The Minnesota Twins (3-7) visit the Kansas City Royals (5-5) on Tuesday at 7:40 p.m. ET. The Twins are moneyline underdogs (+109) against the favored Royals (-130). Cole Ragans takes the mound first for Kansas City, and Pablo Lopez is Minnesota’s choice to start.

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Royals vs. Twins betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-130)
• Underdog: Twins (+109)
• Over/under: 7.5

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have gone 3-3 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 50% of those games).
• Kansas City has played as moneyline favorites of -130 or shorter in only one game this season, which it lost.
• The Royals have a 56.5% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Kansas City has played in 10 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total five times (5-5-0).
• The Royals have covered 50% of their games this season, going 5-5-0 ATS.

Royals hitting info

• Maikel Garcia has racked up a team-high batting average of .333, while leading the Royals in home runs (two).
• Among hitters in MLB play, Garcia ranks 43rd in homers and 54th in RBI.
• Garcia heads into this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .300 with two doubles and three RBI.
• Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .268 with three doubles, a triple, a home run and three walks.
• Witt currently ranks 84th in homers and 73rd in RBI in the bigs.
• Jonathan India has three doubles and seven walks while hitting .278.
• India heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .188 with two doubles and five walks.
• Vinnie Pasquantino’s nine runs batted in lead his team.

Royals pitching rankings

• The 8.0 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Royals pitching staff ranks 21st in MLB.
• Kansas City has the eighth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.26).
• The Royals average baseball’s 11th-ranked WHIP (1.240).
• Royals pitchers combine to allow the fourth-fewest home runs in baseball (eight total, 0.8 per game).
• In its 4-2 win last time out, Kansas City struck out five Twins batters while allowing seven hits.

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• The Twins lost the only game they’ve played as the underdog this season.
• Minnesota has not entered a game this season with longer moneyline odds than +109.
• The Twins have a 47.8% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Minnesota and its opponents have hit the over in five of its 10 games with a total this season.
• In 10 games with a spread this season, the Twins are 3-7-0 ATS.

Twins hitting info

• Harrison Bader leads Minnesota in home runs (three) and runs batted in (nine) this season while batting .296.
• Bader ranks 17th in home runs and 19th in RBI among all batters in the big leagues.
• Willi Castro is batting .235 with an OBP of .333 and a slugging percentage of .441 this season.
• Castro ranks 84th in homers and 108th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Castro takes a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .176 with a double, two walks and an RBI.
• Matt Wallner is batting .303 to lead Minnesota this season.
• Wallner has hit safely in four straight games. In his last five games he is batting .400 with two doubles, a triple, a walk and an RBI.
• Byron Buxton has collected seven hits this season and has an OBP of .231. He’s slugging .324 on the year.

Twins pitching rankings

• The Twins average 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, ninth-most in the big leagues.
• Minnesota has the 25th-ranked ERA (4.92) in the majors this season.
• The Twins rank 24th in MLB with a combined 1.419 WHIP this season.
• With 15 homers allowed, the Twins rank 26th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Minnesota suffered a 4-2 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out eight Royals batters while allowing nine hits.