Vinnie Pasquantino brings a two-game home run streak into the Kansas City Royals’ (65-61) matchup with the Texas Rangers (62-65). The Rangers are moneyline favorites (-119) over the Royals (-101), and it begins at 7:40 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City has Noah Cameron expected to start, while Texas has not named a starting pitcher.

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Rangers vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Rangers (-119)
• Underdog: Royals (-101)
• Over/under: 8

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• The Rangers have won 39 of the 63 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (61.9%).
• Texas has gone 36-18 (winning 66.7% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -119 or shorter.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Rangers’ implied win probability is 54.3%.
• In the 127 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for Texas, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 54 times (54-71-2).
• The Rangers have a 67-60-0 record against the spread this season (covering 52.8% of the time).

Rangers hitting info

• Marcus Semien has 16 doubles, a triple, 15 home runs and 50 walks while batting .226.
• In baseball, Semien ranks 96th in homers and 58th in RBI.
• Corey Seager’s 19 home runs and .264 batting average are both team-highs.
• Seager ranks 53rd in home runs and 141st in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Seager heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .333 with two doubles, two home runs, a walk and two RBIs.
• Josh Smith has 21 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 41 walks while batting .261.
• Wyatt Langford has 18 doubles, 17 home runs and 49 walks while batting .243.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Rangers pitching staff ranks 19th in the majors.
• Texas has the first-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.47).
• The Rangers average MLB’s best WHIP (1.187).
• Rangers pitchers combine to give up 135 home runs (1.1 per game), the ninth-fewest in the majors.
• Texas struck out six Royals batters while giving up six hits in a 5-2 loss in its last game.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have been underdogs in 73 games this season and won 34 (46.6%) of those contests.
• Kansas City is 24-38 this season when entering a game as the underdog by -101 or more on the moneyline.
• The Royals have a 50.2% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Kansas City and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 53 of its 126 opportunities.
• The Royals are 67-59-0 against the spread in their 126 chances this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .291 with 18 home runs and 69 RBI for Kansas City this season.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Witt is 61st in homers and 37th in RBI.
• Witt has hit safely in eight games in a row. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .333 with a double, two home runs, five walks and five RBIs.
• Maikel Garcia’s batting average of .302 leads all Kansas City hitters this season.
• Garcia is 137th in home runs and 83rd in RBI among all major league batters this season.
• Garcia enters this game on a six-game hitting streak. During his last 10 games he is batting .351 with three doubles, a home run, six walks and six RBIs.
• Pasquantino leads Kansas City in home runs with 24 and runs batted in with 83.
• Pasquantino has safely hit in two straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .250 with a double, two home runs and three RBIs.
• Salvador Perez has collected 113 hits this season and has an OBP of .288. He’s slugging .449 on the year.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals have a 7.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in the majors.
• Kansas City has pitched to a 3.59 ERA this season, which ranks fourth in baseball.
• Royals pitchers have a 1.239 WHIP this season, 10th-best in the majors.
• The Royals have given up the sixth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 127 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Kansas City defeated the Rangers, 5-2, with five strikeouts and four hits allowed.