MLB Betting: Red Sox vs Royals

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). Jacoby Ellsbury and Jason Bay drove in a pair of runs for the Red Sox. Josh Beckett improved to 16-6 with the win, allowing two runs over six innings of work. 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: Boston: 90-61 SU 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: When playing on Thursday are 7-3 Before playing Minnesota are 4-6 After playing Boston are 1-9 After a loss are 6-4 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: Boston at NY Yankees, Friday, September 25 Kansas City home to Minnesota, Friday, September 25