Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction & Picks - MLB

Prediction published on 6/28/24, 4:32 PM  by Carlos Zabala in MLB Picks

Guardians arrived at a great moment in their season in 2024 to game 1 of the series against Royals, but Royals took the even game 2-1 to continue what seems like a recent dominance of Royals against Guardians. Strangely, Guardians struck out 11 times and leadoff hitter Kwan left 6 LOB, for a team total of 15 LOB. For the pitching duel, the Royals ended up winning with odds that were -106, for game 1 at Kauffman Stadium the game total was set at 9, falling short by 7 runs.

The Game Total in last 10 games involving Royals was resolved as UNDER in 8 of them. The Royals' offense remains inactive, starting with their star Witt Jr, who has not had a multi-hit game since June 19. The Royals have only averaged 2.1 runs per game in their last 10 games. McKenzie will be the starter for the Guardians, he has a 4-2 record, a 3.19 ERA and 63 strikeouts in 13 career appearances against the Royals. Marsh will start for the Royals and faced the Guardians twice in 2023, in none of those outings did he manage to pitch at least 5 innings and received 7ER between the two games.