Data Skrive:
The Kansas City Royals (66-55) are +113 underdogs for their Saturday matchup with the Cincinnati Reds (60-61). Michael Wacha gets the ball for the Royals and will look to upset the Reds and earn his 10th win of the campaign. Cincinnati’s Nick Lodolo gets the start, and he’ll go against Kansas City’s Wacha.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $35.04
Reds to win vs Royals -133
Reds vs. Royals Betting Lines
- Favorite: Reds (-133)
- Underdog: Royals (+113)
- Over/under: 9
Reds vs. Royals Betting Insights
- The Reds have been favorites in 55 games this season and have come away with the win 30 times (54.5%) in those contests.
- This year Cincinnati has won 20 of 31 games when listed as at least -133 on the moneyline.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Reds have a 57.1% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Royals are 27-33 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 45% of those games).
- Kansas City is 9-20 (winning only 31% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +113 or longer.
- The Royals have a 46.9% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
Reds vs. Royals Hitting Leaders
- Elly De La Cruz leads Cincinnati in homers with 21 while also maintaining a team-best .263 batting average.
- De La Cruz ranks 27th in home runs and 81st in RBI among all hitters in Major League Baseball.
- Spencer Steer is a key run producer for Cincinnati with a .236 average, 18 homers and 75 RBI.
- Bobby Witt Jr. has a team-high batting average of .349, and paces the Royals in home runs (24) and runs batted in (89).
- Among all hitters in the majors, Witt’s home run total puts him 20th, and his RBI total ranks fourth.
- Vinnie Pasquantino is hitting .259 with 26 doubles, two triples, 17 home runs and 36 walks.
Reds vs. Royals Pitching Rankings
- The Reds strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, ninth-best in MLB.
- The Reds have pitched to a 3.84 ERA this season, which ranks ninth in baseball.
- The Reds have a combined 1.233 WHIP as a pitching staff, ninth-lowest in MLB.
- The pitching staff for the Royals has a collective 8.1 K/9, which ranks 25th in MLB.
- Kansas City has the 10th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.88).
- Pitchers for the Royals combine for the 17th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.270).