The Kansas City Royals (2-4) host the Baltimore Orioles (3-3) on Friday at 7:40 p.m. ET. The Royals are favored on the moneyline (-123) against the underdog Orioles (+104). Seth Lugo starts for Kansas City, and Dean Kremer is Baltimore’s pick to start.

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Royals vs. Orioles betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-123)
• Underdog: Orioles (+104)
• Over/under: 8.5

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have compiled a 1-2 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 33.3% of those games).
• Kansas City has played as moneyline favorites of -123 or shorter in only one game this season, which it lost.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Royals have an implied win probability of 55.2%.
• Kansas City has played in six games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total three times (3-3-0).
• The Royals are 2-4-0 against the spread this season.

Royals hitting info

• Maikel Garcia has racked up a team-high batting average of .353, while leading the Royals in home runs (two).
• In baseball, Garcia ranks 20th in home runs and 71st in RBI.
• Garcia has hit safely in five straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .353 with two doubles, two home runs, two walks and three RBI.
• Jonathan India has two doubles and two walks while hitting .320.
• India currently ranks 145th in homers and 121st in RBI in the bigs.
• India brings a five-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .400 with two doubles, two walks and two RBI.
• Vinnie Pasquantino has accumulated a team-best four runs batted in.
• Bobby Witt Jr. has two doubles and two walks while hitting .240.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals pitching staff is 16th in MLB with a collective 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Kansas City’s 3.43 team ERA ranks 11th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Royals average baseball’s 19th-ranked WHIP (1.325).
• Royals pitchers combine to give up the 18th-fewest home runs in baseball (eight total, 1.3 per game).
• Kansas City its 3-2 loss the last time out, the team struck out 17 Brewers batters while allowing eight hits.

Orioles betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Orioles betting info

• The Orioles have won two of the five games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Baltimore has entered four games this season as the underdog by +104 or more and is 1-3 in those contests.
• The Orioles have a 49% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Baltimore’s games have gone over the total in four of its six chances.
• The Orioles have an ATS record of 3-3-0 in six games with a spread this season.

Orioles hitting info

• Cedric Mullins leads Baltimore in runs batted in with 10 and has a batting average of .304.
• In all of MLB, Mullins is 20th in home runs and fifth in RBI.
• Jordan Westburg is slugging .810 this season, with a team-best three homers while driving in three runs.
• Westburg ranks eighth in homers and 71st in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Westburg has hit safely in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .381 with three home runs, two walks and three RBI.
• Adley Rutschman has six hits this season and a slash line of .250/.333/.542.
• Tyler O’Neill leads Baltimore in batting average (.444) this season.

Orioles pitching rankings

• The Orioles average 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, 10th-most in the majors.
• Baltimore has the 18th-ranked ERA (4.33) in the majors this season.
• The Orioles have a combined WHIP of 1.404 as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
• The Orioles have given up the third-fewest long balls so far this season with only four home runs allowed.
• Baltimore pitchers struck out nine Red Sox hitters while allowing 10 base hits in a 3-0 loss its last time out.