Xander Bogaerts leads the San Diego Padres (40-34) into a matchup against the Kansas City Royals (37-38) after his four-hit showing in a 5-3 win over the Dodgers. The Padres are moneyline favorites (-167) for this game against the underdog Royals (+140), which starts at 7:15 p.m. ET on Saturday. Dylan Cease starts for San Diego while Kansas City will counter with Noah Cameron.

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Padres vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Padres (-167)
• Underdog: Royals (+140)
• Over/under: 7.5

Padres betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Padres betting info

• The Padres have been the moneyline favorite 36 total times this season. They’ve gone 22-14 in those games.
• San Diego has a 10-5 record (winning 66.7% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -167 or shorter.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Padres’ implied win probability is 62.5%.
• San Diego has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 30 times this season for a 30-41-3 record against the over/under.
• The Padres have covered 55.4% of their games this season, going 41-33-0 ATS.

Padres hitting info

• Manny Machado has a team-high batting average of .310 while pacing the Padres in runs batted in (45).
• Machado ranks 52nd in home runs and 23rd in RBI among all hitters in MLB play.
• Fernando Tatis Jr. has hit 13 home runs to lead his team.
• Among all MLB hitters, Tatis ranks 32nd in home runs and 100th in RBI.
• Luis Arraez has 16 doubles, four triples, three home runs and 13 walks while batting .282.
• Arraez enters this game on a six-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is batting .311 with three doubles, a triple, a walk and three RBIs.
• Gavin Sheets is hitting .267 with 10 doubles, a triple, 12 home runs and 20 walks.
• Sheets takes a 10-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last 10 games he is batting .361 with three doubles, a home run, five walks and five RBIs.

Padres pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Padres has a collective 8.9 K/9, the sixth-best in the majors.
• San Diego has a 3.64 team ERA that ranks ninth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Padres combine for the 11th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.227).
• Padres pitchers combine to allow 74 home runs (1.0 per game), the eighth-fewest in the majors.
• In its 5-3 win last time out, San Diego struck out seven Dodgers batters while allowing six hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• This season, the Royals have been the underdog 44 times and won 22, or 50%, of those games.
• Kansas City has entered six games this season as the underdog by +140 or more and is 3-3 in those contests.
• The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 41.7% chance of a victory for the Royals.
• Games involving Kansas City have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 30 of 75 chances this season.
• The Royals are 40-35-0 against the spread this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .285 with nine home runs and 39 RBI for Kansas City this season.
• In all of MLB, Witt ranks 83rd in homers and 46th in RBI.
• Witt takes a four-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is batting .389 with three doubles, a home run, three walks and two RBIs.
• Maikel Garcia is batting .313 to lead Kansas City, while adding eight homers and 36 runs batted in this season.
• Garcia ranks 110th in homers and 72nd in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Vinnie Pasquantino leads the club in homers (11) and runs batted in (41) this season.
• Jonathan India has 61 hits and an OBP of .318 to go with a slugging percentage of .320 this season.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals strike out 8.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 17th in MLB.
• Kansas City has pitched to a 3.37 ERA this season, which ranks fourth in baseball.
• Royals pitchers have a 1.203 WHIP this season, fifth-best in the majors.
• The Royals have allowed the seventh-fewest home runs this season at just 73, or 1.0 per game.
• Kansas City earned a 4-1 win in its most recent game, striking out seven Rangers batters while allowing three hits.