Kansas City Royals vs Pittsburgh Pirates MLB Betting Lines

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The Royals will play the Pirates on Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 at 6:35 pm ET. Check network listings or your nearest streaming app for coverage. Our opening pitch flys at Eastern Standard, make sure you adjust for your local timezone.

Matchup Pitchers

Royals - M. Minor - L
Pirates - M. Keller - R

Learn more about MLB Betting with our handy tutorial and guide. We explain money line, total and run line bets. Plus, a great discussion about exotic bets like MLB Baseball parlays and props.

**Best Money Line Bets**
Underdog Pittsburgh Pirates	Favorite Kansas City Royals
+111 Gtbets	-121 Gtbets
+110 Bovada	-130 Bovada
+110 Mybookie	-130 Mybookie

Here are money lines for the outright winner. Favorite Kansas City Royals has a minus value. Lay $121 at Gtbets to win $100. Underdog Pittsburgh Pirates has a positive value. Risk $100 at Gtbets to win $111.

**Best Over and Under Total Lines**
Over	Under
8o -105 Bovada	8u -107 Gtbets
8o -105 Mybookie	8u -115 Bovada
8o -113 Gtbets	8u -115 Mybookie

The over under line estimates the combined total of each team's final score. Bovada has the best over line of 8 points laying $105 to win $100. Gtbets has the best under line of 8 u -107.

**Best Underdog and Favorite Run Line Bets**
Underdog Pittsburgh Pirates	Favorite Kansas City Royals
+1.5 -150 Bovada	-1.5 +131 Gtbets
+1.5 -151 Gtbets	-1.5 +130 Bovada

SportsBetting3.com has analyzed the latest lines from Bovada, Betonline, and Mybookie. Review our "Best Run Line Bets" table above to smash the books this Wednesday. Gtbets has the best favorite Kansas City Royals run line at -1.5 points. Bovada has the best underdog Pittsburgh Pirates run line at +1.5 points.

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MLB World Series Odds

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Kansas City Royals World Series Odds

Outcome	Bovada
Kansas City Royals	+5000

Cached 2021-05-16 17:49:39
Pittsburgh Pirates World Series Odds

Outcome	Bovada
Pittsburgh Pirates	+25000

Cached 2021-05-16 17:49:39

Team Standings

**Season Standings**
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Away	Strk	L10
Kansas City Royals	18	21	0.462	6.0	8-12	10-9	W1	2-8
Pittsburgh Pirates	17	22	0.436	7.0	8-10	9-12	W2	4-6

Kansas City Royals Batting Stats

**2021 Kansas City Royals Batting**
Top 12 by Games Played
Player	GP	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Whit Merrifield RF	39	24	39	4	23	14	17	0.262
Salvador Perez C	39	18	43	9	26	4	39	0.279
Carlos Santana 1B	39	24	35	8	25	33	25	0.265
Jorge Soler RF	39	13	27	3	23	14	46	0.203
Nicky Lopez 2B	38	19	25	0	7	16	18	0.234
Andrew Benintendi LF	36	19	37	3	11	14	29	0.276
Michael A. Taylor CF	35	13	28	3	11	8	42	0.241
Hunter Dozier 3B	33	10	16	5	14	9	37	0.139
Hanser Alberto 2B	32	6	18	0	5	0	11	0.228
Jarrod Dyson CF	22	4	7	0	0	4	7	0.241
Jake Brentz RP	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Scott Barlow RP	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000

Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Stats

**2021 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting**
Top 12 by Games Played
Player	GP	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Adam Frazier 2B	38	20	49	1	13	14	19	0.318
Bryan Reynolds LF	37	24	40	3	15	20	32	0.301
Kevin Newman SS	36	11	28	1	8	5	10	0.209
Erik Gonzalez 2B	36	10	25	2	15	3	23	0.202
Colin Moran 3B	32	10	33	4	19	10	34	0.297
Jacob Stallings C	32	10	25	3	15	17	22	0.255
Phillip Evans 3B	32	14	24	4	8	14	29	0.216
Gregory Polanco RF	29	11	20	3	7	11	32	0.208
Wilmer Difo SS	29	5	14	1	6	2	19	0.241
Dustin Fowler CF	18	3	7	0	2	3	20	0.171
Richard Rodriguez RP	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Chris Stratton RP	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000

Kansas City Royals Pitching Stats

**2021 Kansas City Royals Pitching**
Top 12 by Wins and Games Played
Player	GP	W	L	SV	HLD	IP	K	WHIP	ERA
Danny Duffy SP	7	4	3	0	0	41.2	48	1.13	1.94
Mike Minor SP	8	3	2	0	0	43.0	44	1.19	5.02
Brad Keller SP	8	3	4	0	0	33.1	29	1.86	6.75
Greg Holland RP	14	2	1	2	2	13.0	16	1.85	4.85
Kyle Zimmer RP	11	2	0	1	2	13.1	12	0.90	3.38
Scott Barlow RP	19	1	1	1	7	21.0	29	1.29	2.57
Jakob Junis SP	11	1	3	0	0	29.1	31	1.36	5.52
Brady Singer SP	7	1	3	0	0	32.1	33	1.33	4.18
Carlos Hernandez SP	3	1	0	0	0	3.1	5	3.30	10.80
Hanser Alberto 2B	32	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0.00	0.00
Jake Brentz RP	19	0	0	0	3	17.0	20	1.47	3.18
Josh Staumont RP	17	0	1	3	2	18.2	20	0.96	2.41

Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Stats

**2021 Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching**
Top 12 by Wins and Games Played
Player	GP	W	L	SV	HLD	IP	K	WHIP	ERA
Tyler Anderson SP	8	3	3	0	0	46.1	44	1.10	3.50
JT Brubaker SP	7	3	2	0	0	38.1	41	1.12	2.58
Sam Howard RP	19	2	2	0	7	13.1	21	1.05	3.38
Richard Rodriguez RP	17	2	0	6	0	17.0	14	0.41	0.53
Mitch Keller SP	7	2	4	0	0	27.2	26	1.81	7.81
Clay Holmes RP	17	1	0	0	1	17.2	17	1.25	4.08
Chris Stratton RP	16	1	0	0	4	19.1	19	1.24	4.19
Duane Underwood Jr. RP	15	1	2	0	1	20.2	26	1.35	4.79
Luis Oviedo SP	8	1	1	0	0	12.2	11	1.58	7.82
Trevor Cahill SP	7	1	4	0	0	34.2	27	1.41	5.97
David Bednar RP	17	0	0	0	4	15.1	19	0.91	2.35
Kyle Crick RP	12	0	0	0	3	11.1	10	0.62	1.59

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