On Sunday, the Kansas City Royals (72-57) are hosting the Philadelphia Phillies (75-54), at 2:10 p.m. ET, in the final game of a three-game series.
The Royals are favored at home (-143) against the Phillies (+121). The Royals will give the ball to Seth Lugo (14-7) against the Phillies and Kolby Allard.
Ranger Suarez (5.0 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 6 K) was credited with a win in the Phillies’ 11-2 victory over the Royals yesterday. J.T. Realmuto led the way offensively, going 3-for-5 with two home runs and seven RBI. Brady Singer (5.0 IP, 5 R, 11 H, 5 K) was handed the loss for the Royals.
Here is everything you need to prepare for Sunday’s Royals vs. Phillies Game, including viewing options.
Kansas City Royals vs. Philadelphia Phillies odds and betting lines
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Sunday at 9:16 a.m. ET. For a full list of Sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
- Favorite: Royals (-143, bet $143 to win $100)
- Underdog: Phillies (+121, bet $100 to win $121)
- Over/under: 9.5
Royals vs. Phillies: Live streaming info & game time
- Game Day: Sunday, August 25, 2024
- Game Time: 2:10 p.m. ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- TV Channel: Bally Sports
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
Royals stats and trends
Royals betting records
- This season, the Royals have been favored 62 times and won 41, or 66.1%, of those games.
- Kansas City has entered 32 games this season favored by -143 or more and is 24-8 in those contests.
- The Royals have a 58.8% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- So far this season, Kansas City and its opponents have hit the over in 59 of 129 games with a total.
- The Royals are 72-57-0 against the spread this season.
Seth Lugo (Royals probable starter)
- The Royals are sending Lugo (14-7) out for his 27th start of the season. He is 14-7 with a 3.02 ERA and 143 strikeouts in 166 2/3 innings pitched.
- His last time out came on Tuesday against the Los Angeles Angels, when the righty went seven innings, surrendering two earned runs while giving up four hits.
- The 34-year-old has amassed an ERA of 3.02, with 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings, in 26 games this season. Opponents have a .224 batting average against him.
- Lugo enters the game with 18 quality starts under his belt this season.
- Lugo has pitched five or more innings in a game 25 times this season heading into this outing.
- In five of his 26 total appearances this season he has not allowed an earned run.
- He will match up with a Phillies offense that ranks sixth in MLB with 1139 total hits (on a .257 batting average). The team also slugs a collective .421 (seventh in MLB) with 154 total home runs (10th in MLB).
- Among qualifying pitchers in MLB play this season, the 34-year-old ranks sixth in ERA (3.02), 13th in WHIP (1.086), and 42nd in K/9 (7.7).
Royals batting stats
- The Royals’ 141 home runs rank 16th in Major League Baseball.
- Hitters for Kansas City rank seventh in the majors with a combined .421 team slugging percentage.
- The Royals rank fifth in MLB with a .257 team batting average.
- Kansas City has scored the seventh-most runs in the majors this season with 627.
- The Royals have an on-base percentage of .314 this season, which ranks 12th in the league.
- Kansas City ranks second in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 6.8 whiffs per contest.
Phillies stats and trends
Phillies betting records
- The Phillies have been chosen as underdogs in 26 games this year and have walked away with the win 12 times (46.2%) in those games.
- Philadelphia has a mark of 2-3 in contests where sportsbooks favor it by +121 or worse on the moneyline.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Phillies have a 45.2% chance of pulling out a win.
- Contests with Philadelphia has gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 60 of 129 chances this season.
- The Phillies are 61-67-0 against the spread in their 128 games that had a posted line this season.
Kolby Allard (Phillies probable starter)
- Allard gets the call to start for the Phillies, his first of the season.
- The 27-year-old southpaw makes his season debut and pitches for the first time in more than a year.
- The Royals have scored 627 runs this season (seventh in MLB) and are batting .257 collectively with 141 home runs (16th in the league).
Phillies batting stats
- The Phillies are 10th in MLB action with 154 total home runs.
- So far this season, Philadelphia’s .421 slugging percentage is seventh-best in baseball.
- The Phillies have the fifth-best batting average in the league (.257).
- Philadelphia scores the seventh-most runs in baseball (627 total, 4.9 per game).
- The Phillies’ .326 on-base percentage is sixth-best in baseball.