The New York Mets (39-54) and the Kansas City Royals (38-55) square off on Thursday at 1:10 p.m. ET with the series tied 1-1. The Mets are favored (-151) to take the rubber match against the Royals (+124). Sean Manaea gets the starting nod for New York, and Michael Wacha is Kansas City’s choice to start.

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Mets vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Mets (-151)
• Underdog: Royals (+124)
• Over/under: 9

Mets betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Mets betting info

• The Mets have gone 31-29 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 51.7% of those games).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -151 or shorter, New York has a 10-11 record (winning 47.6% of its games).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Mets’ implied win probability is 60.2%.
• New York has played in 93 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 43 times (43-42-8).
• The Mets have a 40-53-0 record ATS this season (covering 43% of the time).

Mets hitting info

• Juan Soto leads the Mets with 20 home runs while accumulating a team-best batting average of .295.
• Soto ranks 14th in home runs and 47th in RBI among all batters in baseball.
• Bo Bichette has capitalized on opportunities as he leads his team with 50 RBI.
• Among all MLB batters, Bichette ranks 103rd in home runs and 42nd in RBI.
• Bichette has safely hit in six games in a row. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .286 with a double, three walks and four RBIs.
• Carson Benge is hitting .265 with 12 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs and 27 walks.
• Benge enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .368 with a double, a home run, four walks and two RBIs.
• A.J. Ewing has eight doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 22 walks while hitting .279.
• Ewing heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .421 with a double, three home runs, two walks and five RBIs.

Mets pitching rankings

• The Mets pitching staff ranks third in MLB with a collective 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
• New York’s 4.39 team ERA ranks 20th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Mets average baseball’s 16th-ranked WHIP (1.322).
• The Mets surrender the 14th-fewest home runs in baseball (101 total, 1.1 per game).
• In its 6-2 win last time out, New York struck out seven Royals batters while allowing eight hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• This season, the Royals have been the underdog 59 times and won 22, or 37.3%, of those games.
• Kansas City has entered 14 games this season as the underdog by +124 or more and is 5-9 in those contests.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 44.6% chance of a victory for the Royals.
• Kansas City’s games have gone over the total in 45 of its 93 chances.
• The Royals have an ATS record of 41-52-0 in 93 games with a spread this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City with a .289 batting average. He’s also hit 12 homers and has 38 RBI.
• In all of MLB, Witt ranks 82nd in home runs and 103rd in RBI.
• Witt brings a four-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .273 with two walks and two RBIs.
• Carter Jensen is a key run producer for Kansas City with a .247 average, 13 homers and 49 RBI.
• Jensen ranks 68th among hitters in MLB in homers, and 47th in RBI.
• Jensen heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .238 with a double, a home run, three walks and three RBIs.
• Jac Caglianone’s 14 home runs lead all Kansas City hitters, and he’s slugging .455.
• Caglianone takes a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .174 with two doubles and three RBIs.
• Michael Massey is batting .263 with an OBP of .300 and a slugging percentage of .429 this season.
• Massey has safely hit in four games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .357 with a double, three walks and four RBIs.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals have a 7.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in baseball.
• Kansas City has the 28th-ranked ERA (4.87) in the majors this season.
• The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.450 as a pitching staff, which is fourth-worst in baseball this season.
• With 119 homers allowed, the Royals rank 24th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, Kansas City fell to the Mets 6-2. Its pitchers compiled six strikeouts and nine hits allowed.