On Sunday, the Kansas City Royals (25-65) are visiting the Cleveland Guardians (45-44), at 1:40 PM ET. The Guardians have won three in a row. On the mound for the Guardians will be Shane Bieber (5-5), opposed by the Royals’ Ryan Yarbrough (1-4).
How to Live Stream Guardians vs. Royals
- Game Day: Sunday, July 9, 2023
- Game Time: 1:40 PM ET
- Location: Cleveland, Ohio
- Stadium: Progressive Field
- TV: MLB.tv
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Guardians and Royals Stats
- The Guardians strike out just 7.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in MLB.
- The Guardians have the seventh-best ERA (3.82) in the majors this season.
- The Guardians’ 60 home runs rank last in MLB this season.
- Hitters for Cleveland have combined to rank 27th in the majors with a .376 team slugging percentage.
- The Royals pitching staff is 23rd in the majors with a collective 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Kansas City’s 5.27 team ERA ranks 28th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Royals have hit 77 home runs this season, the third-lowest total in MLB play.
- So far this season, Kansas City’s .369 slugging percentage is the third-lowest percentage in baseball.
Guardians vs. Royals Key Players
- Jose Ramirez’s 14 home runs in 2023 are the most on the Guardians. He’s also driven in 53 runs while hitting .286.
- Steven Kwan has 21 doubles, two triples, two home runs and 39 walks while batting .266.
- Josh Naylor leads the Guardians with 64 runs batted in while accumulating a team-best batting average of .309.
- Bobby Witt Jr. has put up a team-leading batting average of .256 and paces the Royals in runs batted in with a mark of 47.
- Salvador Perez has shown his power as he paces his team with 15 home runs.
- Edward Olivares is hitting .242 with 12 doubles, four triples, six home runs and 13 walks.
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Guardians vs. Royals Betting Odds and Trends
Guardians vs. Royals Moneyline and Over/Under
| Favorite | Favorite Moneyline | Underdog Moneyline | Total | Over Total Odds | Under Total Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guardians | -242 | +193 | 8.5 | -109 | -111 |
Guardians vs. Royals Betting Trends
- The Guardians have entered the game as favorites 49 times this season and won 28, or 57.1%, of those games.
- The Guardians have played as favorites of -242 or more once this season and won that game.
- So far this season, the Guardians and their opponents have hit the over in 36 of 88 games with a total.
- The Royals have been chosen as underdogs in 76 games this year and have walked away with the win 22 times (28.9%) in those games.
- The Royals have a mark of 5-10 in contests where sportsbooks favor them by +193 or worse on the moneyline.
- The Royals and their opponents have gone over the total this season in 42 of their 89 opportunities.
