Vinnie Pasquantino has 99 RBI this season, and will try to notch his 100th when the Kansas City Royals (73-71) square off against the Cleveland Guardians (73-70) on Wednesday at 6:40 p.m. ET. The Royals are favored (-111) over the Guardians (-109). Michael Wacha starts for Kansas City while Cleveland will counter with Logan Allen.

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Royals vs. Guardians betting lines

• Favorite: Royals (-111)
• Underdog: Guardians (-109)
• Over/under: 8

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have put together a 36-27 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 57.1% of those games).
• Kansas City has a 36-27 record (winning 57.1% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -111 or shorter.
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Royals have an implied win probability of 52.6%.
• In the 144 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Kansas City, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 61 times (61-82-1).
• The Royals have collected a 72-72-0 record against the spread this season (covering 50% of the time).

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. paces the Royals with a .294 batting average.
• Witt’s home runs rank 59th in MLB and he ranks 41st in RBI in MLB.
• Maikel Garcia has 35 doubles, five triples, 16 home runs and 54 walks while hitting .292.
• Among all MLB batters, Garcia ranks 107th in homers and 70th in RBI.
• Pasquantino leads the Royals with 29 home runs and 99 runs batted in.
• Salvador Perez is hitting .237 with 33 doubles, 25 home runs and 23 walks.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals pitching staff is 22nd in MLB with a collective eight strikeouts per nine innings.
• Kansas City’s 3.69 team ERA ranks fourth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Royals have the 11th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.252).
• The Royals surrender the fourth-fewest home runs in baseball (145 total, one per game).
• Kansas City struck out 10 Guardians batters while allowing 16 hits in a 10-2 loss in its last game.

Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Guardians betting info

• This season, the Guardians have won 37 out of the 82 games, or 45.1%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Cleveland has a record of 37-45 in games where oddsmakers have it as underdogs of at least -109 on the moneyline.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 52.2% chance of a victory for the Guardians.
• Cleveland and its opponents have hit the over in 62 of its 141 games with a total this season.
• The Guardians have an ATS record of 72-69-0 in 141 games with a spread this season.

Guardians hitting info

• Jose Ramirez leads Cleveland in batting average (.283), home runs (27) and runs batted in (75) this season.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Ramirez ranks 25th in home runs and 47th in RBI.
• Ramirez has hit safely in five straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .400 with two doubles, a triple, a home run, a walk and five RBIs.
• Steven Kwan has 152 hits and an OBP of .336 to go with a slugging percentage of .381 this season.
• Kwan currently ranks 185th in home runs and 160th in RBI in the major leagues.
• Kwan heads into this game on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .350 with four walks and four RBIs.
• Kyle Manzardo has 97 hits this season and a slash line of .239/.323/.470.
• Manzardo brings a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .375 with a double, a home run, four walks and four RBIs.
• Angel Martinez has 91 hits and an OBP of .264 to go with a slugging percentage of .358 this season.

Guardians pitching rankings

• The Guardians have an 8.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 16th in the majors.
• Cleveland has the 11th-ranked ERA (3.90) in the majors this season.
• The Guardians have a combined WHIP of 1.312 as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in MLB.
• With 155 homers allowed, the Guardians rank 12th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Cleveland earned a 10-2 win in its most recent game, striking out five Royals batters while allowing three hits.