The Kansas City Royals (75-76) host the Seattle Mariners (83-68) on Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium, starting at 7:40 p.m. ET. The Royals are favored on the moneyline (-117), while the Mariners are -103 underdogs. The Mariners are favored against the spread (1.5) with +157 odds, despite being the moneyline underdog. Cole Ragans gets the starting nod for Kansas City, and Bryce Miller is Seattle’s pick to start.

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Royals vs. Mariners betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-117)
• Underdog: Mariners (-103)
• Over/under: 8.5

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have won 57.1% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (36-27).
• In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -117 or shorter, Kansas City has a 32-22 record (winning 59.3% of its games).
• The Royals have a 53.9% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Kansas City has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 151 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 65 of those games (65-85-1).
• The Royals have collected a 74-77-0 record against the spread this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. paces the Royals with a .292 batting average.
• Among hitters in MLB action, Witt ranks 57th in homers and 44th in RBI.
• Witt brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .211 with a triple, a home run, two walks and two RBIs.
• Maikel Garcia is hitting .289 with 36 doubles, five triples, 16 home runs and 57 walks.
• Garcia currently ranks 117th in home runs and 73rd in RBI in the majors.
• Vinnie Pasquantino paces the Royals with 30 home runs and 104 runs batted in.
• Salvador Perez is batting .237 with 34 doubles, 28 home runs and 23 walks.
• Perez enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .273 with three home runs and eight RBIs.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals pitching staff is 26th in MLB with a collective 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Kansas City’s 3.79 team ERA ranks fifth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Royals average MLB’s 13th-ranked WHIP (1.260).
• Royals pitchers combine to give up the seventh-fewest home runs in baseball (160 total, 1.1 per game).
• Kansas City struck out five Mariners batters while allowing 14 hits in a 12-5 loss in its last game.

Mariners betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Mariners betting info

• This season, the Mariners have won 21 out of the 44 games, or 47.7%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Seattle has entered 36 games this season as the underdog by -103 or more and is 18-18 in those contests.
• The implied probability of a win by the Mariners, based on the moneyline, is 50.7%.
• Games involving Seattle have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 82 of 151 chances this season.
• The Mariners have an ATS record of 64-87-0 in 151 games with a spread this season.

Mariners hitting info

• Cal Raleigh is batting .247 this season with a team-high 56 home runs and 118 RBI.
• Raleigh’s home run total ranks first in MLB, and he is second in RBI.
• Raleigh takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .444 with three doubles, three home runs, five walks and five RBIs.
• Julio Rodriguez has collected 167 hits this season and has an OBP of .323. He’s slugging .480 on the year.
• Rodriguez is 16th in home runs and 18th in RBI among all MLB hitters this season.
• Rodriguez heads into this matchup on a six-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is batting .390 with seven doubles, two home runs, four walks and 11 RBIs.
• Josh Naylor leads Seattle with a .283 batting average while slugging 19 homers and driving in 86 runs.
• Naylor enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .217 with a double, a walk and six RBIs.
• Eugenio Suarez has 122 hits and an OBP of .297 to go with a slugging percentage of .517 this season.

Mariners pitching rankings

• The Mariners strike out 8.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 10th-best in MLB.
• Seattle has pitched to a 3.93 ERA this season, which ranks 14th in baseball.
• The Mariners have a combined WHIP of just 1.239 as a pitching staff, which is the eighth-best in baseball this season.
• The Mariners have allowed the 17th-fewest home runs this season with 181, or 1.2 per game.
• Seattle earned a 12-5 win in its most recent game, striking out six Royals batters while allowing nine hits.