Junior Caminero brings a five-game home run streak into the Tampa Bay Rays’ (49-33) matchup with the Kansas City Royals (35-51). The Rays are favored on the moneyline (-138) in this matchup with the Royals (+114), which begins at 7:40 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium. Shane McClanahan gets the starting nod for Tampa Bay, and Seth Lugo is Kansas City’s pick to start.

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Rays vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Rays (-138)
• Underdog: Royals (+114)
• Over/under: 10

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have won 34 of the 53 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (64.2%).
• Tampa Bay has a 16-7 record (winning 69.6% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -138 or shorter.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Rays have an implied win probability of 58%.
• Tampa Bay has played in 82 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 37 times (37-40-5).
• The Rays have a 48-34-0 record against the spread this season.

Rays hitting info

• Caminero has a team-high 23 home runs.
• Among all hitters in MLB play, Caminero’s home run total ranks fifth and his RBI tally ranks 23rd.
• Caminero has safely hit in five straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .500 with seven home runs, two walks and 15 RBIs.
• Yandy Diaz’s .334 batting average leads his team.
• Diaz ranks 70th in homers and 18th in RBI among batters in MLB action.
• Diaz brings a six-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 outings he is batting .455 with four doubles, seven walks and six RBIs.
• Jonathan Aranda has accumulated a team-high 58 runs batted in.
• Chandler Simpson is hitting .268 with seven doubles, four triples and 18 walks.
• Simpson has safely hit in five games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .278 with two doubles, two walks and an RBI.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays pitching staff ranks 23rd in MLB with a collective 8.0 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Tampa Bay’s 3.79 team ERA ranks ninth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Rays have the fourth-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.196).
• The Rays allow the 20th-fewest home runs in baseball (100 total, 1.2 per game).
• Tampa Bay took down the Royals 10-4 in its last game with seven strikeouts while allowing six hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have entered the game as underdogs 52 times this season and won 19, or 36.5%, of those games.
• Kansas City has entered 17 games this season as the underdog by +114 or more and is 7-10 in those contests.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 46.7% chance of a victory for the Royals.
• So far this season, Kansas City and its opponents have hit the over in 43 of its 86 games with a total.
• In 86 games with a spread this season, the Royals are 38-48-0 ATS.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City with a batting average of .294. He’s also hit 12 home runs with 36 RBI.
• Witt ranks 70th in home runs and 97th in RBI among all batters in MLB.
• Carter Jensen is a key run producer for Kansas City with a .251 average, 12 homers and 46 RBI.
• Jensen is 70th in homers and 39th in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
• Jensen brings a 20-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last 10 games he is hitting .325 with a double, three home runs, four walks and eight RBIs.
• Jac Caglianone’s 14 home runs lead all Kansas City hitters, and he’s slugging .474.
• Michael Massey has 51 hits and an OBP of .292 to go with a slugging percentage of .439 this season.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals average just 8.0 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in the big leagues.
• Kansas City pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.89 ERA this year, which ranks 28th in MLB.
• Royals pitchers have a 1.442 WHIP this season, fourth-worst in the majors.
• With 110 homers allowed, the Royals rank 24th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Kansas City suffered a 10-4 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out two Rays batters while allowing 11 hits.