The Houston Astros (21-20) host the Kansas City Royals (25-19) at 8:10 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Daikin Park. The Astros are favored (-139) to break the 1-1 tie and take the series over the Royals (+118). Colton Gordon takes the mound first for Houston, and Michael Lorenzen is Kansas City’s choice to start.

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Astros vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Astros (-139)
• Underdog: Royals (+118)
• Over/under: 8

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• The Astros have compiled a 16-14 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 53.3% of those games).
• Houston has gone 8-6 (winning 57.1% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -139 or shorter.
• The Astros have an implied moneyline win probability of 58.2% in this contest.
• Houston has played in 41 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 18 times (18-21-2).
• The Astros have put together a 22-19-0 record ATS this season.

Astros hitting info

• Jeremy Pena paces the Astros with six home runs and 21 runs batted in.
• Among hitters in baseball, Pena ranks 63rd in home runs and 60th in RBI.
• Pena takes a six-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last 10 games he is batting .349 with two doubles, two home runs, a walk and nine RBIs.
• Isaac Paredes is hitting .265 with six doubles, a triple, five home runs and 26 walks.
• Paredes ranks 87th in homers and 99th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Jake Meyers paces the Astros with a team-best batting average of .308.
• Meyers enters this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .375 with a double, three walks and an RBI.
• Jose Altuve is batting .263 with six doubles, four home runs and 11 walks.
• Altuve takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .333 with two doubles and a walk.

Astros pitching rankings

• The 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Astros pitching staff ranks second in MLB.
• Houston has a 3.47 team ERA that ranks seventh across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Astros combine for the No. 2-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.144).
• Astros pitchers combine to surrender 36 home runs (0.9 per game), the fifth-fewest in baseball.
• In its 2-1 win last time out, Houston struck out eight Royals batters while allowing six hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have won 12, or 48%, of the 25 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Kansas City has entered 12 games this season as the underdog by +118 or more and is 6-6 in those contests.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Royals have a 45.9% chance to win.
• Kansas City and its opponents have hit the over in 15 of its 44 games with a total this season.
• The Royals are 23-21-0 against the spread in their 44 chances this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City in batting average (.312) and runs batted in (25) this season while also slugging five homers.
• Witt ranks 87th in homers and 34th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Maikel Garcia has collected 44 hits this season and has an OBP of .359. He’s slugging .447 on the year.
• Garcia ranks 129th in homers and 114th in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
• Vinnie Pasquantino leads the club in homers (six) and runs batted in (25) this season.
• Pasquantino heads into this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .286 with two RBIs.
• Jonathan India has collected 37 hits this season and has an OBP of .343. He’s slugging .318 on the year.
• India takes a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .300 with a double, a walk and two RBIs.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals have an 8.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 16th in the big leagues.
• Kansas City has pitched to a 3.00 ERA this season, which ranks second in baseball.
• The Royals have a combined 1.178 WHIP as a pitching staff, fifth-lowest in MLB.
• The Royals have given up the seventh-fewest long balls so far this season with only 39 home runs allowed.
• Kansas City suffered a 2-1 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out 10 Astros batters while allowing seven hits.