Cleveland Guardians vs Kansas City Royals AI Sports Picks & Predictions

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Cleveland GuardiansCLE

3–5

Final

Kansas City RoyalsKC

Kauffman Stadium

Team Season Averages

Cleveland GuardiansLeads 9 of 17

Kansas City RoyalsLeads 8 of 17

Batting

4.11Runs per game4.17
0.233Batting average0.240
0.318On-base percentage0.319
0.382Slugging percentage0.387
0.700OPS0.707
1.03Home runs per game1.00
7.64Hits per game7.97
37Home runs35
27Stolen bases27

Pitching

4.02ERA4.32
1.27WHIP1.37
9.25Strikeouts per nine8.68
3.51Walks per nine4.30
3.92Runs allowed per game4.26
0.234Opponent batting average0.239
324Pitching strikeouts299
10Quality starts18
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	7.5	-118	-102
FFanDuel	+1.5	7.5	-116	-102
BBetMGM	+1.5	7.5	-115	-105
CCaesars	+1.5	7.5	-115	-105
BBetOnline	+1.5	7.5	-112	+102
BBetRivers	+1.5	7.5	-129	+102
BBetus	+1.5	7.5	-110	+100
BBovada	+1.5	7.5	-116	-104
FFanatics	+1.5	7.5	-115	-105
LLowVig	+1.5	7.5	-112	+102
MMyBookie	+1.5	7.5	-114	-103

Game Information

Kauffman Stadium

Stadium

May 5, 2026

7:40 PM EDT

Gametime weather

Conditions pending

Lineups

CLE

Starters

Rankings

Team	Offense	Defense
CLE	24th	13th
KC	20th	18th

Matchup

CLEKC

18-18Record16-19
50.0%Win %45.7%
9-7Home record10-7
9-11Road record6-12
4-6Last 108-2
-2Streak4
-7Run diff-13
2-2Division6-8
1 (B2B)Rest days1 (B2B)

Scores

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

Team Stats

CLEStatKC

3Runs5
4Hits8
0Errors0
1Home runs2
3RBI5
0Stolen bases0
5K (bat)10
10K (pit)5
2BB (pit)2

Player Stats

CLE — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
Steven KwanCF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Ramirez3B	4	1	0	0	0	0
Kyle Manzardo1B	4	1	1	0	0	0
Chase DeLauterRF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Daniel SchneemannCF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rhys Hoskins1B	3	1	1	1	3	1
Angel MartinezLF	3	0	0	0	0	0
Travis Bazzana2B	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bo NaylorC	2	0	0	0	0	0
David FryRF	0	0	0	0	0	1

CLE — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Gavin WilliamsSP	6.0	8	5	5	2	7
Colin HoldermanRP	2.0	0	0	0	0	3

KC — Batting

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
Bobby Witt Jr.SS	4	1	2	0	0	0
Carter JensenC	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jac CaglianoneRF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Salvador PerezC	4	0	1	0	2	0
Vinnie Pasquantino1B	4	0	0	0	0	0
Isaac CollinsLF	3	2	3	1	1	0
Maikel Garcia3B	3	1	0	0	0	1
Michael Massey2B	3	1	2	1	2	0
Kyle IsbelCF	2	0	0	0	0	1

KC — Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Stephen KolekSP	6.0	4	3	3	0	3
Nick MearsRP	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
Lucas ErcegRP	1.0	0	0	0	1	1
Daniel Lynch IVRP	1.0	0	0	0	1	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 5-3 in this MLB game at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. The line score, team and player box scores, and scoring summary are in the Game Stats tab.

Team pages: Cleveland Guardians · Kansas City Royals

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 7.5. Moneylines are Cleveland Guardians -118 and Kansas City Royals -102. 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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