Data Skrive:
The Kansas City Royals (72-57) are -136 moneyline favorites Sunday when they plan to send Seth Lugo to the mound to face the Philadelphia Phillies (75-54), seeking win No. 15. The teams hit the field at 2:10 p.m. ET, live on NBCS-PH. Lugo gets the starting nod for Kansas City while Kolby Allard is Philadelphia’s starter for the contest.
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Odds to Win
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Royals to win vs Phillies -136
Royals vs. Phillies Betting Lines
- Favorite: Royals (-136)
- Underdog: Phillies (+115)
- Over/under: 9.5
Royals vs. Phillies Betting Insights
- The Royals have come away with 41 wins in the 62 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- Kansas City has a record of 26-9 in contests when bookmakers favor them by -136 or more on the moneyline.
- The Royals have an implied victory probability of 57.6% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- The Phillies have a 12-14 record in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 46.2% of those games).
- Philadelphia has a record of 4-5 in games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +115 or longer (44.4%).
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Phillies’ implied win probability is 46.5%.
Royals vs. Phillies Hitting Leaders
- Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City in homers with 25 while also maintaining a team-best .346 batting average.
- Of all batters in Major League Baseball, Witt’s home run total ranks him 20th and his RBI tally ranks him seventh.
- Vinnie Pasquantino leads Kansas City in runs batted in with 96 while batting .267 with 18 homers.
- Alec Bohm leads the Phillies in runs batted in (85) and has accumulated a team-best batting average of .292.
- In all of the majors, Bohm ranks 119th in home runs and 12th in RBI.
- Bryce Harper has 29 doubles, 26 home runs and 61 walks while batting .274.
Royals vs. Phillies Pitching Rankings
- The Royals average the 22nd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.3) in the league this season.
- Royals pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.86 this year, which ranks 11th in MLB.
- The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.268 as a pitching staff, which ranks 17th in MLB.
- The Phillies pitching staff ranks sixth in MLB with a collective 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Philadelphia’s 3.71 team ERA ranks fifth across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Phillies pitchers combine for the No. 4 WHIP in the majors (1.207).