Salvador Perez leads the Kansas City Royals (49-52) into a contest against the Chicago Cubs (59-41) after his two-home run showing in a 12-4 win over the Cubs. The Cubs are moneyline favorites (-260) for this game against the underdog Royals (+209), which begins at 8:05 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Chicago’s Matthew Boyd gets the start against Kansas City’s Richard Hill.

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Cubs vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Cubs (-260)
• Underdog: Royals (+209)
• Over/under: 9

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have won 47 of the 68 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (69.1%).
• Chicago has played seven times as moneyline favorites with odds of -260 or shorter, and earned a victory in each game.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Cubs’ implied win probability is 72.2%.
• Chicago has had an over/under set by bookmakers 100 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 51 of those games (51-45-4).
• The Cubs have a 50-50-0 record against the spread this season (covering 50% of the time).

Cubs hitting info

• Kyle Tucker is hitting .276 with 19 doubles, four triples, 18 home runs and 63 walks.
• Among all hitters in MLB play, Tucker’s home run total ranks 29th and his RBI tally ranks 33rd.
• Pete Crow-Armstrong has hit 26 home runs to lead his team.
• Crow-Armstrong ranks sixth in home runs and ninth in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Crow-Armstrong has safely hit in four straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .286 with three doubles, a home run and two RBIs.
• Seiya Suzuki leads the Cubs with 26 home runs and 80 runs batted in.
• Nico Hoerner is hitting .285 to lead his team.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The Cubs pitching staff is 26th in the majors with a collective 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Chicago has the 13th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.87).
• Cubs pitchers combine for the No. 8 WHIP in MLB (1.229).
• The Cubs allow the 22nd-fewest home runs in baseball (124 total, 1.2 per game).
• Chicago its 12-4 loss the last time out, the team struck out five Royals batters while allowing 14 hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• This season, the Royals have won 29 out of the 62 games, or 46.8%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Kansas City has not entered a game this season with longer moneyline odds than +209.
• The implied probability of a win by the Royals, based on the moneyline, is 32.4%.
• Kansas City and its opponents have hit the over in 40 of its 101 games with a total this season.
• In 101 games with a spread this season, the Royals are 52-49-0 ATS.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. has been key for Kansas City with 115 hits, an OBP of .339 plus a slugging percentage of .491.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Witt ranks 63rd in homers and 38th in RBI.
• Maikel Garcia leads Kansas City in batting with a .293 average while slugging eight homers and driving in 41 runs.
• Garcia currently ranks 157th in home runs and 99th in RBI in the major leagues.
• Vinnie Pasquantino is slashing .264/.322/.421 this season for the Royals.
• Perez leads Kansas City in home runs with 17 and runs batted in with 60.
• Perez heads into this game on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .389 with two doubles, four home runs, a walk and six RBIs.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals strike out 8.2 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 20th in MLB.
• Kansas City has pitched to a 3.50 ERA this season, which ranks second in baseball.
• Royals pitchers have a 1.218 WHIP this season, sixth-best in the majors.
• The Royals have allowed the eighth-fewest home runs this season at just 103, or one per game.
• Kansas City pitchers struck out eight Cubs batters while allowing nine hits in a 12-4 win last time out.