Red Sox vs. Royals Odds & Betting Predictions - May 20, 2026

Red Sox at Royals

11:40 pm • NESN

Boston Red Sox

31-45

4 - 3

Kansas City Royals

33-46

pitcher		team	era	w-l
M.Wacha			3.48	5-5
C.Early			3.64	6-5

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Red Sox 31-45	+1.5	-1.5+154	o7.5-109	+100
Royals 33-46	u8.5	-1.5+155	u7.5-110	-114

Wednesday 11:40 p.m.

May 20, 2026

Kauffman StadiumKansas City

Under 8-110

Under 4 (F5)-115

1.15u

Under 7.5+105

1.05u

B.Witt o1.5 Total Bases-110

$1.00

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B.Witt o0.5 Triples+1400

$0.50

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Under 8-110

KC -114

1.42u

Lineup edge and starting pitching edge, Royals upper half in WRC+ vs lefties L30 vs the Red Sox 29th vs Righties… Wacha 3.94 xERA to Early’s 4.71. Better lineup, starter i trust more, and a team that is always better at home looking to avoid the sweep… At a near pick, please and thanks

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MLB Public Betting

Royals are 4-1 in their last 5 games.
Royals are 4-1 in their last 5 games against the spread
Royals are 15-23 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 3 of Royals' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 21 of Royals' 41 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Royals	34-45	19-22	15-23	14-21	19-24
Red Sox	30-46	12-25	18-21	17-30	12-16

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Royals	37-41-1	21-19-1	16-22	21-14	16-26-1
Red Sox	33-40-3	13-22-2	20-18-1	20-25-2	13-14-1

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Royals	33-46	19-22	14-24	16-19	16-27
Red Sox	31-45	12-25	19-20	19-28	11-17

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
May 19th	BOS	L 1-7	+1.5 L	O 7.5	BOS +115
May 18th	BOS	L 1-3	+1.5 L	U 9	BOS -104
May 17th	@STL	W 2-0	-1.5 W	U 9.5	KC +101
May 16th	@STL	L 2-4	-1.5 L	U 9	STL -110
May 16th	@STL	L 4-5	-1.5 L	O 8.5	STL -113

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
LC.Early, P	93	6.1	5	3
RG.Weissert, P	21	1.1	1	0
LJ.Moran, P	4	0.1	1	0
LA.Chapman, P	16	1	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1J.Duran, LF	2-5	1	1	2
2M.Yoshida, DH	1-5	0	0	0
3W.Abreu, RF	1-5	0	0	0
4W.Contreras, 1B	3-4	1	0	0
5C.Rafaela, CF	1-4	1	0	0
6N.Sogard, 3B	1-3	0	0	1
6N.Sogard, SS	1-3	0	0	1
7M.Mayer, 2B	1-3	0	0	0
8C.Narvaez, C	1-3	1	0	0
9I.Kiner-Falefa, SS	0-2	0	0	0
9M.Gasper, PH	0-1	0	0	0
9C.Durbin, 3B	0-1	0	0	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RM.Wacha, P	105	6	8	1
RS.Cruz, P	18	0.2	1	2
LD.Lynch, P	32	1	0	0
RA.Lange, P	21	1.1	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1M.Garcia, 3B	0-5	0	0	0
2B.Witt, SS	1-4	0	0	0
3S.Perez, 1B	3-4	1	1	1
3M.Massey, PR	0-0	0	0	0
3M.Massey, 2B	0-0	0	0	0
4I.Collins, LF	0-4	0	0	0
5N.Loftin, 2B	0-4	0	0	0
5N.Loftin, 1B	0-4	0	0	0
6J.Caglianone, RF	2-4	0	0	0
7S.Marte, DH	1-3	1	0	0
8E.Diaz, C	1-3	1	1	2
8C.Jensen, PR	0-1	0	0	0
8C.Jensen, C	0-1	0	0	0
9K.Isbel, CF	0-3	0	0	0
9L.Thomas, PH	0-1	0	0	0