Theꦏ Kansas City Royals will take the field against the Minnesota Twins (76-65) on Saturday. The game begins at 7:15 p.m. ET on FO✤X, with the Royals listed as -141 favorites on the moneyline.
Kansas City’s Alec Marsh gets the start, and he’ll go against Minnesota’s Bailey Ober.
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Royals and Twins Betting Trends
The Royals are 45-26 in games they w๊ere favored on the moneyline (winning 63.4% of those games).
Kan🌄sas City has a 25-8 🔯record (winning 75.8% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -141 or shorter.
The Twins have won 15, or 34.9%, of the 43 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
This season, Minnesota has won three of its 12 games, or 25%, when it’s the underdog by at least +120 on the moneyline.
Th𝄹e Royals have played in 142 games with set oℱver/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 64 times (64-73-5).
The Twins’ games have gone over the total in 71 of their 141 chances.
Royals Stats & Insights
The Royals are the ninth-hꩵighest scoring team in baseball, averaging 4.8 runs per game (675 t🍨otal).
Kansas City is 16th in baseball with 🎐158 home runs. They average 1.1 per game.
The Royals’ .254 batting average is sixth-best in the majors.
Kansas City’s batters strike out 6.9 times per game, the second-lowest average in the majors.
The 8.2 strikeouts per nine 🎃innings put together by the Royals pitching staff ranks 25th in the majors.
Kansas City has the 🅷12th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pi🤪tching staffs (3.91).
Twins Stats & Insights
The Twins have scored th🐼e 11th-most runs in the league this season with 666 (4.7 per game).
Minnesota’s 170 home runs rank 10th in Major League Baseball.
The Twins have a tꦓeam batting average of .251 this season, which ranks eighth among MLB teams.
Minnesota has shown good bat-to-ball skiꩲlls at the plate this season with the ninth-best strikeout rate (8.1 per game) among MLB offenses.
The Twins have a 9.2 K/9 this season as a pitching ♐sta💯ff, third-best in baseball.
Minnesota pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.19 ERA this year, wh🤡ich ranks 20th in MLB.
Royals Key Players to Watch
Marsh (7-8 with a 4.70 ERA and 100 strikeouts in 111 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start fo🃏r the Royals, his 22nd of the season.
Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .337 with 30 home runs and 97 RBI. All three of those stats rank first among Ka🤡nsas City hitters𓃲 this season.
Salvador Perez has collected 140 hits this season and has an OBP of .332. He’s slugging .469 on the year.
Maikel Gar🍌cia i𝓰s slashing .239/.285/.345 this season for the Royals.
Hunter Renfroe has 81 hits and an OBP of .314 to go with a slugging percentage of .399 this seas🌳on.
Twins Key Players to Watch
Ober (12-6) will take to the mound for the Twins and make🍨 his 27th start of the season.
Carlos Santana 🌃has put up a team-best 20 home runs and 60 runs batted in.
Willi Castro is hitting .248 to pace his team.
Ryan Jeffers has put up a team-high 20 home runs.
Jose Miranda is batting .3💞00 with 28 doubles, t🦹hree triples, nine home runs and 18 walks.
Royals and Twins Injuries
Royals: Vinnie Pasquantino: 10 Day IL (Thumb), Hunter Har♚vey: 15 Day IL (Back), Will Smith: 15 Day IL (Back), Michael Lorenz🏅en: 15 Day IL (Hamstring), Josh Taylor: 60 Day IL (Biceps), Kyle Wright: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
Twins: Byron Buxton: 10 Day IL (Hip), Carlos Correa: 10 Day IL (Foot), Manuel Margot: 10 Day IL (Groin), Max Kepler: 10 Day IL (Knee), Kody Funderburk: 60 Day IL (Oblique), Anthony DeSclafani: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Alex Kirilloff: 60 Day IL (Back), 💎Brock Stewart: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Chris Paddack: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Justin Topa: 60 Day IL (Knee), Daniel Duarte: 60 Day IL (Tricep), Joe Ryan: 60 Day IL (Tricep)
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