The Washington Nationals (47-71) visit the Kansas City Royals (59-60) on Tuesday at 7:40 p.m. ET. The Nationals are moneyline underdogs (+148) against the favored Royals (-178). Kansas City has Michael Wacha starting, and Washington will send out Mitchell Parker.

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Royals vs. Nationals betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-178)
• Underdog: Nationals (+148)
• Over/under: 9

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have been the moneyline favorite 46 total times this season. They’ve finished 26-20 in those games.
• Kansas City has won all eight games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -178 or shorter.
• The Royals have a 64% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Kansas City has played in 119 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 51 times (51-67-1).
• The Royals have put together a 62-57-0 record against the spread this season (covering 52.1% of the time).

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. is hitting .285 with 37 doubles, four triples, 17 home runs and 38 walks.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Witt’s home run total ranks 63rd and his RBI tally ranks 36th.
• Maikel Garcia is hitting .303 to pace his team.
• Garcia ranks 137th in homers and 90th in RBI among hitters in baseball.
• Garcia takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .368 with two doubles, four walks and an RBI.
• Vinnie Pasquantino paces the Royals with 71 runs batted in.
• Salvador Perez has shown off his power as he paces his team with 21 home runs.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals pitching staff is 22nd in the majors with a collective eight strikeouts per nine innings.
• Kansas City has a 3.63 team ERA that ranks fourth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Royals average MLB’s 11th-ranked WHIP (1.238).
• The Royals allow the seventh-fewest home runs in baseball (121 total, one per game).
• Kansas City struck out nine Nationals batters while allowing nine hits in a 7-4 win in its last game.

Nationals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Nationals betting info

• This season, the Nationals have won 43 out of the 101 games, or 42.6%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Washington has a record of 14-20, a 41.2% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +148 or more by oddsmakers this season.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Nationals have a 40.3% chance to win.
• So far this season, Washington and its opponents have hit the over in 60 of its 117 games with a total.
• The Nationals are 58-59-0 against the spread this season.

Nationals hitting info

• James Wood is batting .260 this season with a team-high 25 home runs and 77 RBI.
• Among all batters in the big leagues, Wood is 15th in home runs and 15th in RBI.
• Wood has safely hit in four games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .318 with four doubles, a home run, a walk and six RBIs.
• C.J. Abrams is batting .265 to lead Washington, while adding 15 homers and 45 runs batted in this season.
• Abrams ranks 88th overall in homers and 124th in RBI this season.
• Luis Garcia has collected 95 base hits, an OBP of .299 and a slugging percentage of .396 this season.
• Josh Bell has 82 hits and an OBP of .332 to go with a slugging percentage of .404 this season.
• Bell enters this game on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .412 with two doubles, two home runs, three walks and three RBIs.

Nationals pitching rankings

• The Nationals have a 7.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in baseball.
• Washington has the 29th-ranked ERA (5.33) in the majors this season.
• The Nationals have a combined 1.443 WHIP as a pitching staff, second-highest in MLB.
• The Nationals have given up the 22nd-fewest long balls so far this season with 146 home runs allowed.
• Washington suffered a 7-4 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out six Royals batters while allowing 10 hits.