The Minnesota Twins (55-61) will look for Ryan Jeffers to prolong an 11-game hitting streak when they match up against the Kansas City Royals (58-59) on Sunday at 1:05 p.m. ET at Target Field. The Royals are favored (-120) against the underdog Twins (+100). Kansas City’s Ryan Bergert and Minnesota’s Jose Urena will start this matchup.

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Royals vs. Twins betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-120)
• Underdog: Twins (+100)
• Over/under: 9.5

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals are 25-20 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 55.6% of those games).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -120 or shorter, Kansas City has a record of 20-13 (60.6%).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Royals’ implied win probability is 54.5%.
• In the 117 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for Kansas City, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 50 times (50-66-1).
• The Royals have covered 52.1% of their games this season, going 61-56-0 ATS.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .284 with 37 doubles, four triples, 17 home runs and 38 walks.
• In MLB play, Witt ranks 61st in home runs and 33rd in RBI.
• Maikel Garcia’s .299 batting average paces his team.
• Garcia ranks 133rd in homers and 83rd in RBI among hitters in MLB.
• Garcia heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .350 with two doubles, a home run, two walks and three RBIs.
• Vinnie Pasquantino has put up a team-best 69 runs batted in.
• Salvador Perez has shown off his power as he paces his team with 20 home runs.

Royals pitching rankings

• The eight strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Royals pitching staff ranks 23rd in MLB.
• Kansas City has the second-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.62).
• The Royals have the 11th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.239).
• Royals pitchers combine to allow the seventh-fewest home runs in baseball (117 total, one per game).
• In its 2-0 win last time out, Kansas City struck out nine Twins batters while allowing eight hits.

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• This season, the Twins have been the underdog 43 times and won 17, or 39.5%, of those games.
• Minnesota has entered 32 games this season as the underdog by +100 or more and is 13-19 in those contests.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Twins have a 50% chance to win.
• Minnesota and its opponents have hit the over in 50 of its 115 games with a total this season.
• The Twins are 61-54-0 against the spread in their 115 chances this season.

Twins hitting info

• Trevor Larnach has been key for Minnesota with 92 hits, an OBP of .321 plus a slugging percentage of .415.
• In all of MLB, Larnach is 85th in home runs and 104th in RBI.
• Jeffers has 86 hits and an OBP of .356 to go with a slugging percentage of .418 this season.
• Jeffers currently is 193rd in home runs and 161st in RBI in the major leagues.
• Jeffers has safely hit in 11 games in a row. During his last 10 outings he is batting .400 with three doubles, a home run, a walk and five RBIs.
• Brooks Lee has collected 84 base hits, an OBP of .290 and a slugging percentage of .376 this season.
• Lee has safely hit in three straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .278 with a home run, two walks and an RBI.
• Kody Clemens has 48 hits and an OBP of .301 to go with a slugging percentage of .483 this season.

Twins pitching rankings

• The Twins average 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, eighth-most in the big leagues.
• Minnesota has the 22nd-ranked ERA (4.27) in the majors this season.
• The Twins have a combined WHIP of 1.274 as a pitching staff, which ranks 15th in MLB.
• The Twins have allowed the 15th-fewest home runs this season with 132, or 1.1 per game.
• Minnesota pitchers struck out four Royals hitters while allowing seven base hits in a 2-0 loss its last time out.