The Red Sox have gone 29-19 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 60.4% of those games).

Boston has a 13-7 record (winning 65% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -146 or shorter.

The Royals have won 26, or 47.3%, of the 55 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.

Kansas City has entered 18 games this season as the underdog by +124 or more and is 6-12 in those contests.

In the 94 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for the Red Sox, they have combined with opponents to go over the total 44 times (44-44-6).

The Royals’ games have gone over the total in 40 of their 96 chances.

Red Sox Stats & Insights

The Red Sox rank 12th in runs scored with 441, 4.7 per game.

Boston averages 1.2 home runs per game to rank eighth in MLB play with 110 total home runs.

The Red Sox have the eighth-best batting average in the majors (.253).

Boston strikes out 9.7 times per game, the fourth-worst average in MLB.

The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Red Sox pitching staff ranks ninth in MLB.

Boston has a 3.60 team ERA that ranks fifth among all MLB pitching staffs.

Royals Stats & Insights

The Royals have scored 438 runs (4.6 per game) this season, which ranks 13th in MLB.

Kansas City’s 99 home runs rank 17th in Major League Baseball.

The Royals have a team batting average of .246 this season, which ranks 12th among MLB teams.

Kansas City has shown good bat-to-ball skills at the plate this season with the second-best strikeout rate (6.8 per game) among MLB offenses.

The Royals average the 21st-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.3) in the majors this season.

Kansas City has pitched to a 3.79 ERA this season, which ranks ninth in baseball.

Red Sox Key Players to Watch

Bello will look to secure his 10th victory when he gets the start for the Red Sox, his 17th of the season. He is 9-5 with a 5.40 ERA and 82 strikeouts through 83 1/3 innings pitched.

Rafael Devers is batting .291 with 22 home runs and 59 RBI. All three of those stats are tops among Boston hitters this season.

Jarren Duran has collected 109 hits this season and has an OBP of .337. He’s slugging .471 on the year.

Ceddanne Rafaela has collected 80 base hits, an OBP of .273 and a slugging percentage of .422 this season.

Tyler O’Neill is batting .252 with an OBP of .349 and a slugging percentage of .496 this season.

Royals Key Players to Watch

The Royals will send Singer (5-5) to the mound for his 19th start this season.

Bobby Witt Jr. paces the Royals with 16 home runs and 63 runs batted in, while putting up a team-best batting average of .324.

Vinnie Pasquantino has 22 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs and 32 walks while hitting .246.

Salvador Perez has launched a team-high 16 homers.

Maikel Garcia is batting .231 with 15 doubles, five triples, six home runs and 28 walks.

Red Sox and Royals Injuries

Red Sox: Vaughn Grissom: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Chris Martin: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Justin Slaten: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Bryan Mata: 15 Day IL (Hamstring), Lucas Giolito: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Chris Murphy: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Triston Casas: 60 Day IL (Rib), Liam Hendriks: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Garrett Whitlock: 60 Day IL (Oblique), Trevor Story: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)