Sportsbooks give the Kansas City Royals (70-69) the edge, -159 on the moneyline, to end their three-game losing streak when they play the Los Angeles Angels (66-73), at +133, on Thursday at 7:40 p.m. ET. Noah Cameron starts for Kansas City while Los Angeles will counter with Kyle Hendricks.

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Royals vs. Angels betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-159)
• Underdog: Angels (+133)
• Over/under: 9

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have been favored on the moneyline 60 total times this season. They’ve gone 34-26 in those games.
• Kansas City has a record of 11-7 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -159 or shorter (61.1% winning percentage).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Royals have an implied win probability of 61.4%.
• Kansas City has played in 139 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 59 times (59-79-1).
• The Royals have gone 71-68-0 ATS this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. has put up a team-high batting average of .295.
• Witt’s home runs rank 62nd in MLB and he ranks 39th in RBI in MLB.
• Maikel Garcia has 34 doubles, five triples, 15 home runs and 52 walks while batting .294.
• Garcia ranks 116th in homers and 75th in RBI among hitters in MLB action.
• Vinnie Pasquantino leads the Royals in home runs (28) and runs batted in (95).
• Salvador Perez is hitting .239 with 33 doubles, 23 home runs and 23 walks.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals pitching staff ranks 26th in the majors with a collective 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Kansas City has the third-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.67).
• Pitchers for the Royals combine for the No. 9-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.246).
• The Royals surrender the fourth-fewest home runs in baseball (142 total, one per game).
• Kansas City lost to the Angels 4-3 in its last game with nine strikeouts while allowing five hits.

Angels betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Angels betting info

• The Angels have entered the game as underdogs 106 times this season and won 49, or 46.2%, of those games.
• Los Angeles is 27-27 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +133 or more on the moneyline.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Angels have a 42.9% chance to win.
• Los Angeles and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 73 of its 139 opportunities.
• The Angels are 76-63-0 ATS in their 139 games with a spread this season.

Angels hitting info

• Taylor Ward is batting .227 for Los Angeles with a team-high 94 RBI.
• Ward is 11th in home runs and 10th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Zach Neto has 124 hits and an OBP of .319 to go with a slugging percentage of .483 this season.
• Neto is 36th overall in home runs and 94th in RBI this season.
• Jo Adell is slugging .502 this season, with a team-high 33 home runs. He’s also collected 90 RBI.
• Adell heads into this matchup on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .400 with a double, three home runs and eight RBIs.
• Mike Trout has collected 88 hits this season and has an OBP of .361. He’s slugging .425 on the year.
• Trout brings a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .158 with two doubles, three walks and two RBIs.

Angels pitching rankings

• The Angels average the 23rd-most strikeouts per nine innings (eight) in the majors this season.
• Los Angeles has pitched to a 4.70 ERA this season, which ranks 25th in baseball.
• The Angels have a combined 1.426 WHIP as a pitching staff, third-highest in MLB.
• With 188 homers allowed, the Angels rank 26th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, Los Angeles defeated the Royals, 4-3, with eight strikeouts and four hits allowed.