San Diego Padres vs Kansas City Royals AI Sports Picks & Predictions

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San Diego PadresSD

1–6

Final

Kansas City RoyalsKC

Kauffman Stadium

Team Season Averages

San Diego PadresLeads 11 of 18

Kansas City RoyalsLeads 7 of 18

Batting

3.97Runs per game4.27
0.226Batting average0.247
0.302On-base percentage0.317
0.371Slugging percentage0.397
0.673OPS0.714
1.03Home runs per game1.00
7.39Hits per game8.34
100Home runs98
101Stolen bases75

Pitching

4.24ERA4.92
1.34WHIP1.45
8.26Strikeouts per nine7.80
3.65Walks per nine3.89
4.16Runs allowed per game4.82
0.248Opponent batting average0.264
787Pitching strikeouts747
17Quality starts40
29Saves23

Highlighted values lead the matchup; for points allowed, turnovers and similar stats, lower is better.

Odds

Sportsbook	Spread (KC)	Total	SD ML	KC ML
DDraftKings	+1.5	11	-110	-109
FFanDuel	+1.5	11	-110	-106
BBetMGM	+1.5	11	-110	-110
CCaesars	+1.5	11	-110	-110
BBetOnline	+1.5	11	-107	-103
BBetRivers	+1.5	11	-106	-107
BBetus	+1.5	11	-107	-103
BBovada	+1.5	10.5	-111	-109
FFanatics	+1.5	11	-110	-110
LLowVig	+1.5	11	-107	-103
MMyBookie	+1.5	11	-107	-109

Game Information

Kauffman Stadium

Stadium

Jul 18, 2026

4:10 PM EDT

Gametime weather

Overcast

Wind 7 mph

92°

Lineups

Starters

Rankings

Team	Offense	Defense
SD	29th	13th
KC	20th	27th

Matchup

SDKC

48-49Record39-59
49.5%Win %39.8%
27-24Home record22-26
21-25Road record17-33
5-5Last 104-6
-1Streak1
-44Run diff-87
15-14Division13-17
1 (B2B)Rest days1 (B2B)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T
SD	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
KC	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	—	6

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
Gavin Sheets1B	4	0	0	0	0	0
Miguel AndujarDH	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jackson MerrillCF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Cronenworth2B	4	0	2	0	0	0
Ty France1B	3	0	2	0	0	1
Freddy FerminC	3	0	1	0	0	0
Manny Machado3B	3	0	0	0	0	1
Xander BogaertsSS	3	0	0	0	0	1
Fernando Tatis Jr.RF	2	1	1	1	1	2

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Griffin CanningSP	3.2	5	4	4	2	4
Matt WaldronRP	2.1	2	2	2	0	2
Jhony BritoRP	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
Ron MarinaccioRP	1.0	1	0	0	0	1

Player	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB
Lane ThomasCF	4	1	2	1	2	0
Bobby Witt Jr.SS	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jac CaglianoneRF	4	0	1	0	1	0
Salvador PerezC	4	1	1	1	2	0
Vinnie Pasquantino1B	4	1	1	0	0	0
Nick Loftin3B	3	0	0	0	0	0
Carter JensenC	3	2	2	0	0	1
Isaac CollinsLF	3	0	1	0	1	0
Michael Massey2B	3	1	1	0	0	1

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Randy DobnakRP	4.1	4	1	1	4	3
Daniel Lynch IVRP	2.0	2	0	0	0	0
Beck WayRP	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
Eli MorganRP	1.0	0	0	0	1	0
Steven CruzRP	0.2	0	0	0	0	0

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San Diego Padres vs Kansas City Royals Player Props

Prop lines and results for the players in this game, by market.

Kyle Isbel
Home Runs: 0/19 over · last line 0.5
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John Rave
Home Runs: 2/18 over · last line 0.5
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Luis Rengifo
Home Runs: 1/18 over · last line 0.5
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Maikel Garcia
Home Runs: 0/18 over · last line 0.5
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Noah Cameron
Outs: 8/18 over · last line 17.5
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Seth Lugo
ER: 11/18 over · last line 1.5
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Luis Campusano
Hits: 10/17 over · last line 0.5
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Michael King
Strikeouts: 9/17 over · last line 4.5
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Michael Wacha
Outs: 13/17 over · last line 17.5
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Samad Taylor
Hits: 6/16 over · last line 0.5
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Casey Mize
Hits Allowed: 8/14 over · last line 3.5
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Freddy Fermin
Hits: 6/14 over · last line 0.5
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San Diego Padres vs Kansas City Royals: Final Score & Recap

The Kansas City Royals beat the San Diego Padres 6-1 in this MLB game at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday, July 18, 2026. The line score, team and player box scores, and scoring summary are in the Game Stats tab.

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San Diego Padres vs Kansas City Royals Odds

DraftKings lists the Kansas City Royals at KC +1.5 on the run line, with the total set at 11. Moneylines are San Diego Padres -110 and Kansas City Royals -109. Those are the closing numbers; the odds table above compares every book we track.

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San Diego Padres vs Kansas City Royals — Common Questions

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