Vinnie Pasquantino will look for his 100th RBI of the season (he has 98) when the Kansas City Royals (73-69) take on the Minnesota Twins (62-80) on Sunday at 2:10 p.m. ET. The Royals are favored (-135) over the Twins (+114). Kansas City has Michael Lorenzen set to start, while Minnesota will send out Bailey Ober.

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Royals vs. Twins betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-135)
• Underdog: Twins (+114)
• Over/under: 8.5

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have a 36-26 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 58.1% of those games).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -135 or shorter, Kansas City has a 19-16 record (winning 54.3% of its games).
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Royals have an implied win probability of 57.4%.
• Kansas City has played in 142 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 60 times (60-81-1).
• The Royals have a 72-70-0 record ATS this season (covering 50.7% of the time).

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. has racked up a team-high batting average of .294.
• Among batters in MLB, Witt ranks 59th in home runs and 38th in RBI.
• Maikel Garcia’s .294 batting average is a team-high mark.
• Garcia ranks 104th in home runs and 68th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Garcia brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .167 with a home run, two walks and three RBIs.
• Pasquantino paces the Royals with 29 home runs and 98 runs batted in.
• Pasquantino has hit safely in three games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .333 with two doubles, a home run, two walks and four RBIs.
• Salvador Perez is batting .240 with 33 doubles, 25 home runs and 23 walks.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals pitching staff is 26th in the majors with a collective 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Kansas City’s 3.63 team ERA ranks third across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Royals have the 10th-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.243).
• Royals pitchers combine to allow the fourth-fewest home runs in baseball (143 total, one per game).
• In its 11-2 win last time out, Kansas City struck out seven Twins batters while allowing seven hits.

Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Twins betting info

• The Twins have been underdogs in 56 games this season and won 21 (37.5%) of those contests.
• Minnesota is 9-15 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +114 or more on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Twins have a 46.7% chance to win.
• Minnesota’s games have gone over the total in 66 of its 141 chances.
• In 141 games with a spread this season, the Twins are 71-70-0 ATS.

Twins hitting info

• Byron Buxton leads Minnesota in home runs with 29, runs batted in with 73 and his batting average of .270 is also best on his team.
• Buxton’s home run total ranks 16th in the majors, and he is 49th in RBI.
• Trevor Larnach has 116 hits and an OBP of .327 to go with a slugging percentage of .410 this season.
• Larnach currently ranks 104th in homers and 111th in RBI in the big leagues.
• Brooks Lee has 103 hits this season and a slash line of .243/.292/.380.
• Lee brings a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .211 with a double, a walk and an RBI.
• Ryan Jeffers is batting .262 with an OBP of .353 and a slugging percentage of .394 this season.

Twins pitching rankings

• The Twins have an 8.6 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 11th in the majors.
• Minnesota pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.59 ERA this year, which ranks 24th in MLB.
• The Twins have a combined WHIP of 1.330 as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in MLB.
• The Twins have allowed the 20th-fewest home runs this season with 173, or 1.2 per game.
• Minnesota pitchers struck out six Royals hitters while allowing 13 base hits in an 11-2 loss its last time out.