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The Boston Red Sox and the Kansas City Royals will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Kauffman Stadium.
The Red Sox will pin their hopes on the pitching of righthander Clay Buchholz in this game. Buchholz has a 6-3 record and a 3.49 ERA this season.
Starting this game for the Royals will be Anthony Lerew. The righthander has a 0.00 ERA to go along with a 0-0 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Red Sox listed as 210-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
David Ortiz homered and drove in four runs to lead the Red Sox over the Royals 9-2 on Wednesday. The Red Sox won that game as -210 favorites, while the 11 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (8.5).
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Luke Hochevar gave up eight hits and six runs over five innings in the loss. Oddsmakers had the Royals as +190 underdogs in that game.
Team records:
Kansas City: 63-89 SU Boston most recently:
When playing on Thursday are 8-2 Before playing NY Yankees are 4-6 After playing Kansas City are 7-3 After a win are 8-2 Kansas City most recently: A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston’s last 5 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston’s last 5 games The total has gone OVER in 4 of Boston’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Kansas City Boston is 11-3 SU in its last 14 games Kansas City is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City’s last 5 games when playing at home against Boston Kansas City is 12-4 SU in its last 16 games The total has gone OVER in 5 of Kansas City’s last 7 games Next up:
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