Sportsbooks don’t expect the Baltimore Orioles (3-5), at +101 on the moneyline, to end their three-game losing streak when they face the Kansas City Royals (3-4), at -120, on Saturday at 4:10 p.m. ET. Kansas City has Michael Wacha starting, and Baltimore will send out Tomoyuki Sugano.

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Royals vs. Orioles betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-120)
• Underdog: Orioles (+101)
• Over/under: 8

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have been favored on the moneyline three total times this season. They’ve gone 1-2 in those games.
• Kansas City has played as moneyline favorites of -120 or shorter in only one game this season, which it lost.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Royals’ implied win probability is 54.5%.
• Kansas City has had an over/under set by oddsmakers seven times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in four of those games (4-3-0).
• The Royals have a 3-4-0 record against the spread this season (covering 42.9% of the time).

Royals hitting info

• Maikel Garcia has racked up a team-best batting average of .381, and leads the Royals in home runs (two).
• In MLB action, Garcia ranks 29th in homers and 27th in RBI.
• Garcia has hit safely in six straight games. During his last six outings he is hitting .381 with three doubles, two home runs, two walks and six RBI.
• Vinnie Pasquantino has capitalized on opportunities as he paces his team with seven runs batted in.
• Pasquantino ranks 66th in home runs and 22nd in RBI among hitters in MLB play.
• Bobby Witt Jr. has two doubles and three walks while hitting .241.
• Jonathan India is hitting .286 with two doubles and three walks.

Royals pitching rankings

• The eight strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Royals pitching staff ranks 21st in the majors.
• Kansas City has a 3.09 team ERA that ranks ninth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Royals have the 17th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.264).
• The Royals surrender the 13th-fewest home runs in baseball (eight total, 1.1 per game).
• In its 8-2 win last time out, Kansas City struck out five Orioles batters while allowing six hits.

Orioles betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Orioles betting info

• This season, the Orioles have been the underdog five times and won two of those games.
• Baltimore has a record of 1-3 when it’s set as an underdog of +101 or more by oddsmakers this season.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Orioles have a 49.8% chance to win.
• Baltimore and its opponents have hit the over in six of its eight games with a total this season.
• In eight games with a spread this season, the Orioles are 3-5-0 ATS.

Orioles hitting info

• Cedric Mullins leads Baltimore in home runs with three and runs batted in with 11.
• Mullins is 12th in homers and second in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Jordan Westburg leads Baltimore in home runs with three while driving in four runs and slugging .643.
• Westburg is 12th in home runs and 69th in RBI among all MLB hitters this year.
• Adley Rutschman has collected eight base hits, an OBP of .343 and a slugging percentage of .484 this season.
• Rutschman enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .211 with two walks.
• Tyler O’Neill leads Baltimore with a .346 batting average.

Orioles pitching rankings

• The Orioles have a 9.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 11th in the majors.
• Baltimore has pitched to a 5.22 ERA this season, which ranks 28th in baseball.
• Orioles pitchers have a 1.435 WHIP this season, 23rd in the majors.
• The Orioles have allowed the ninth-fewest home runs this season at just seven, or 0.9 per game.
• Baltimore pitchers struck out five Royals hitters while allowing 11 base hits in an 8-2 loss its last time out.