Kansas City Royals vs. Boston Red Sox MLB Picks, Odds, Predictions 7/1/2021

The Kansas City Royals and Boston Red Sox meet Thursday in MLB action at Fenway Park. The Royals need a win to snap an eight-game losing streak. The Red Sox look to build on their six-game winning streak. 

The Kansas City Royals have scored 13 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in six of their last 10 games. The Royals have lost four straight games when scoring four or more runs. Whit Merrifield leads the Royals with 89 hits and 45 RBI while Salvador Perez and Carlos Santana have combined for 149 hits and 92 RBI. Kris Bubic gets the ball, and he is 2-3 with a 4.47 ERA and 41 strikeouts this season. This will be Bubic’s second career game against the Red Sox.

The Boston Red Sox have scored 19 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in six straight games. The Red Sox have won 10 straight games when scoring four or more runs. Xander Bogaerts leads the Red Sox with 94 hits and 48 RBI while JD Martinez and Rafael Devers have combined for 169 hits and 118 RBI. Nathan Eovaldi gets the ball, and he is 8-4 with a 3.67 ERA and 84 strikeouts this season. Eovaldi is 2-1 with a 4.26 ERA and 16 strikeouts in his career against the Royals.

The Royals are 7-22 in their last 29 road games and 17-36 in their last 53 overall. The Red Sox are 6-0 in their last 6 home games and 5-1 in their last 6 Thursday games. The over is 4-1-4 in Royals last 9 overall. The under is 5-0 in Red Sox last 5 during game 4 of a series. The Royals are 1-5 in the last 6 meetings in Boston and 3-12 in the last 15 meetings.

The Royals pitching staff continues to let them down time and time again, and it’s not easy to make a case for a team riding an eight-game losing streak. The Red Sox are one of the hotter teams in the league, the offense is on fire and Eovaldi has improved over his last few starts. Two teams heading in opposite directions. Give me the Red Sox for the sweep.