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Hunter Dozier is just one hit away from his 100th of the season as his Kansas City Royals (57-87) ready for a matchup against the Boston Red Sox (70-74) on Saturday at 4:10 PM ET. The Royals are underdogs (+136) against the Red Sox (-159). Boston’s Rich Hill and Kansas City’s Brady Singer will start this matchup.
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Game Info, Betting Lines for Red Sox vs. Royals
- Game Day: Saturday, September 17, 2022
- Game Time: 4:10 PM ET
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts
- Stadium: Fenway Park
| Favorite | Favorite Moneyline | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Red Sox | -159 | 9 |
Red Sox Stats & Trends
Red Sox Batting
- The Red Sox are 20th in MLB play with 136 total home runs.
- The Red Sox have the fourth-best batting average in the league (.258).
- The Red Sox are sixth in baseball with an on-base percentage of .320.
- The Red Sox strike out 8.6 times per game, the No. 17 average in the league.
- The Red Sox average 1.1 homers per home game this season (77 total at home).
- The Red Sox are averaging 3.5 extra-base hits per game while slugging .436 at home.
- The club averages 9.1 hits per game and is batting .267 at home this season.
Red Sox Key Batters
- Rafael Devers leads Boston in total hits (143) this season while batting .288 with 65 extra-base hits.
- Among all qualifying hitters, Devers ranks 21st in batting average, his on-base percentage ranks 36th, and he is 10th in slugging.
- Devers hopes to build on a two-game hitting streak in this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .300 with a double, a home run, two walks and six RBI.
- Xander Bogaerts is slashing .315/.382/.470 this season and leads the Red Sox with an OPS of .852.
- Among qualified hitters, Bogaerts’ batting average ranks him fifth, his on-base percentage eighth, and his slugging percentage 28th.
- Alex Verdugo has 151 hits this season and has a slash line of .283/.333/.403.
- Tommy Pham is batting .243 with a .318 OBP and 56 RBI for Boston this season.
Royals Stats & Trends
Royals Batting
- The Royals’ 121 home runs rank 28th in MLB this season.
- The Royals rank 16th in MLB with a .241 team batting average.
- The Royals have an on-base percentage of .305 this season, which ranks 23rd in the league.
- The Royals rank 10th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.0 whiffs per contest.
- They’ve hit 63 homers, an average of 0.9 per game, in 70 road contests this season.
- They are slugging .360 in 70 road games this season.
- In 70 road games this season, they have a batting average of .227 while averaging 7.7 base hits per contest.
Royals Key Batters
- Bobby Witt Jr. has totaled 129 hits with a .437 slugging percentage, both team-high numbers for the Royals.
- Including all qualified players in the majors, Witt Jr. ranks 85th in batting average, 126th in on-base percentage and 59th in slugging percentage.
- Salvador Perez has 18 doubles, a triple, 21 home runs and 15 walks while batting .245.
- MJ Melendez has put up a team-best .314 on-base percentage.
- Michael A. Taylor is hitting .267 with nine doubles, three triples, nine home runs and 34 walks.
Red Sox vs. Royals Probable Pitchers
| Hill | Singer | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | GS | 21 |
| 7-6 | W-L | 8-4 |
| 4.56 | ERA | 3.21 |
| 102.2 | IP | 134.2 |
| 33 | BB | 31 |
| 86 | SO | 131 |
