Cleveland Indians at Kansas City Royals Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 29-19 Kansas City Royals play host to the 24-26 Cleveland Indians tonight in MLB play on the grass Kauffman Stadium, June 2, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 8:10PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Indians -132/Royals +122
O/U Total: 8

Pitching Matchup
Carlos Carrasco (R) W/L 6-4 WHIP 1.19 ERA 4.24
Jeremy Guthrie (R) W/L 4-3 WHIP 1.66 ERA 6.70

Both of these teams had the day off on Monday. Cleveland is 3-1 on their road trip and 7-3 in their last 10 games. Kansas City is coming off a 1-4 road trip and is 1-5 in their past 6 games. They are 17-7 at home in 2015.

The Royals have a 4-2 lead in 2015 and a 6-3 edge in the last 9 games between these two AL central rivals.

Carrasco was a 12-3 winner over Texas in his last outing. He went 8 innings, gave up one run and struck out 8 for his 4th Q start of the year.

Guthrie was historically bad in his last start, a 14-1 loss at the NY Yankees. He was blasted for 11 ERs in only 1 inning of work. He has managed only 2 Q starts in 9 games this season.

KC 1B Eric Hosmer is 4-12 vs. Carrasco with 2 RBIs. SS Alcides Escobar is 5-14 (.357) with 3 RBIs. The quartet of C Salvador Perez, 3B Mike Moustakas and OFs Alex Gordon and Alex Rios are a combined 6-54 (.111) vs. the veteran right-hander.

Unfortunately for Guthrie this is not the lineup for him to bounce back from his horrible outing last week. No less than 7 Indians hitters have big numbers against him and they have all faced him 14+ times. 2B Jason Kipnis (11-22, .500 BA, 2 HRs, 9 RBIs) and 1B-DH Carlos Santana (10-22, .455 BA, 2 HRs, 4 RBIs) have been the best. 5 other hitters are batting .323 or better and 1B Brandon Moss and OF Nick Swisher have both taken him deep twice.

Cleveland at Kansas City Betting Trends

The Indians are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
The game total has gone over in 6 of Cleveland’s last 9 games on the road in Kansas City.
Cleveland is 2-4 straight up in their last 6 games against Kansas City.
The Royals are 1-5 straight up in their last 6 games.
Kansas City is 5-1 straight up in their last 6 games at home.

Injury Report

CLEVELAND INDIANS
Scott Atchison P 15-Day Disabled List
Gavin Floyd P 60-Day Disabled List
Josh Tomlin P 60-Day Disabled List

KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Tim Collins P 60-Day Disabled List
Danny Duffy P 15-Day Disabled List
Brian Flynn P 15-Day Disabled List
Erik Kratz C 15-Day Disabled List
Kris Medlen P 60-Day Disabled List
Jason Vargas P 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Cleveland: 39%
Kansas City: 61%

Free MLB Pick

It’s obviously a tough task beating the Royals at home as proven by their 17-7 record in 2015, but the edge in starting pitcher in this match-up is huge with current form and historical form statistically a land slide for Carlos Carrasco. The moneyline is high on this game, but the numbers translate to a higher ML on this game making the visitors a value play.

Take the Cleveland Indians -130‏