The Miami Marlins (44-51) square off against the Kansas City Royals (47-50) after Kyle Stowers hit three home runs in an 11-1 win over the Orioles. The Royals are favored (-125) in this matchup with the Marlins (+105), which starts at 7:10 p.m. ET on Friday. Neither team has named their starter.

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Royals vs. Marlins betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-125)
• Underdog: Marlins (+105)

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have won 52.8% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (19-17).
• Kansas City has gone 13-11 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -125 or shorter (54.2% winning percentage).
• The Royals have a 55.6% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• In the 97 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Kansas City, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 37 times (37-59-1).
• The Royals are 50-47-0 against the spread this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. is hitting .294 with 32 doubles, three triples, 14 home runs and 30 walks.
• Among all hitters in MLB action, Witt’s home run total ranks 58th and his RBI tally ranks 36th.
• Maikel Garcia is batting .297 to lead his team.
• Garcia ranks 152nd in homers and 97th in RBI this season.
• Vinnie Pasquantino has put up a team-best 15 home runs and 56 runs batted in.
• Pasquantino takes a seven-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last 10 outings he is batting .317 with four doubles, three home runs and nine RBIs.
• Salvador Perez has 24 doubles, 13 home runs and 17 walks while hitting .244.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals pitching staff ranks 17th in MLB with a collective 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Kansas City has the second-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.49).
• Pitchers for the Royals combine for the No. 5-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.214).
• Royals pitchers combine to allow 98 home runs (1.0 per game), the ninth-fewest in MLB.
• In its 3-2 win last time out, Kansas City struck out nine Mets batters while allowing nine hits.

Marlins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Marlins betting info

• The Marlins have entered the game as underdogs 84 times this season and won 39, or 46.4%, of those games.
• Miami has a record of 33-38, a 46.5% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +105 or more by oddsmakers this season.
• The Marlins have a 48.8% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• So far this season, Miami and its opponents have hit the over in 44 of its 95 games with a total.
• In 95 games with a spread this season, the Marlins are 57-38-0 ATS.

Marlins hitting info

• Stowers is batting .293 with 19 home runs and 54 RBI. All three of those stats rank first among Miami hitters this season.
• Stowers ranks 18th in home runs and 36th in RBI among all batters in MLB.
• Stowers has safely hit in three straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .636 with three home runs, three walks and six RBIs.
• Otto Lopez is batting .250 with an OBP of .320 and a slugging percentage of .392 this season.
• Lopez is 101st among hitters in the big leagues in homers, and 62nd in RBI.
• Agustin Ramirez has 68 hits this season and a slash line of .242/.289/.470.
• Xavier Edwards has 91 hits and an OBP of .349 to go with a slugging percentage of .341 this season.
• Edwards has safely hit in two straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .227 with two doubles, a home run and two RBIs.

Marlins pitching rankings

• The Marlins have an 8.0 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 23rd in the big leagues.
• Miami has pitched to a 4.58 ERA this season, which ranks 24th in baseball.
• The Marlins rank 22nd in MLB with a combined 1.331 WHIP this season.
• With 104 homers allowed, the Marlins rank 13th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Miami earned an 11-1 win in its most recent game, striking out 12 Orioles batters while allowing five hits.