Giants vs. Royals Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups July 22, 2026

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The Kansas City Royals (42-60) are underdogs (-101) as they look to sweep a three-game series against the San Francisco Giants (42-59, -120). The series finale starts at 2:10 p.m. ET on Wednesday. San Francisco’s Landen Roupp and Kansas City’s Seth Lugo pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

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Giants to win vs Royals -120

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Giants vs. Royals betting lines

  • Favorite: Giants (-120)
  • Underdog: Royals (-101)
  • Over/under: 9

Giants betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Giants betting info

  • The Giants have compiled an 18-20 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 47.4% of those games).
  • San Francisco has a record of 12-13 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -120 or shorter (48% winning percentage).
  • Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Giants’ implied win probability is 54.5%.
  • San Francisco has played in 100 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 46 times (46-46-8).
  • The Giants have collected a 46-54-0 record ATS this season.

Giants hitting info

  • Luis Arraez paces the Giants with a .323 batting average.
  • Among hitters in MLB, Arraez ranks 269th in homers and 142nd in RBI.
  • Casey Schmitt has 17 doubles, a triple, 19 home runs and 11 walks while batting .273.
  • Schmitt ranks 30th in home runs and 58th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
  • Jung Hoo Lee is batting .303 with 21 doubles, three triples, five home runs and 15 walks.
  • Lee takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .316 with a walk.
  • Rafael Devers has hit 20 home runs with 53 runs batted in. Both are team-highs.

Giants pitching rankings

  • The pitching staff for the Giants has a collective 7.8 K/9, the fifth-worst in MLB.
  • San Francisco has the 22nd-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.40).
  • Pitchers for the Giants combine for the 22nd-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.357).
  • Giants pitchers combine to surrender 103 home runs (1.0 per game), the eighth-fewest in MLB.
  • San Francisco struck out seven Royals batters while allowing eight hits in a 3-2 loss in its last game.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

  • The Royals have been underdogs in 66 games this season and won 25 (37.9%) of those contests.
  • Kansas City has a record of 19-32 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least -101 on the moneyline.
  • The implied probability of a win by the Royals, based on the moneyline, is 50.2%.
  • Kansas City and its opponents have hit the over in 49 of its 102 games with a total this season.
  • In 102 games with a spread this season, the Royals are 44-58-0 ATS.

Royals hitting info

  • Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City with a .279 batting average. He’s also hit 13 homers and has 39 RBI.
  • Witt’s home run total ranks 83rd in the majors, and he is 122nd in RBI.
  • Carter Jensen is a key run producer for Kansas City with a .242 average, 14 homers and 52 RBI.
  • Jensen is 71st in home runs and 48th in RBI among all MLB hitters this year.
  • Jac Caglianone leads Kansas City in home runs with 16. He’s driven in 37 runs and is slugging .463.
  • Vinnie Pasquantino has 62 hits and an OBP of .316 to go with a slugging percentage of .343 this season.

Royals pitching rankings

  • The Royals average just 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in the big leagues.
  • Kansas City has the 28th-ranked ERA (4.95) in the majors this season.
  • The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.448 as a pitching staff, which is third-worst in baseball this season.
  • The Royals have allowed the 25th-fewest home runs this season with 138, or 1.4 per game.
  • Kansas City earned a 3-2 win in its most recent game, striking out 10 Giants batters while allowing five hits.
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