Royals vs. Pirates odds, tips and betting trends

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29 August 2023

Royals vs. Pirates odds, tips and betting trends

The Kansas City Royals (41-92) will host the Pittsburgh Pirates (59-73), Tuesday at 8:10 PM ET, with the Royals on a four-game losing streak.

The Pirates are an away underdog (+126) versus the Royals (-149). The scheduled starters are Cole Ragans (5-4) for the Kansas City Royals, and Colin Selby (1-0) for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Pirates defeated the Royals 5-0 yesterday, with Johan Oviedo getting the win (9.0 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 5 K) and Ke’Bryan Hayes leading the way offensively (going 4-for-3 with a double and an RBI). Zack Greinke (4.2 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 2 K) took the loss for the Royals.

Here is everything you need to prepare for Tuesday’s Royals vs. Pirates contest, including viewing options.

Kansas City Royals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Odds and Betting Lines

Tipico Sportsbook. Odds updated Tuesday at 9:19 AM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.

Favorite: Royals (-149, bet $149 to win $100)
Underdog: Pirates (+126, bet $100 to win $126)
Over/under: 9

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Royals Stats and Trends

Royals Betting Records

The Royals have won five, or 29.4%, of the 17 games they’ve played as favorites this season.
Kansas City has a record of 2-2 in games when sportsbooks favor them by at least -149 on the moneyline.
The implied probability of a win from the Royals, based on the moneyline, is 59.8%.
Kansas City and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 65 of 132 opportunities.
The Royals are 58-74-0 ATS in their 132 games with a spread this season.

Cole Ragans (Royals Probable Starter)

Ragans makes the start for the Royals, his seventh of the season. He is 5-4 with a 3.81 ERA and 71 strikeouts through 59 2/3 innings pitched.
In his most recent outing on Wednesday against the Oakland Athletics, the lefty threw six scoreless innings while surrendering two hits.
The 25-year-old has an ERA of 3.81, with 10.8 strikeouts per nine innings, in 23 games this season. Opponents are batting .237 against him.
Ragans is aiming for his third quality start in a row.
Ragans will try to build on a seven-game streak of lasting five or more innings (he’s averaging 2.6 innings per outing).
In 13 of his appearances this season he did not allow an earned run.
The opposing Pirates offense has a collective .235 batting average, and is 26th in the league with 1029 total hits and 23rd in MLB action with 552 runs scored. It has the 26th-ranked slugging percentage (.386) and ranks 26th in home runs (127) in all of MLB.

Royals Batting Stats

The Royals’ 127 home runs rank 26th in MLB this season.
Hitters for Kansas City have combined for a team rank of 23rd in the majors with a .391 team slugging percentage.
The Royals have a team batting average of .241 this season, which ranks 20th among MLB teams.
Kansas City is among the lowest-scoring teams in the majors, ranking 27th with just 526 total runs (four per game) this season.
The Royals have an OBP of just .298 this season, which ranks 29th in MLB.
Kansas City ranks 15th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.5 whiffs per contest.

Pirates Stats and Trends

Pirates Betting Records

The Pirates have been chosen as underdogs in 106 games this year and have walked away with the win 44 times (41.5%) in those games.
This season, Pittsburgh has come away with a win 28 times in 60 chances when named as an underdog of at least +126 or worse on the moneyline.
Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Pirates have a 44.2% chance of pulling out a win.
Pittsburgh’s games have gone over the total in 71 of its 132 opportunities.
The Pirates have an against the spread mark of 65-67-0 in 132 games with a line this season.

Colin Selby (Pirates Probable Starter)

Selby (1-0) gets the start for the Pirates, his second of the season.
His most recent appearance was on Saturday against the Chicago Cubs, when the right-hander threw two scoreless innings without allowing a hit.
In eight appearances this season, he has a 5.91 ERA and 13.5 strikeouts per nine innings while opponents are hitting .268 against him.
The opposing Royals offense has a collective .241 batting average, and is 21st in the league with 1074 total hits and 27th in MLB action with 526 runs scored. They have the 23rd-ranked slugging percentage (.391) and are 26th in all of MLB with 127 home runs.

Pirates Batting Stats

The Pirates are fifth-worst in MLB action with 127 home runs.
This season, Pittsburgh is slugging .386, the fifth-lowest percentage in baseball.
The Pirates have the fourth-worst batting average in the league (.235).
The offense for Pittsburgh is the No. 23 offense in baseball, scoring 4.2 runs per game (552 total runs).
The Pirates’ .314 on-base percentage ranks 21st in baseball.

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