Cleveland Guardians vs Kansas City Royals AI Sports Picks & Predictions

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Cleveland GuardiansCLE

2–6

Final

Kansas City RoyalsKC

Kauffman Stadium

Team Season Averages

Cleveland GuardiansLeads 13 of 18

Kansas City RoyalsLeads 5 of 18

Batting

4.17Runs per game4.12
0.235Batting average0.241
0.322On-base percentage0.320
0.384Slugging percentage0.386
0.706OPS0.706
1.03Home runs per game0.97
7.71Hits per game8.00
36Home runs33
27Stolen bases25

Pitching

3.98ERA4.39
1.27WHIP1.39
9.29Strikeouts per nine8.85
3.49Walks per nine4.39
3.89Runs allowed per game4.32
0.235Opponent batting average0.242
317Pitching strikeouts296
10Quality starts17
10Saves12

Highlighted values lead the matchup; for points allowed, turnovers and similar stats, lower is better.

Odds

Sportsbook	Spread (KC)	Total	CLE ML	KC ML
DDraftKings	+1.5	9	-105	-115
FFanDuel	-1.5	9	+104	-122
BBetMGM	+1.5	9	-102	-118
CCaesars	-1.5	9	-105	-115
BBetOnline	-1.5	9	+101	-111
BBetRivers	-1.5	9	+100	-125
BBetus	-1.5	9	+101	-111
BBovada	-1.5	9	-104	-116
FFanatics	+1.5	9	-105	-115
LLowVig	-1.5	9	+101	-111
MMyBookie	+1.5	9	-102	-115

Game Information

Kauffman Stadium

Stadium

May 4, 2026

7:40 PM EDT

Gametime weather

Conditions pending

Lineups

CLE

Starters

Rankings

Team	Offense	Defense
CLE	22nd	12th
KC	24th	18th

Matchup

CLEKC

18-17Record15-19
51.4%Win %44.1%
9-7Home record9-7
9-10Road record6-12
4-6Last 107-3
-1Streak3
-3Run diff-17
2-1Division5-8
1 (B2B)Rest days1 (B2B)

Scores

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T
CLE	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
KC	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	—	6

Team Stats

CLEStatKC

2Runs6
5Hits7
1Errors0
1Home runs2
2RBI6
0Stolen bases2
3K (bat)7
7K (pit)3
4BB (pit)1

Player Stats

CLE — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
Steven KwanCF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Ramirez3B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rhys Hoskins1B	4	0	0	0	0	0
Travis Bazzana2B	4	1	1	0	0	0
Daniel SchneemannCF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bo NaylorC	3	0	0	0	0	0
David FryRF	3	1	2	1	2	0
Brayan RocchioSS	3	0	0	0	0	0
Angel MartinezLF	2	0	1	0	0	1

CLE — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Tanner BibeeSP	4.0	5	4	4	2	4
Matt FestaRP	1.2	1	1	1	1	1
Connor BrogdonRP	1.1	1	1	0	0	1
Peyton PalletteRP	1.0	0	0	0	1	1

KC — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
Nick Loftin3B	4	0	1	0	2	0
Bobby Witt Jr.SS	4	2	1	1	1	0
Carter JensenC	4	1	1	0	0	0
Maikel Garcia3B	4	0	0	0	0	0
Salvador PerezC	4	1	1	0	1	0
Vinnie Pasquantino1B	4	1	2	0	1	0
Lane ThomasCF	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jac CaglianoneRF	3	1	1	1	1	1
Isaac CollinsLF	2	0	0	0	0	2

KC — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Michael WachaSP	7.0	4	2	2	1	3
Alex LangeRP	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Matt StrahmRP	1.0	0	0	0	0	0

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Player props

Cleveland Guardians vs Kansas City Royals Player Props

Prop lines and results for the players in this game, by market.

Kyle Isbel
Home Runs: 0/19 over · last line 0.5
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John Rave
Home Runs: 2/18 over · last line 0.5
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Maikel Garcia
Home Runs: 0/18 over · last line 0.5
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Noah Cameron
Outs: 8/18 over · last line 17.5
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Seth Lugo
ER: 11/18 over · last line 1.5
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Michael Wacha
Outs: 13/17 over · last line 17.5
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Nathaniel Lowe
Home Runs: 1/17 over · last line 0.5
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Rhys Hoskins
Home Runs: 2/17 over · last line 0.5
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Gavin Williams
Strikeouts: 9/16 over · last line 6.5
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Parker Messick
Hits Allowed: 9/16 over · last line 4.5
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Austin Hedges
Home Runs: 2/14 over · last line 0.5
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Foster Griffin
Strikeouts: 6/13 over · last line 3.5
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Cleveland Guardians vs Kansas City Royals: Final Score & Recap

The Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-2 in this MLB game at Kauffman Stadium on Monday, May 4, 2026. The line score, team and player box scores, and scoring summary are in the Game Stats tab.

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Cleveland Guardians vs Kansas City Royals Odds

DraftKings lists the Kansas City Royals at KC +1.5 on the run line, with the total set at 9. Moneylines are Cleveland Guardians -105 and Kansas City Royals -115. Those are the closing numbers; the odds table above compares every book we track.

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Cleveland Guardians vs Kansas City Royals — Common Questions

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