Red Sox vs Royals Odds: Moneyline, Over/Under, Props - May 18, 2026

Red Sox at Royals

11:10 pm • NESN

Boston Red Sox

0-2

3 - 1

Kansas City Royals

0-0

pitcher		team	era	w-l
S.Lugo			5.17	7-9
S.Gray			2.72	18-5

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Red Sox 0-2	-1.5	-1.5+141	o9-114	-113
Royals 0-0	u9.5	+1.5-172	u9-105	-104

Monday 11:10 p.m.

May 18, 2026

Kauffman StadiumKansas City

KC +100

0.5u

Bet to -110

Over 9-104

0.52u

Bet to 9.5 (-108)

RGS

Under 9.5-122

0.5u

(FD) Could be hitting weather & don't have a full handle on new park factors, but neither pitcher has been worse than league average this year (Gray may still be better), while neither offense has been better than league average (BOS 80 wRC+ v RHP may be worse). BOS doesn't have the LHBs to attack Lugo with either. Both quality defenses, Boston one of the best in the league. Boston also top 5 pen estimators L30 days.

B.Witt o0.5 HR+400

$1.00

BOS -110

Under 5 (F5)-115

Over 9-110

1.1u

KC +100

0.5u

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Over 9-115

0.5u

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MLB Public Betting

Royals are 2-3 in their last 5 games.
Royals are 2-3 in their last 5 games against the spread
Royals are 36-45 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 4 of Royals' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 40 of Royals' 81 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Royals	76-86	40-41	36-45	22-29	50-57
Red Sox	76-85	35-45	41-40	48-64	27-21

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Royals	73-86-3	40-40-1	33-46-2	27-24	45-59-3
Red Sox	71-86-4	35-42-3	36-44-1	51-58-3	20-27-1

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Royals	69-93	41-40	28-53	26-25	40-67
Red Sox	87-75	41-39	46-35	61-51	25-23

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
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
May 14th	@CWS	L 2-6	-1.5 L	O 7.5	CWS -135
May 13th	@CWS	L 5-6	-1.5 L	O 8	CWS -113

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RS.Gray, P	80	6	9	1
RJ.Slaten, P	17	1	2	0
RG.Whitlock, P	12	1	1	0
LA.Chapman, P	14	1	1	0

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

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RS.Lugo, P	93	6	5	2
RA.Lange, P	15	1	1	1
RJ.Schreiber, P	13	1	2	0
RS.Cruz, P	11	1	0	0

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