At Tropicana Field on Friday, the Kansas City Royals (21-54) meet the Tampa Bay Rays (52-26), with first pitch at 6:40 PM ET. The Rays will give the start to Zach Eflin (8-3), and the Royals will turn to Zack Greinke (1-7).
How to Live Stream Rays vs. Royals
- Game Day: Friday, June 23, 2023
- Game Time: 6:40 PM ET
- Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
- Stadium: Tropicana Field
- TV: MLB.tv
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Rays and Royals Stats
- The Rays strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 11th in MLB.
- Rays pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.57 this year, second-best in baseball.
- The Rays have hit 120 homers this season, which ranks second in the league.
- Fueled by 272 extra-base hits, Tampa Bay ranks second in MLB with a .463 slugging percentage this season.
- The 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Royals pitching staff ranks 20th in MLB.
- Kansas City’s 5.10 team ERA ranks 28th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Royals have hit the fifth-fewest home runs in baseball this season (68).
- This season, Kansas City is slugging .377, the fifth-lowest percentage in the majors.
Rays vs. Royals Key Players
- Wander Franco is hitting .287 with 20 doubles, two triples, eight home runs and 27 walks.
- Randy Arozarena has put his power on display as he leads his team with 14 home runs and 53 runs batted in.
- Yandy Diaz paces the Rays with a team-best batting average of .309.
- Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .243 with 11 doubles, four triples, 12 home runs and 18 walks.
- Salvador Perez proven to be a run producer as he paces his team with 14 home runs and 37 RBI, with a team-leading .270 batting average.
- Edward Olivares is hitting .247 with 10 doubles, four triples, five home runs and 11 walks.
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Rays vs. Royals Betting Odds and Trends
Rays vs. Royals Moneyline and Over/Under
| Favorite | Favorite Moneyline | Underdog Moneyline | Total | Over Total Odds | Under Total Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rays | -274 | +223 | 8 | -108 | -111 |
Rays vs. Royals Betting Trends
- This season, the Rays have won 47 out of the 67 games, or 70.1%, in which they’ve been favored.
- The Rays have entered four games this season favored by -274 or more and are 3-1 in those contests.
- So far this season, the Rays and their opponents have hit the over in 43 of 78 games with a total.
- The Royals have won in 18, or 29.5%, of the 61 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs this year.
- This year, the Royals have won two of six games when listed as at least +223 or worse on the moneyline.
- Royals games have gone over the total in 33 of their 74 opportunities.
