Boston Red Sox vs Kansas City Royals Odds

Power Ranking

Boston 17

Kansas City 2

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BOS
4.88
4.87
0.00
8.99
3.06
8.87
3.12

Offense
Defense
Team ERA
Offensive Hits
Offensive Walks
Defensive Hits
Defensive Walks

KC
4.17
5.32
0.00
8.16
2.55
8.84
3.40

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Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals

The Kansas City Royals battle the visiting Boston Red Sox on Friday in MLB betting odds action at Kauffman Stadium.

It's a pitching duel between Yordano Ventura for the Kansas City Royals (12-9 on the year) and Allen Webster for Boston Red Sox (3-3 so far).

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Team Record

Boston Red Sox

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	64-83	4-6	26-41	55-75	9-8
Home	31-44	2-4	11-20	27-38	4-6
Away	33-39	2-2	15-21	28-37	5-2
Fave	35-42	1-1	11-20	32-36	3-6
Dog	28-38	3-5	14-20	22-36	6-2
O/U	62-80-5	5-5	30-35-2	57-68-5	5-12
vs LHP	21-25	1-2	9-14	20-24	1-1
vs RHP	43-58	3-4	17-27	35-51	8-7

Team Record

Kansas City Royals

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	80-66	6-4	31-32	65-61	15-5
Home	38-34	3-1	15-16	31-31	7-3
Away	42-32	3-3	16-16	34-30	8-2
Fave	51-33	4-1	21-18	41-30	10-3
Dog	28-32	2-3	10-14	23-30	5-2
O/U	63-76-7	3-7	31-31-1	55-65-6	8-11-1
vs LHP	21-20	1-0	6-7	14-17	7-3
vs RHP	59-46	5-4	25-25	51-44	8-2

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

Boston Red Sox

Allen Webster (4-3) ERA: 6.02

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
Sep 5, 2014	TOR	W	9-8	O	5.1	102
Aug 30, 2014	TB	L	0-7	U	4	-100
Aug 24, 2014	SEA	L	6-8	O	4.1	-100

Kansas City Royals

Yordano Ventura (12-10) ERA: 3.27

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
Sep 7, 2014	NYY	W	2-0	U	6	91
Sep 1, 2014	TEX	W	4-3	U	6.1	50
Aug 22, 2014	TEX	W	6-3	P	6	70

Pitcher Recent Starts vs Opponent

Boston Red Sox

Allen Webster (4-3) ERA: 6.02

Date	Score	Winner	IP	Hits	Runs	Earned Runs	Walks	Strikeouts	Decision
Apr 21, 2013	5-4	KC	6	5	3	2	1	5	No Decision

Kansas City Royals

Yordano Ventura (12-10) ERA: 3.27

Date	Score	Winner	IP	Hits	Runs	Earned Runs	Walks	Strikeouts	Decision
Jul 20, 2014	6-0	BOS	4.1	9	6	6	4	0	Loss

Head to Head Detail

Search MLB Database	Teams	Runs Scored	Line	Total	O/U	Pitcher
Sep 11, 2014	BOS	6	-125	7.5	Over	Clay Buchholz (R)
Sep 11, 2014	KC	3	-125	7.5	Over	Liam Hendriks (R)
Jul 20, 2014	KC	0	-155	7	Under	Yordano Ventura (R)
Jul 20, 2014	BOS	6	-155	7	Under	Jon Lester (L)
Jul 19, 2014	KC	1	-125	8	Under	Danny Duffy (L)
Jul 19, 2014	BOS	2	-125	8	Under	Rubby De La Rosa (R)
Jul 18, 2014	KC	4	-126	8	Over	James Shields (R)
Jul 18, 2014	BOS	5	-126	8	Over	Clay Buchholz (R)
Aug 11, 2013	BOS	3	-104	8	Under	John Lackey (R)
Aug 11, 2013	KC	4	-104	8	Under	James Shields (R)
Aug 10, 2013	BOS	5	125	8.5	Under	Felix Doubront (L)
Aug 10, 2013	KC	3	125	8.5	Under	Jeremy Guthrie (R)
Aug 9, 2013	BOS	6	-107	7.5	Over	Jake Peavy (R)
Aug 9, 2013	KC	9	-107	7.5	Over	Ervin Santana (R)
Aug 8, 2013	BOS	1	101	7.5	Under	Jon Lester (L)
Aug 8, 2013	KC	5	101	7.5	Under	Bruce Chen (L)
Apr 21, 2013	KC	5	-155	8.5	Over	Jeremy Guthrie (R)
Apr 21, 2013	BOS	4	-155	8.5	Over	Allen Webster (R)
Apr 21, 2013	KC	4	-155	8	Under	Ervin Santana (R)
Apr 21, 2013	BOS	2	-155	8	Under	Ryan Dempster (R)

Betting Odds Trends

Boston Red Sox

Boston is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Boston's last 21 games on the road
Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 6 games when playing Kansas City
Boston is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 6 games when playing on the road against Kansas City

Betting Odds Trends

Kansas City Royals

Kansas City is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Kansas City's last 12 games
Kansas City is 13-6 SU in its last 19 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Kansas City's last 6 games at home
Kansas City is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas City's last 6 games when playing Boston
Kansas City is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas City's last 6 games when playing at home against Boston

Injuries

Boston Red Sox

Liam Hendriks RP 60-day IL (03/25), Undisclosed
Trevor Story SS 60-day IL (04/06), Shoulder
Lucas Giolito SP Is out indefinitely, Elbow
Nick Pivetta SP 15-day IL (04/06), Elbow
Rafael Devers 3B Is downgraded to not expected to be in the starting lineup Friday vs Pittsburgh Pirates, Knee
Tyler O'Neill RF 7-day IL (04/16), Facial
Bryan Mata SP 15-day IL (03/28), Hamstring
Garrett Whitlock SP 10-day IL (04/17), Oblique
Romy Gonzalez 2B 10-day IL (04/11), Wrist
Vaughn Grissom SS 10-day IL (03/25), Hamstring
Chris Murphy SP 60-day IL (03/28); is out for season, Elbow
Isaiah Campbell SP 15-day IL (04/12), Shoulder

Injuries

Kansas City Royals

Carlos Hernandez P 15-day IL (03/25), Shoulder
Josh Taylor RP 60-day IL (03/25), Biceps
Jake Brentz RP 15-day IL (03/25), Hamstring
Michael Massey 2B 10-day IL (03/25) is expected to be activated Friday vs Baltimore Orioles, Back

Last 5 Games

Boston Red Sox

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Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
Sep 11, 2014	KC	6-3	W	+115	7.5	Clay Buchholz	6.1	A	Liam Hendriks
Sep 10, 2014	BAL	6-10	L	+127	8.5	Brandon Workman	3	H	Wei-Yin Chen
Sep 9, 2014	BAL	1-4	L	+116	8.5	Anthony Ranaudo	3.1	H	Chris Tillman
Sep 8, 2014	BAL	0-4	L	-115	9	Joe Kelly	6.1	H	Miguel Gonzalez
Sep 7, 2014	TOR	1-3	L	+113	9	Rubby De La Rosa	4	H	R.A. Dickey

Kansas City Royals

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Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
Sep 11, 2014	BOS	3-6	L	-125	7.5	Liam Hendriks	2.1	H	Clay Buchholz
Sep 10, 2014	DET	3-0	W	+102	8.5	James Shields	7	A	Rick Porcello
Sep 9, 2014	DET	2-4	L	+157	7.5	Jason Vargas	5.1	A	Max Scherzer
Sep 8, 2014	DET	5-9	L	+125	8.5	Jeremy Guthrie	2.2	A	Justin Verlander
Sep 7, 2014	NYY	2-0	W	-109	7.5	Yordano Ventura	6	A	Shane Greene

Stats Comparison

Boston Red Sox

Kansas City Royals

Runs Scored

4.88 4.17

Runs Allowed

4.87 5.32

Team ERA

0.00 0.00

Runs Scored Road vs. Home

4.58 4.76

Runs Allowed Road vs. Home

4.60 5.37

Starter ERA

6.02 3.27

Stats Comparison

Boston Red Sox

Kansas City Royals

Offensive Hits

8.99 8.16

Hits Allowed

8.87 8.84

Bullpen Innings Pitched Last 3

14.1 11.1

Offensive Walks

3.06 2.55

Defensive Walks

3.12 3.40

Wins Last 10 Games

4 6

Supergrid

	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	4.88	9	5.32	28
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	4.58	16	5.37	27
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	4.17	25	4.87	21
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	4.76	10	4.60	16