The Minnesota Twins (62-78) face the Kansas City Royals (71-69) a game after Luke Keaschall had a four-hit outing in an 11-8 loss to the White Sox. The Royals are favored (-136) in this matchup with the Twins (+115), which begins at 7:40 p.m. ET on Friday. Kansas City has Michael Wacha starting things off, and Minnesota counters with Pablo Lopez.

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Royals vs. Twins betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-136)
• Underdog: Twins (+115)
• Over/under: 8

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have won 35 of the 61 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (57.4%).
• Kansas City has an 18-16 record (winning 52.9% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -136 or shorter.
• The Royals have a 57.6% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Kansas City has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 59 times this season for a 59-80-1 record against the over/under.
• The Royals have covered 50.7% of their games this season, going 71-69-0 ATS.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. has a team-high batting average of .295.
• Witt ranks 56th in homers and 34th in RBI among all batters in MLB play.
• Maikel Garcia is batting .292 with 34 doubles, five triples, 15 home runs and 52 walks.
• Garcia currently ranks 116th in homers and 75th in RBI in the bigs.
• Vinnie Pasquantino paces the Royals with 29 home runs and 96 runs batted in.
• Salvador Perez has 33 doubles, 24 home runs and 23 walks while batting .240.
• Perez enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .118 with a double, a home run and an RBI.

Royals pitching rankings

• The 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Royals pitching staff ranks 25th in MLB.
• Kansas City has the third-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.66).
• Royals pitchers combine for the No. 10 WHIP in the majors (1.246).
• The Royals allow the fourth-fewest home runs in baseball (143 total, one per game).
• In its 4-3 win last time out, Kansas City struck out 11 Angels batters while allowing six hits.

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• The Twins have won 21, or 38.2%, of the 55 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Minnesota is 9-15 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +115 or more on the moneyline.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Twins have a 46.5% chance to win.
• Minnesota and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 65 of its 139 opportunities.
• The Twins are 70-69-0 ATS in their 139 games with a spread this season.

Twins hitting info

• Byron Buxton leads Minnesota in batting average (.273), home runs (29) and runs batted in (72) this season.
• Buxton’s home run total ranks 14th in the majors, and he is 51st in RBI.
• Buxton heads into this matchup on a seven-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is batting .282 with three doubles, two triples, four home runs, three walks and 10 RBIs.
• Trevor Larnach is batting .258 with an OBP of .330 and a slugging percentage of .415 this season.
• Among all MLB hitters, Larnach ranks 101st in homers and 107th in RBI.
• Larnach brings a six-game hitting streak into this game. In his last 10 games he is hitting .417 with two doubles, four walks and five RBIs.
• Brooks Lee is slashing .242/.290/.379 this season for the Twins.
• Ryan Jeffers is batting .262 with an OBP of .353 and a slugging percentage of .394 this season.

Twins pitching rankings

• The Twins have an 8.6 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 11th in the big leagues.
• Minnesota has pitched to a 4.56 ERA this season, which ranks 24th in baseball.
• The Twins have a combined WHIP of 1.326 as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
• The Twins have given up the 21st-fewest long balls so far this season with 171 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Minnesota fell to the White Sox 11-8. Its pitchers compiled 10 strikeouts and 15 hits allowed.