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The Kansas City Royals (42-37) hope to avoid their fourth straight defeat when they host the Miami Marlins (27-50) Monday at 8:10 PM ET on BSKC. The Royals are listed as -257 favorites to snap their losing skid, while the Marlins are +210 underdogs.
Kansas City’s Cole Ragans gets the start, and he’ll go against Miami’s Roddery Munoz.
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Royals and Marlins Betting Trends
The Royals have gone 20-11 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 64.5% of those games).
Kansas City has not yet played a game with moneyline odds of -257 or shorter.
The Marlins have entered the game as underdogs 62 times this season and won 24, or 38.7%, of those games.
This season, Miami has been at least a +210 underdog on the moneyline five times, losing each of those contests.
The Royals have had an over/under set by bookmakers 79 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 34 of those games (34-42-3).
The Marlins and their opponents have gone over the total this season in 41 of their 77 opportunities.
Royals Stats & Insights
The Royals rank 11th in runs scored with 362, 4.6 per game.
Kansas City is 19th in MLB play with 76 home runs. They average one per game.
The Royals rank 15th in MLB with a .244 batting average.
Kansas City’s batters strike out seven times per game, the fourth-fewest strikeouts in baseball.
The eight strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Royals pitching staff ranks 25th in the majors.
Kansas City has the 13th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.92).
Marlins Stats & Insights
The Marlins have scored the 29th-most runs in the league this season with just 273 (3.5 per game).
Miami has hit just 63 homers this season, which ranks last in the majors.
The Marlins’ .232 batting average ranks 22nd in the league this season.
Miami has shown good bat-to-ball skills at the plate this season with the eighth-best strikeout rate (7.9 per game) among MLB offenses.
The Marlins average the 23rd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.1) in the majors this season.
Miami has pitched to a 4.64 ERA this season, which ranks 27th in baseball.
Royals Key Players to Watch
Ragans gets the start for the Royals, his 17th of the season. He is 4-5 with a 3.13 ERA and 109 strikeouts through 92 2/3 innings pitched.
Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .311 with 12 home runs and 53 RBI. All three of those stats lead Kansas City hitters this season.
Maikel Garcia has collected 76 hits this season and has an OBP of .291. He’s slugging .349 on the year.
Vinnie Pasquantino is slashing .231/.313/.402 this season for the Royals.
Salvador Perez is batting .280 with an OBP of .353 and a slugging percentage of .455 this season.
Marlins Key Players to Watch
Munoz (1-2) will take to the mound for the Marlins and make his seventh start of the season.
Jazz Chisholm paces the Marlins in runs batted in (37) and has racked up a team-best batting average of .267.
Bryan De La Cruz has hit 14 home runs to lead his team.
Josh Bell is batting .246 with 13 doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 23 walks.
Jesus Sanchez has 10 doubles, seven home runs and 13 walks while hitting .241.
Royals and Marlins Injuries
Royals: Dan Altavilla: 10 Day IL (Oblique), Adam Frazier: 10 Day IL (Thumb), Josh Taylor: 60 Day IL (Biceps), Kris Bubic: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Kyle Wright: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
Marlins: Sixto Sanchez: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Ryan Weathers: 15 Day IL (Finger), Braxton Garrett: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Bryan Hoeing: 15 Day IL (Hamstring), Sandy Alcantara: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Josh Simpson: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Edward Cabrera: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Jesús Luzardo: 60 Day IL (Back), Eury Pérez: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
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