The Kansas City Royals (35-50) will look for Carter Jensen to prolong a 19-game hitting streak when they match up against the Tampa Bay Rays (48-33) on Tuesday at 7:40 p.m. ET at Kauffman Stadium. The Rays are favored (-121) against the underdog Royals (-101). Griffin Jax starts for Tampa Bay, and Noah Cameron is Kansas City’s pick to start.

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Rays vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Rays (-121)
• Underdog: Royals (-101)
• Over/under: 10.5

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays are 33-19 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 63.5% of those games).
• Tampa Bay has gone 27-13 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -121 or shorter (67.5% winning percentage).
• The Rays have an implied moneyline win probability of 54.8% in this game.
• In the 81 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Tampa Bay, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 36 times (36-40-5).
• The Rays have a 47-34-0 record ATS this season (covering 58% of the time).

Rays hitting info

• Junior Caminero has launched a team-best 22 home runs.
• In baseball, Caminero ranks fifth in homers and 28th in RBI.
• Caminero heads into this game on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .471 with six home runs, four walks and 12 RBIs.
• Yandy Diaz is batting .336 to lead his team.
• Among all MLB batters, Diaz ranks 64th in home runs and 15th in RBI.
• Diaz heads into this matchup on a five-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .529 with two doubles, two walks and three RBIs.
• Jonathan Aranda has put up a team-high 57 runs batted in.
• Chandler Simpson has seven doubles, four triples and 17 walks while hitting .267.
• Simpson has safely hit in four games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .235 with two doubles, three walks and an RBI.

Rays pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Rays has a collective 8.0 K/9, which ranks 23rd in MLB.
• Tampa Bay has the eighth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.78).
• The Rays have the fifth-lowest WHIP in baseball (1.201).
• Rays pitchers combine to surrender the 19th-fewest home runs in baseball (97 total, 1.2 per game).
• In its 5-1 win last time out, Tampa Bay struck out nine Diamondbacks batters while allowing five hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• This season, the Royals have won 19 out of the 51 games, or 37.3%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Kansas City has a record of 15-24 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least -101 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 50.2% chance of a victory for the Royals.
• Kansas City and its opponents have hit the over in 42 of its 85 games with a total this season.
• The Royals have an ATS record of 38-47-0 in 85 games with a spread this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City with a .288 batting average. He’s also hit 10 homers and has 33 RBI.
• Witt ranks 89th in homers and 114th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Jensen is a key run producer for Kansas City with a .251 average, 11 homers and 45 RBI.
• Jensen is 77th in homers and 40th in RBI among all major league batters this year.
• Jensen has safely hit in 19 straight games. In his last 10 games he is hitting .341 with three doubles, two home runs, four walks and eight RBIs.
• Jac Caglianone’s 14 home runs lead all Kansas City hitters, and he’s slugging .481.
• Michael Massey has collected 51 hits this season and has an OBP of .293. He’s slugging .446 on the year.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals average just 8.0 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in the majors.
• Kansas City has the 27th-ranked ERA (4.84) in the majors this season.
• Royals pitchers have a 1.430 WHIP this season, fourth-worst in the majors.
• The Royals have allowed the 24th-fewest home runs this season with 108, or 1.3 per game.
• Kansas City pitchers struck out six White Sox batters while allowing seven hits in a 5-4 win last time out.