Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 38-26 Kansas City Royals play host to the 30-39 Boston Red Sox tonight in MLB action on the grass of Kauffman Stadium, June 20, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:10PM EST.

Betting Odds
Moneyline: Royals -123/Red Sox +113
O/U Total: 8

Pitching Matchup
Rick Porcello (R) W/L 4-7 WHIP 1.30 ERA 5.29
Edinson Volquez (R) W/L 6-4 WHIP 1.17 ERA 3.10

Boston was a 7-3 winner over Kansas City on Friday. They are 2-1 on their road trip and 3-8 in their last 11 games. The Royals are 2-1 on their homestand and 7-3 in their past 10 games.

Yesterday was the first matchup of the season between these two clubs. The Red Sox took the series 6-1 in 2014.

Porcello was a 4-2 loser to Atlanta in his last start. He went 6.1 innings and gave up 4 runs. He has 6 Q starts on the year.

Volquez was an 8-5 winner at Milwaukee in his last outing. He yielded 2 ERs in 5 innings and has 7 Q starts on the season.

Only 5 Red Sox hitters have faced Volquez before. 3B Pablo Sandoval is 6-13 (.462) with 3 RBIs while 2B Dustin Pedroia is 2-7 (.286) with a stolen base. OF Hanley Ramirez has had his struggles with the right-hander and is 3-20 (.150) with an RBI. DH David Ortiz (0-2) and 1B Mike Napoli (0-3) are hitless in limited ABs vs. Volquez.

Royals 2B Omar Infante is 5-10 (.500) off of his former teammate while 1B Eric Hosmer is 9-24 (.375) with 2 HRs and 3 RBIs vs. the right-hander. OF Alex Gordon has seen a lot of Porcello and is 11-39 (.282) with 2 HRs, 7 RBIs and a stolen base. SS Alcides Escobar and DH Kendrys Morales are a combined 8-54 (.148) against Porcello.

Boston at Kansas City Betting Trends

The Red Sox are 3-8 straight up in their last 11 games.
Boston is 3-11 straight up in their last 14 road games.
The game total has gone over in 4 of Boston’s last 5 games against the Royals.
Kansas City is 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
The Royals are 1-7 straight up in their last 8 games against Boston.

Injury Report

BOSTON RED SOX
Ryan Hanigan C 60-Day Disabled List
Heath Hembree P 15-Day Disabled List
Justin Masterson 15-Day Disabled List
Daniel Nava OF 15-Day Disabled List
Dustin Pedroia 2B Day-to-Day (knee)
Anthony Varvaro P 60-Day Disabled List
Christian Vazquez 60-Day Disabled List
Shane Victorino OF 15-Day Disabled List
Brandon Workman 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
Kris Medlen P 60-Day Disabled List
Jason Vargas P 15-Day Disabled List
Yordano Ventura P 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Boston: 25%
Kansas City:75%

Free MLB Pick

Boston has owned this series since the beginning of last season winning 7 of the 8 games played. Tonight though most statistical information points to the Royals. On paper Kansas City has the better starter, bullpen, overall record and current form. We’ll win more of these than we’ll lose so we’ll lay the number and back the home squad.

Take the Kansas City Royals -123‏