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

Red Sox at Royals

11:40 pm • NESN

Boston Red Sox

Kansas City Royals

pitcher		team	era	w-l
M.Wacha			2.83	4-2
C.Early			3.21	3-2

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Red Sox 21-27	+1.5	-1.5+170	o8-105	+100
Royals 20-29	u8.5	+1.5-200	u8-113	-120

Wednesday 11:40 p.m.

May 20, 2026

Kauffman StadiumKansas City

64°Fahrenheit

0%Rain

8Wind

Under 8-110

1.1u

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 1-4 in their last 5 games.
Royals are 1-4 in their last 5 games against the spread
Royals are 8-16 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 2 of Royals' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 14 of Royals' 25 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Royals	19-30	11-14	8-16	10-17	8-13
Red Sox	19-29	7-15	12-14	12-19	6-10

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Royals	22-27	14-11	8-16	16-11	6-15
Red Sox	21-26-1	5-16-1	16-10	13-17-1	8-8

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Royals	20-29	13-12	7-17	12-15	7-14
Red Sox	21-27	8-14	13-13	15-16	5-11

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

Tanner Houck
SP
Houck is out with arm
Out
Triston Casas
1B
Casas is out with knee
Out
Patrick Sandoval
SP
Sandoval is out with elbow
Out
Kutter Crawford
SP
Crawford is out with wrist
Out
Romy Gonzalez
1B
Gonzalez is out with shoulder
Out

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PITCHER		W-L	ERA	WHIP	K/9
LC.Early, P		3-2	3.21	1.196	8.50

HITTERS	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR
1J.Duran, LF	.189	.262	.331	5
2M.Gasper, C	.355	.375	.419	0
3W.Abreu, RF	.294	.363	.444	6
4W.Contreras, 1B	.258	.361	.479	10
5M.Yoshida, DH	.262	.364	.345	0
6C.Rafaela, CF	.288	.355	.438	4
7M.Mayer, 2B	.219	.284	.313	2
8A.Monasterio, SS	.250	.294	.388	1
9N.Sogard, 3B	.273	.333	.364	0

PITCHER		W-L	ERA	WHIP	K/9
RM.Wacha, P		4-2	2.83	0.994	7.38

HITTERS	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR
1M.Garcia, 3B	.262	.327	.390	3
2B.Witt, SS	.301	.372	.482	7
3S.Perez, DH	.199	.249	.343	7
4L.Thomas, CF	.212	.355	.271	1
5S.Marte, RF	.292	.340	.354	0
6V.Pasquantino, 1B	.194	.279	.326	5
7N.Loftin, 2B	.240	.365	.360	0
8I.Collins, LF	.221	.338	.328	3
9E.Diaz, C	.211	.250	.474	1