The Seattle Mariners (44-41) will look to Randy Arozarena, who is riding a two-game home run streak, when they square off against the Kansas City Royals (40-46). The Mariners are favored (-156) in this matchup against the Royals (+130), which starts at 10:10 p.m. ET on Thursday at T-Mobile Park. Seattle’s Bryan Woo and Kansas City’s Seth Lugo will take the mound first.
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Mariners to win vs Royals -156
Mariners vs. Royals betting lines
- Favorite: Mariners (-156)
- Underdog: Royals (+130)
- Over/under: 7
Mariners betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Mariners betting info
- The Mariners have gone 29-25 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 53.7% of those games).
- In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -156 or shorter, Seattle has a 9-8 record (winning 52.9% of its games).
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Mariners have an implied win probability of 60.9%.
- Seattle has combined with opponents to go over the total 47 times this season for a 47-34-4 record against the over/under.
- The Mariners are 36-49-0 ATS this season.
Mariners hitting info
- Cal Raleigh leads the Mariners in home runs (33) and runs batted in (71).
- Raleigh ranks first in home runs and first in RBI among all hitters in baseball.
- Julio Rodriguez is batting .255 with 12 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs and 22 walks.
- Rodriguez ranks 75th in homers and 66th in RBI among hitters in MLB action.
- J.P. Crawford has a team-best batting average of .279.
- Crawford brings a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .280 with an RBI.
- Arozarena is hitting .248 with 20 doubles, a triple, 11 home runs and 41 walks.
- Arozarena has safely hit in four straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .381 with three home runs, a walk and seven RBIs.
Mariners pitching rankings
- The 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Mariners pitching staff ranks 20th in MLB.
- Seattle has the 17th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.97).
- The Mariners have the 17th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.278).
- The Mariners surrender the 20th-fewest home runs in baseball (105 total, 1.2 per game).
- Seattle its 6-3 loss the last time out, the team struck out three Royals batters while allowing 10 hits.
Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Royals betting info
- The Royals have entered the game as underdogs 54 times this season and won 25, or 46.3%, of those games.
- Kansas City has a record of 8-6 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least +130 on the moneyline.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Royals have a 43.5% chance to win.
- Kansas City’s games have gone over the total in 34 of its 86 chances.
- In 86 games with a spread this season, the Royals are 44-42-0 ATS.
Royals hitting info
- Bobby Witt Jr. has been key for Kansas City with 11 home runs, 45 RBI and a batting average of .286 this season.
- Among all hitters in the majors, Witt’s home run total is 75th, and his RBI total is 50th.
- Witt takes a five-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .391 with three doubles, a home run and five RBIs.
- Maikel Garcia leads Kansas City in batting with a .309 average while slugging eight homers and driving in 39 runs.
- Garcia ranks 137th in home runs and 79th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
- Vinnie Pasquantino leads Kansas City in home runs (12) and runs batted in (47) this season while batting .266.
- Jonathan India has collected 74 hits this season and has an OBP of .326. He’s slugging .344 on the year.
- India brings a four-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .368 with two doubles, two walks and an RBI.
Royals pitching rankings
- The Royals average the 18th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.2) in the majors this season.
- Kansas City has pitched to a 3.50 ERA this season, which ranks third in baseball.
- The Royals have a combined 1.222 WHIP as a pitching staff, seventh-lowest in MLB.
- The Royals have allowed the eighth-fewest home runs this season at just 87, or 1.0 per game.
- Kansas City pitchers struck out seven Mariners batters while allowing seven hits in a 6-3 win last time out.
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