
Kris Medlen P 60-Day Disabled List
Alex Rios OF 15-Day Disabled List
CLEVELAND INDIANS
Gavin Floyd P 60-Day Disabled List
Yan Gomes C 15-Day Disabled List
Nick Swisher 1B 15-Day Disabled List
Josh Tomlin P 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Picks (Public Moneyline Bets)
Kansas City: 54%
Cleveland: 46%
Free MLB Pick
Both pitchers are coming off of poor games but the historical pitcher versus team stats are pretty solid and with the wind forecast to be blowing we feel that the UNDER is the way to go in this spot.
Take the UNDER 6.5
