The Kansas City Royals (5-8) will visit the Seattle Mariners (9-6), Sunday at 4:10 PM ET, with the Royals on a three-game losing skid.
The Royals are an underdog (+159 moneyline odds to win) when they visit the Mariners (-185). The matchup on the mound for this contest is set with the Seattle Mariners looking to Robbie Ray (2-1), and Carlos Hernandez getting the nod for the Kansas City Royals.
The Mariners took down the Royals 13-7 yesterday, with Diego Castillo getting the win (1.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K) and Ty France leading the way offensively (going 5-for-6 with a home run and five RBI). Jake Brentz (0.1 IP, 5 R, 1 H, 1 K) took the loss for the Royals.
Get ready for the Mariners vs. Royals with what you need to know before Sunday’s game.
Seattle Mariners vs. Kansas City Royals Odds and Betting Lines
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- Favorite: Mariners (-185, bet $185 to win $100)
- Underdog: Royals (+159, bet $100 to win $159)
- Over/under: 7.5
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Mariners Stats and Trends
Mariners Betting Records
- This season, the Mariners have been favored six times and won five of those games.
- Seattle has not entered a game this season as a bigger favorite on the moneyline than the -185 odds on them winning this game.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 64.9% chance of a victory for the Mariners.
- So far this season, Seattle and its opponents have hit the over in seven of their 15 games with a total.
- The Mariners are 10-5-0 ATS in their 15 games with a spread this season.
Robbie Ray (Mariners Probable Starter)
- Ray (2-1) will take the mound for the Mariners, his fourth start of the season.
- The left-hander’s last appearance was on Wednesday, when he threw six innings against the Texas Rangers, giving up two earned runs while allowing four hits.
- The 30-year-old has pitched in three games this season with an ERA of 4.19, a 1.857 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.241.
- Ray has pitched five or more innings in three straight games and will look to extend that streak.
- The Royals rank 22nd in MLB with a .218 batting average this season. They have a team slugging percentage that ranks 24th in the league (.340) and 10 home runs.
- The 30-year-old’s 4.19 ERA ranks 45th, 1.241 WHIP ranks 39th, and 6.1 K/9 ranks 47th among qualified pitchers in the majors this campaign.
Mariners Batting Stats
- The Mariners have hit 17 homers this season, which ranks fourth in the league.
- Fueled by 46 extra-base hits, the Mariners rank eighth in MLB with a .404 slugging percentage this season.
- Seattle ranks 11th in MLB with a .237 team batting average.
- The Mariners have scored the fourth-most runs in the league this season with 72.
- Seattle has an OBP of .339 this season, which ranks third in MLB.
- The Mariners rank 10th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.0 whiffs per contest.
Royals Stats and Trends
Royals Betting Records
- The Royals have come away with three wins in the eight contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- Kansas City has yet to play a game this season with longer moneyline odds than +159.
- The Royals have an implied victory probability of 38.6% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- Kansas City and their opponents have gone over in four of their 13 games with a total set by sportsbooks this season.
- The Royals are 6-7-0 against the spread in their 13 games with a line set by sportsbooks this season.
Carlos Hernández (Royals Probable Starter)
- Hernandez (0-0) makes the start for the Royals, his third of the season.
- His last time out was on Wednesday against the Minnesota Twins, when the righty threw 4 1/3 innings, surrendering three earned runs while giving up eight hits.
- In two appearances this season, he has put up a 7.27 ERA and averages 1.0 strikeouts per nine innings while opposing batters are hitting .368 against him.
- He will face off against a Mariners team that is batting .237 as a unit (11th in the MLB). They are also slugging a collective .404 (eighth in the league) with 17 total home runs (fourth in MLB play).
Royals Batting Stats
- The Royals have hit 10 home runs this season, the fifth-lowest total in MLB play.
- So far this year, the Royals’ .340 slugging percentage is 24th in the league.
- Kansas City has the 22nd-ranked batting average in the majors (.218).
- The Royals are the third-lowest scoring team in MLB action averaging 3.0 runs per game (39 total).
- Kansas City ranks 28th in the league with a .273 on-base percentage.
- The Royals strike out 6.8 times per game, the least Ks in baseball.
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Mariners vs. Royals: Live Streaming Info & Game Time
- Game Day: Sunday, April 24, 2022
- Game Time: 4:10 PM ET
- Stadium: T-Mobile Park
- TV Channel: ROOT SPORTS Northwest
- Live Stream: fuboTV (Watch for free)
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