The Kansas City Royals (38-59) will aim to stop a five-game losing streak when they host the San Diego Padres (48-48) on Friday at 8:10 p.m. ET. The Royals are favored (-120) to halt the streak against the Padres (+102). Kansas City has Seth Lugo starting things off, and San Diego will send out Michael King.

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Royals vs. Padres betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-120)
• Underdog: Padres (+102)

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have gone 16-18 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 47.1% of those games).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -120 or shorter, Kansas City has gone 9-12 (42.9%).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Royals have an implied win probability of 54.5%.
• Kansas City has combined with opponents to go over the total 47 times this season for a 47-49-1 record against the over/under.
• The Royals have a 41-56-0 record against the spread this season (covering 42.3% of the time).

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. paces the Royals with a .286 batting average.
• In baseball, Witt ranks 72nd in home runs and 106th in RBI.
• Jac Caglianone has hit 15 home runs to lead his team.
• Caglianone ranks 49th in home runs and 134th in RBI this year.
• Caglianone has safely hit in seven straight games. During his last 10 games he is batting .233 with three doubles, a home run and five RBIs.
• Carter Jensen paces the Royals with 49 runs batted in.
• Vinnie Pasquantino is batting .222 with 10 doubles, two triples, six home runs and 33 walks.

Royals pitching rankings

• The 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Royals pitching staff ranks 25th in the majors.
• Kansas City has a 4.96 team ERA that ranks 28th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Royals combine for the third-worst WHIP in MLB (1.454).
• Royals pitchers combine to surrender the 25th-fewest home runs in baseball (129 total, 1.3 per game).
• Kansas City struck out 10 Orioles batters while allowing 12 hits in an 8-2 loss in its last game.

Padres betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Padres betting info

• This season, the Padres have won 25 out of the 55 games, or 45.5%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• San Diego has entered 44 games this season as the underdog by +102 or more and is 18-26 in those contests.
• The implied probability of a win by the Padres, based on the moneyline, is 49.5%.
• So far this season, San Diego and its opponents have hit the over in 42 of its 96 games with a total.
• The Padres have an ATS record of 52-44-0 in 96 games with a spread this season.

Padres hitting info

• Manny Machado leads San Diego in home runs (19) and runs batted in (55) this season while batting .203.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Machado is 26th in home runs and 32nd in RBI.
• Machado enters this matchup on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .421 with a home run, a walk and four RBIs.
• Fernando Tatis Jr. leads San Diego in batting with a .277 average while slugging five homers and driving in 35 runs.
• Tatis currently ranks 234th in home runs and 134th in RBI in the major leagues.
• Gavin Sheets has 62 hits this season and a slash line of .221/.323/.425.
• Xander Bogaerts has collected 71 hits this season and has an OBP of .317. He’s slugging .331 on the year.

Padres pitching rankings

• The Padres average the 20th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.3) in the majors this season.
• San Diego has pitched to a 4.23 ERA this season, which ranks 16th in baseball.
• The Padres have a combined WHIP of 1.337 as a pitching staff, which ranks 20th in MLB.
• With 106 homers allowed, the Padres rank 13th in the league at preventing long balls.
• San Diego pitchers struck out seven Blue Jays batters while allowing nine hits in a 5-4 win last time out.