The Kansas City Royals (28-41) host the Houston Astros (31-39) on Saturday at Kauffman Stadium, beginning at 7:10 p.m. ET. The Royals are favored on the moneyline (-113), while the Astros are -106 underdogs. The Astros are spread favorites (1.5) with +144 odds, despite being the moneyline underdog. Kansas City’s Noah Cameron and Houston’s Mike Burrows will start this matchup.

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Royals vs. Astros betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-113)
• Underdog: Astros (-106)
• Over/under: 9.5

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have been the moneyline favorite 30 total times this season. They’ve gone 14-16 in those games.
• Kansas City has an 11-15 record (winning 42.3% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -113 or shorter.
• The Royals have a 53.1% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Kansas City has played in 69 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 30 times (30-38-1).
• The Royals have gone 30-39-0 against the spread this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. paces the Royals with nine home runs.
• Among hitters in MLB, Witt ranks 72nd in homers and 120th in RBI.
• Witt enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .238 with a walk and an RBI.
• Maikel Garcia is batting .261 with 15 doubles, two triples, three home runs and 23 walks.
• Among all MLB hitters, Garcia ranks 225th in home runs and 152nd in RBI.
• Vinnie Pasquantino has sent home a team-high 31 runs batted in.
• Pasquantino has safely hit in six straight games. During his last 10 games he is batting .300 with three doubles, a home run, five walks and five RBIs.
• Jac Caglianone has a club-high .279 batting average.
• Caglianone has hit safely in three straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .688 with two doubles, two home runs, two walks and five RBIs.

Royals pitching rankings

• The 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Royals pitching staff ranks 17th in MLB.
• Kansas City has the 21st-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.38).
• The Royals have the 21st-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.384).
• The Royals surrender the 23rd-fewest home runs in baseball (83 total, 1.2 per game).
• Kansas City its 4-2 loss the last time out, the team struck out six Rangers batters while allowing 11 hits.

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• This season, the Astros have been the underdog 48 times and won 23, or 47.9%, of those games.
• Houston has a record of 23-24 in games where sportsbooks have it as underdogs of at least -106 on the moneyline.
• The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 51.5% chance of a victory for the Astros.
• Houston’s games have gone over the total in 37 of its 70 chances.
• The Astros have an ATS record of 32-38-0 in 70 games with a spread this season.

Astros hitting info

• Yordan Alvarez is batting .316 with 22 home runs and 48 RBI. All three of those stats are tops among Houston hitters this season.
• Alvarez’s home run total ranks second in the majors, and he is eighth in RBI.
• Christian Walker leads Houston in runs batted in (48) this season. He’s batting .249 while slugging .494.
• Walker currently is 13th in homers and eighth in RBI in the major leagues.
• Isaac Paredes is slashing .236/.332/.406 this season for the Astros.
• Cam Smith is batting .220 with an OBP of .309 and a slugging percentage of .366 this season.

Astros pitching rankings

• The Astros strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 13th in MLB.
• Houston pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.86 ERA this year, which ranks 29th in MLB.
• The Astros have a combined 1.436 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-highest in MLB.
• The Astros have allowed the 25th-fewest home runs this season with 89, or 1.3 per game.
• Last time out, Houston fell to the Angels 3-2. Its pitchers compiled seven strikeouts and seven hits allowed.