The Kansas City Royals (35-38) match up against the Texas Rangers (36-37) a game after Salvador Perez hit a pair of home runs in a 6-1 win over the Rangers. The Royals are favored (-127) in this matchup with the Rangers (+105), which starts at 8:05 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Kris Bubic takes the mound first for Kansas City, and Patrick Corbin is Texas’ choice to start.

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Royals vs. Rangers betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-127)
• Underdog: Rangers (+105)
• Over/under: 8

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals are 14-16 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 46.7% of those games).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -127 or shorter, Kansas City has an 8-10 record (winning 44.4% of its games).
• The Royals have an implied moneyline win probability of 55.9% in this matchup.
• Kansas City has played in 73 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 29 times (29-43-1).
• The Royals have put together a 38-35-0 record against the spread this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. has racked up a team-high 39 runs batted in.
• Witt’s home runs rank 79th in MLB and he ranks 41st in RBI in MLB.
• Witt takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .211 with two doubles, a home run, a walk and two RBIs.
• Maikel Garcia is batting .312 to lead his team.
• Garcia currently ranks 128th in home runs and 88th in RBI in the majors.
• Vinnie Pasquantino leads the Royals with 10 home runs and 39 runs batted in.
• Jonathan India has 12 doubles, three home runs and 28 walks while batting .243.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals pitching staff is 17th in MLB with a collective 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Kansas City has a 3.41 team ERA that ranks fifth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Royals combine for the No. 8-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.209).
• The Royals surrender the ninth-fewest home runs in baseball (73 total, one per game).
• Kansas City took down the Rangers 6-1 in its last game with 14 strikeouts while allowing five hits.

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• This season, the Rangers have been the underdog 35 times and won 11, or 31.4%, of those games.
• Texas is 7-20 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +105 or more on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 48.8% chance of a victory for the Rangers.
• Texas and its opponents have hit the over in 23 of its 73 games with a total this season.
• The Rangers have an ATS record of 39-34-0 in 73 games with a spread this season.

Rangers hitting info

• Josh Smith leads Texas with a batting average of .292. He’s also hit seven home runs with 20 RBI.
• Smith ranks 128th in homers and 193rd in RBI among all batters in MLB.
• Smith heads into this game on a seven-game hitting streak. In his last 10 outings he is batting .410 with four doubles, two home runs, five walks and four RBIs.
• Wyatt Langford’s 13 home runs are most among Texas batters. He’s driven in 30 runs this season while slugging .435.
• Langford is 28th in homers and 103rd in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Marcus Semien is slashing .225/.308/.336 this season for the Rangers.
• Semien has hit safely in nine straight games. During his last 10 outings he is batting .308 with four doubles, a home run, four walks and eight RBIs.
• Adolis Garcia leads Texas in runs batted in with 34 while batting .227 with eight homers.
• Adolis Garcia enters this matchup on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .300 with two doubles, a home run, three walks and four RBIs.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The Rangers average the 18th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.2) in the majors this season.
• Texas has the second-best ERA (3.15) in the majors this season.
• No team allows fewer walks and hits than the Rangers, who lead MLB with a 1.140 WHIP.
• With just 62 homers allowed, the Rangers rank fourth in the league at preventing long balls.
• Texas suffered a 6-1 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out seven Royals batters while allowing eight hits.