The Kansas City Royals (55-55) will look to keep a three-game win streak intact when they visit the Toronto Blue Jays (64-47) on Saturday at 3:07 p.m. ET. The Royals (+131) are not favored to extend the streak against the Blue Jays (-156). Max Scherzer starts for Toronto, and Noah Cameron is Kansas City’s pick to start.

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Blue Jays vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Blue Jays (-156)
• Underdog: Royals (+131)
• Over/under: 8

Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Blue Jays betting info

• The Blue Jays have won 56.2% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (27-21).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -156 or shorter, Toronto has a record of 14-6 (70%).
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Blue Jays a 60.9% chance to win.
• Toronto has played in 110 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 58 times (58-45-7).
• The Blue Jays have a 65-45-0 record against the spread this season (covering 59.1% of the time).

Blue Jays hitting info

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has 24 doubles, 16 home runs and 66 walks while batting .294.
• In MLB action, Guerrero ranks 59th in homers and 50th in RBI.
• Guerrero brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .333 with a double, two home runs, four walks and four RBIs.
• Bo Bichette has totaled 67 runs batted in to pace his team.
• Bichette ranks 98th in home runs among batters in MLB action and 19th in RBI.
• Bichette has hit safely in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .364 with a double, a walk and two RBIs.
• Ernie Clement is hitting .275 with 21 doubles, a triple, five home runs and 20 walks.
• Addison Barger has 25 doubles, a triple, 16 home runs and 22 walks while hitting .264.

Blue Jays pitching rankings

• The Blue Jays pitching staff is fourth in the majors with a collective 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Toronto has a 4.31 team ERA that ranks 23rd among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Blue Jays combine for the 14th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.261).
• Blue Jays pitchers combine to allow 154 total home runs at a clip of 1.4 per game (second-most in MLB).
• Toronto its 9-3 loss the last time out, the team struck out seven Royals batters while allowing 11 hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have won 31, or 47%, of the 66 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• This season, Kansas City has won nine of its 17 games, or 52.9%, when it’s the underdog by at least +131 on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Royals, based on the moneyline, is 43.3%.
• Kansas City and its opponents have hit the over in 45 of its 110 games with a total this season.
• The Royals are 58-52-0 against the spread in their 110 chances this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. has been key for Kansas City with 124 hits, an OBP of .342 plus a slugging percentage of .498.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Witt ranks 59th in home runs and 28th in RBI.
• Maikel Garcia’s batting average of .302 leads all Kansas City hitters this season.
• Garcia ranks 143rd overall in homers and 89th in RBI this year.
• Garcia brings an eight-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last 10 outings he is batting .395 with three doubles, two triples, two home runs, five walks and six RBIs.
• Vinnie Pasquantino leads Kansas City in runs batted in (65) this season. He has a .266 batting average and a .444 slugging percentage.
• Salvador Perez leads Kansas City in home runs (19) and runs batted in (65) this season while batting .254.
• Perez heads into this game on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .222 with a home run and three RBIs.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals strike out 8.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
• Kansas City pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.53 ERA this year, second-best in baseball.
• The Royals have a combined WHIP of just 1.227 as a pitching staff, which is the sixth-best in baseball this season.
• The Royals have given up the eighth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 114 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Kansas City defeated the Blue Jays, 9-3, with six strikeouts and five hits allowed.