The Los Angeles Angels (70-87) and the Kansas City Royals (79-78) square off on Wednesday at 9:38 p.m. ET. The Angels are favored (-123) against the underdog Royals (+103). Yusei Kikuchi takes the mound first for Los Angeles, and Stephen Kolek is Kansas City’s choice to start.

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Angels vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Angels (-123)
• Underdog: Royals (+103)
• Over/under: 8.5

Angels betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Angels betting info

• The Angels have won 48.7% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (19-20).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -123 or shorter, Los Angeles has a 14-15 record (winning 48.3% of its games).
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Angels a 55.2% chance to win.
• Los Angeles has had an over/under set by bookmakers 157 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 84 of those games (84-67-6).
• The Angels have put together an 82-75-0 record against the spread this season (covering 52.2% of the time).

Angels hitting info

• Taylor Ward has put up a team-high 102 runs batted in.
• Among hitters in baseball, Ward ranks 10th in homers and 11th in RBI.
• Ward has safely hit in six straight games. In his last 10 games he is hitting .256 with five home runs and five RBIs.
• Jo Adell’s 36 home runs pace his team.
• Adell ranks ninth in home runs and 17th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Adell takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .222 with two walks and an RBI.
• Nolan Schanuel paces the Angels with a .268 batting average.
• Schanuel has safely hit in four games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .294 with a double, a home run, two walks and three RBIs.
• Mike Trout is hitting .227 with 14 doubles, a triple, 22 home runs and 86 walks.

Angels pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Angels has a collective 8.0 K/9, which ranks 23rd in the majors.
• Los Angeles has the 28th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.89).
• The Angels have the third-highest WHIP in baseball (1.444).
• Angels pitchers combine to give up the third-most home runs in baseball (212 total, 1.4 per game).
• Los Angeles struck out seven Royals batters while allowing 15 hits in an 8-4 loss in its last game.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have entered the game as underdogs 91 times this season and won 41, or 45.1%, of those games.
• Kansas City is 28-41 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +103 or more on the moneyline.
• The Royals have a 49.3% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Kansas City and its opponents have hit the over in 69 of its 157 games with a total this season.
• The Royals have an ATS record of 78-79-0 in 157 games with a spread this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City with a batting average of .293. He’s also hit 23 home runs with 84 RBI.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Witt ranks 56th in home runs and 35th in RBI.
• Witt has hit safely in four straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .304 with two doubles, a home run and four RBIs.
• Maikel Garcia has collected 166 hits this season and has an OBP of .354. He’s slugging .455 on the year.
• Garcia ranks 123rd in home runs and 76th in RBI among all MLB hitters this season.
• Garcia has safely hit in two straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .278 with two doubles, three walks and two RBIs.
• Vinnie Pasquantino leads the club in homers (31) and runs batted in (108) this season.
• Salvador Perez has 140 hits and an OBP of .287 to go with a slugging percentage of .457 this season.
• Perez takes a nine-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 outings he is batting .342 with five home runs, three walks and 16 RBIs.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals have a 7.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in baseball.
• Kansas City has the sixth-best ERA (3.77) in the majors this season.
• The Royals rank 11th in MLB with a combined 1.250 WHIP this season.
• The Royals have allowed the ninth-fewest home runs this season at just 166, or 1.1 per game.
• Last time out, Kansas City defeated the Angels, 8-4, with 13 strikeouts and five hits allowed.