The Tampa Bay Rays (50-33) will look to Junior Caminero, who is currently on a six-game home run streak, when they play the Kansas City Royals (35-52). The Rays are favored (-122) for this matchup with the Royals (+101), which starts at 7:40 p.m. ET on Thursday at Kauffman Stadium. Ian Seymour starts for Tampa Bay while Kansas City will counter with Stephen Kolek.

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Rays vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Rays (-122)
• Underdog: Royals (+101)
• Over/under: 10.5

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have compiled a 35-19 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 64.8% of those games).
• Tampa Bay has gone 28-13 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -122 or shorter (68.3% winning percentage).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Rays’ implied win probability is 55%.
• Tampa Bay has had an over/under set by bookmakers 83 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 37 of those games (37-41-5).
• The Rays have put together a 49-34-0 record ATS this season.

Rays hitting info

• Caminero has launched a team-high 24 home runs.
• Caminero’s home runs rank fifth in MLB and he ranks 19th in RBI in MLB.
• Caminero has safely hit in six straight games. In his last 10 games he is batting .359 with nine home runs, four walks and 20 RBIs.
• Yandy Diaz’s .329 batting average is a team-high mark.
• Among all MLB hitters, Diaz ranks 72nd in home runs and 23rd in RBI.
• Jonathan Aranda has racked up a team-high 58 runs batted in.
• Aranda enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .429 with a double, a home run, five walks and four RBIs.
• Chandler Simpson is batting .271 with eight doubles, four triples and 18 walks.
• Simpson takes a six-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 games he is hitting .361 with four doubles, four walks and two RBIs.

Rays pitching rankings

• The 8.0 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Rays pitching staff ranks 23rd in the majors.
• Tampa Bay has a 3.74 team ERA that ranks sixth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Rays combine for the No. 3-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.191).
• Rays pitchers combine to give up the 19th-fewest home runs in baseball (100 total, 1.2 per game).
• Tampa Bay struck out seven Royals batters while giving up six hits in a 10-4 win in its last game.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have entered the game as underdogs 53 times this season and won 19, or 35.8%, of those games.
• Kansas City is 13-23 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +101 or more on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 49.8% chance of a victory for the Royals.
• Kansas City’s games have gone over the total in 43 of its 87 chances.
• The Royals are 38-49-0 against the spread in their 87 chances this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City with a .293 batting average. He’s also hit 12 homers and has 36 RBI.
• Witt’s home run total ranks 72nd in MLB, and he is 98th in RBI.
• Carter Jensen leads Kansas City in runs batted in with 46 while batting .247 with 12 homers.
• Among all major league batters, Jensen is 72nd in home runs and 43rd in RBI.
• Jac Caglianone leads Kansas City in home runs with 14. He’s driven in 30 runs and is slugging .475.
• Michael Massey is batting .261 with an OBP of .292 and a slugging percentage of .437 this season.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals strike out 7.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 24th in MLB.
• Kansas City has the 28th-ranked ERA (4.88) in the majors this season.
• Royals pitchers have a 1.439 WHIP this season, fourth-worst in the majors.
• The Royals have allowed the 24th-fewest home runs this season with 112, or 1.3 per game.
• Kansas City suffered a 10-4 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out two Rays batters while allowing 11 hits.