Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Indians Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 45-52 Cleveland Indians play host to the 59-38 Kansas City Royals tonight in MLB action on the grass of Progressive Field, July 27, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 7:10PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Royals -109/Indians -101
O/U Total: 7.5
Pitching Matchup
Edinson Volquez (R) W/L 9-5 WHIP 1.25 ERA 3.15
Cody Anderson (R) W/L 2-1 WHIP 0.91 ERA 1.91
Kansas City was a 5-1 winner over Houston on Sunday. They were 2-1 on their mini homestand and are 6-3 in their last 9 games. Cleveland was a 2-1 loser to the White Sox yesterday completing a 4-game sweep. They are 0-4 on their homestand and 3-7 in their past 10 games. They are 19-30 at home in 2015.
The Royals lead the season series 5-4 over their AL central rival.
Volquez was a 5-1 winner over Pittsburgh in his last start. He went 7.2 innings, yielded 1 run and struck out 8 for his 10th Q start of the year. He has allowed 5 ERs in his last 4 starts (24.1 innings), has 1 loss in his last 9 starts and KC is 14-6 in his 20 starts in 2015.
Anderson received a no decision in his last outing, a 7-5 win at Milwaukee. He lasted 2.2 innings and surrendered 4 runs. It was his first non-Q start in 5 starts on the season.
This will be Kansas City’s first look at Anderson.
Indians’ OF Michael Brantley is 3-4 (.750) against Volquez with an RBI and 2 steals while OF Michael Bourn is 5-17 (.294) with 4 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. The 5 other hitters to have faced the right-hander before are a combined 0-15 with a pair of RBIs.
Kansas City at Cleveland Betting Trends
Kansas City is 14-5 straight up in their last 19 games overall.
The Royals are 4-2 straight up in their last 6 road games against Cleveland.
The game total has gone over in 5 of the Royals last 5 games on the road at the Indians.
Cleveland is 1-5 straight up in their last 6 games.
The Indians are 0-5 straight up in their last 5 home games.
Injury Report
KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Tim Collins P 60-Day Disabled List
Brian Flynn P 15-Day Disabled List
Alex Gordon OF 15-Day Disabled List
Jason Vargas P 15-Day Disabled List
CLEVELAND INDIANS
Gavin Floyd P 60-Day Disabled List
Nick Hagadone P 15-Day Disabled List
Nick Swisher DH 15-Day Disabled List
Josh Tomlin P 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Betting ATS
Kansas City: 69%
Cleveland: 31%
Free MLB Pick
The Indians bats are ice cold and are unlikely to light it up tonight against the Royals’ Edinson Volquez who comes into this game hot. Volquez has a sharp earned run average of 1.86 in his last three starts and has held the opposition to a total of five runs in his last four outings. He did get chased after allowing three runs in three innings at home against Cleveland back in May when he couldn’t find the plate but overall he has held the active roster to a lifetime .222 batting average in 45 plate appearances.
Cody Anderson got rocked for four runs on 10 hits in just 2 2/3 innings in his latest but we believe that may have been due more to rust then loss of form after having 12 days between starts. That being said, he hasn’t faced the best offenses in his short career and may find the going tough against the Royals tonight and combined with the Indians lack of offensive output have us backing the road team in this spot.
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