Jac Caglianone leads the Kansas City Royals (28-39) into a matchup against the Texas Rangers (32-34) after his two-home run performance in a 5-3 win over the Rangers. The Royals are moneyline favorites (-124) in this game against the underdog Rangers (+104), which starts at 2:10 p.m. ET on Thursday. Kansas City’s Michael Wacha starts against Texas’ Kumar Rocker.

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Royals vs. Rangers betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-124)
• Underdog: Rangers (+104)
• Over/under: 10

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have gone 14-15 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 48.3% of those games).
• In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -124 or shorter, Kansas City has a 7-9 record (winning 43.8% of its games).
• The Royals have an implied moneyline win probability of 55.4% in this contest.
• Kansas City has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 30 times this season for a 30-37-0 record against the over/under.
• The Royals have a 30-37-0 record ATS this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. has racked up a team-best batting average of .277, and leads the Royals in home runs (nine).
• Among all batters in MLB play, Witt’s home run total ranks 68th and his RBI tally ranks 115th.
• Maikel Garcia has 15 doubles, two triples, three home runs and 22 walks while hitting .266.
• Garcia currently ranks 221st in home runs and 150th in RBI in the bigs.
• Garcia brings a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .231 with a triple, two walks and three RBIs.
• Vinnie Pasquantino paces the Royals with 31 runs batted in.
• Pasquantino has hit safely in four games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .300 with three doubles, a walk and two RBIs.
• Salvador Perez’s nine home runs lead his team.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals pitching staff is 18th in MLB with a collective 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Kansas City’s 4.39 team ERA ranks 21st among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Royals average baseball’s 21st-ranked WHIP (1.375).
• Royals pitchers combine to allow 81 total home runs at a clip of 1.2 per game (23rd-fewest in MLB).
• In its 5-3 win last time out, Kansas City struck out eight Rangers batters while allowing nine hits.

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• The Rangers have been underdogs in 31 games this season and won 14 (45.2%) of those contests.
• Texas has entered 19 games this season as the underdog by +104 or more and is 8-11 in those contests.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 49% chance of a victory for the Rangers.
• So far this season, Texas and its opponents have hit the over in 26 of its 66 games with a total.
• The Rangers are 31-35-0 against the spread in their 66 chances this season.

Rangers hitting info

• Josh Jung leads Texas in batting average (.316) this season while adding eight home runs and 29 RBI.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Jung’s home run total is 84th, and his RBI total is 97th.
• Jung has hit safely in six games in a row. During his last 10 games he is batting .357 with two doubles, two home runs, two walks and seven RBIs.
• Ezequiel Duran has 55 hits and an OBP of .345 to go with a slugging percentage of .457 this season.
• Duran is 190th in homers and 51st in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Duran enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .278 with two doubles, a walk and three RBIs.
• Jake Burger leads Texas in home runs (10) and runs batted in (39) this season while batting .238.
• Burger takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .250 with a double, two walks and two RBIs.
• Brandon Nimmo is batting .253 with an OBP of .332 and a slugging percentage of .400 this season.
• Nimmo heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .250 with a double and two walks.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The Rangers strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 15th in MLB.
• Texas pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.69 ERA this year, sixth-best in baseball.
• The Rangers have a combined 1.218 WHIP as a pitching staff, fifth-lowest in MLB.
• With 74 homers allowed, the Rangers rank 19th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Texas pitchers struck out three Royals hitters while allowing eight base hits in a 5-3 loss its last time out.