The Kansas City Royals (82-71) stumble into Friday’s matchup with the San Francisco Giants (74-79) looking to break a four-game losing streak. The contest starts at 8:10 p.m. ET on NBCS-BA with the Royals listed as -182 favorites to right the ship.
Michael Wacha takes the mound for Kansas City while Mason Black is San Francisco’s starter for the contest.
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Royals and Giants Betting Trends
The🍬 Royals have won 62.7% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline ꩵ(47-28).
Kansas City has gone 16-5 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -182 or🎉 shorter (76.2% winning percentage).
This season, the Giants have won 28 out of the 74 games, or 37.8%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
San Francisco has a record of 6-8, a 42.9% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +155 or more by sportsbooks this season.
The Royals have combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 67 times this season for a 67-81-5 record against the over/♔under.
The Giants and their o♈pponents have hit the over 💛in 78 of their 153 games with a total this season.
Royals Stats & Insights
The Royals have the No. 9 offense in baseball scoring 4.7 runs per game (718 total ru🅘ns)꧑.
Kansas City r🐻anks 18th in baseball with 167 home runs. They average 1.1 per game.
The Royals’ .252 batting average is seventh-best in MLB.
Kansas City strikes out 7 times per ga🥃me, the second-fewest mark in MLB.
The 8.4 strikeouts per nine inning♐s compiled by the Royals pitching staff r꧃anks 22nd in the majors.
Kansas City’s 3.85 team ERA ranks 11th among all MLB pitching staffs.
Giants Stats & Insights
The Giants have scored the 17th-most runs in t🌟he league this season with 651 (4.3 per game).
San Francisco has♈ 🦋hit 163 homers this season, which ranks 19th in the majors.
The Giants have a team batting average 📖of .238 this season, which ranks 20th among MLB teams.
San Francisco ranks 20th in MLB in strikeouts per gamꦑe with an average of 8.9 Ks per contest.
The Giants have a nine K/9 this season as a pitching staff, fifth-best in b🤪aseball.
San Francisco pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.15 ERA this year, whi🍒ch 💧ranks 18th in MLB.
Royals Key Players to Watch
Wacha (13-7 with a 3.29 ERA and 138 strikeouts in 156 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Royals, his 28th of the 🃏season.
Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .331 with 32 home runs and 108 RB🅺I. All three of those stats are tops among Kans✤as City hitters this season.
Salvador Perez has collected 154 hits this season and has an OBP of .337. He’s slugging .470 on the year.
Maikel Garcia is slashing .239/.284/.344 this season for the Roℱyals.
Kyle Isbel is batting .236 with an OBP of .290 and a slugging percentage🎐 of .381 this season.
Giants Key Players to Watch
The Giants’ Black (0-4) will make his seventh start of the season.
Heliot ༒Ramos leads the Giants with a .266 batting𓄧 average.
Michael Conforto is batting .234 with 25 doubles, three triples, 18 home runs and 41 wal⛄ks.
Mike Yastrzemski is hittiﷺng .234 with 14 doubles, nine triples,𓄧 17 home runs and 38 walks.
Mark Canha is hitting .237 with 19 dou🐲bles,𝓀 seven home runs and 50 walks.
Royals and Giants Injuries
Royals: Vinnie Pasquantino: 10 Day IL (Thumb), Hunter Harvey: 15 Day IL (Back), Will Smith: 15 Day IL (Back), Michael Lorenzen: 15 Day IL (Hamstring), Chris Stratton: 15 Day IL (Forearm), James McArthur: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Josh Taဣylor: 60 Day IL (Biceps), Kyle Wright: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
Giants: Robbie Ray: 15 Day IL (Hamstring), Randy Rodriguez: 15 ꦆDay IL (Elbow), Kyle Harrison: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Tom Murphy: 60 Day IL (Head), Jung Hoo Lee: 60 Day IL (Labrum), Keaton Wiﷺnn: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Wilmer Flores: 60 Day IL (Knee)
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