The Atlanta Braves (45-60) visit the Kansas City Royals (52-55) on Tuesday at 7:40 p.m. ET. The Braves are underdogs (+106) against the favored Royals (-127). Seth Lugo starts for Kansas City, and Erick Fedde is Atlanta’s choice to start.

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Royals vs. Braves betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-127)
• Underdog: Braves (+106)
• Over/under: 9.5

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have won 22 of the 42 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (52.4%).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -127 or shorter, Kansas City has a 13-12 record (winning 52% of its games).
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Royals a 55.9% chance to win.
• Kansas City has played in 107 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 43 times (43-63-1).
• The Royals have a 55-52-0 record ATS this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. is hitting .289 with 36 doubles, three triples, 15 home runs and 32 walks.
• Witt ranks 63rd in homers and 44th in RBI among all batters in MLB action.
• Witt heads into this game on a seven-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is batting .238 with four doubles, a home run, two walks and four RBIs.
• Maikel Garcia is hitting .301 to lead his team.
• Among all MLB hitters, Garcia ranks 135th in homers and 86th in RBI.
• Garcia takes a five-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .500 with two doubles, two triples, two home runs, three walks and five RBIs.
• Vinnie Pasquantino leads the Royals with 63 runs batted in.
• Salvador Perez’s 18 home runs and 63 runs batted in both pace his team.

Royals pitching rankings

• The 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Royals pitching staff ranks 21st in MLB.
• Kansas City’s 3.55 team ERA ranks second across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Royals pitchers combine for the No. 6 WHIP in the majors (1.232).
• The Royals surrender the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (110 total, one per game).
• Kansas City struck out four Braves batters while giving up nine hits in a 10-7 loss in its last game.

Braves betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Braves betting info

• The Braves have entered the game as underdogs 24 times this season and won five, or 20.8%, of those games.
• Atlanta has entered 15 games this season as the underdog by +106 or more and is 2-13 in those contests.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Braves have a 48.5% chance to win.
• Atlanta and its opponents have hit the over in 45 of its 105 games with a total this season.
• The Braves are 42-63-0 against the spread in their 105 chances this season.

Braves hitting info

• Matt Olson leads Atlanta in home runs with 18 and runs batted in with 66.
• Among all batters in the big leagues, Olson is 38th in homers and 18th in RBI.
• Ozzie Albies has collected 86 hits this season and has an OBP of .297. He’s slugging .322 on the year.
• Albies is 150th overall in homers and 132nd in RBI this year.
• Marcell Ozuna has 77 hits this season and a slash line of .233/.361/.393.
• Austin Riley leads Atlanta with a .268 batting average. He’s also hit 15 homers and has 52 RBI.

Braves pitching rankings

• The Braves strike out 9.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, third-best in MLB.
• Atlanta has the 20th-ranked ERA (4.18) in the majors this season.
• Braves pitchers have a 1.281 WHIP this season, 17th in the majors.
• The Braves have allowed the 20th-fewest home runs this season with 123, or 1.2 per game.
• Last time out, Atlanta defeated the Royals, 10-7, with five strikeouts and 12 hits allowed.