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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Indians vs Royals Baseball Odds

Courtesy of OddsShark.com:

The division rival Cleveland Indians and Kansas City Royals are set to renew hostilities on Wednesday when they meet at Kauffman Stadium.
The Indians will give the ball to starter Fausto Carmona in this one. Righthander Carmona is 11-10 this season with a 3.87 ERA.
Carmona's opponent in this one will be Bruce Chen. The Royals lefthander has a 4.70 ERA to go along with a 6-6 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Royals listed as 110-moneyline favorites versus the Indians, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
Zack Greinke gave up one run over six innings to get the win in the Royals' 2-1 triumph over the Indians on Tuesday night.
Kansas City won as -160 home favorites, while the game played UNDER the 7.5-run total set by sportsbooks.
Wilson Betemit was 2-for-4 with a homer for the Royals, who also got a big fly from Yuniesky Betancourt in the win.
Matt LaPorta went yard for Cleveland, while Jeanmar Gomez allowed two runs over six innings to take the loss for the Indians.
Current streak:
Kansas City has won 2 straight games.
Team records:
Cleveland: 49-70 SU
Kansas City: 50-69 SU
Cleveland most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 4-6
Before playing Kansas City are 5-5
After playing Kansas City are 4-6
After a loss are 5-5

Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Wednesday are 5-5
Before playing Cleveland are 5-5
After playing Cleveland are 7-3
After a win are 3-7
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland's last 6 games when playing Kansas City
Cleveland is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
Cleveland is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Kansas City's last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Kansas City's last 7 games at home
Kansas City is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland
Kansas City is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games at home
Next up:
Kansas City home to Cleveland, Thursday, August 19

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