The Kansas City Royals will make a road trip to Arlington to play the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park. Fox Sports Kansas City will broadcast this AL matchup and the game gets going at 8:05 p.m. ET.
Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers Odds
The Rangers are only 20-31 SU and 20-30 ATS. They’ve lost 4.6 units for bettors taking the moneyline and 14.9 units against the spread (ATS). The Royals are 16-33 SU and have gone 21-27 ATS. In total, the team’s lost 13.3 units for moneyline gamblers and 10.2 units ATS.
Texas games have an over/under record of 24-22-4 so far in 2018. The Royals have been a decent under bet with a total record of 19-27-2.
Danny Duffy will get the nod for Kansas City. The southpaw Duffy is 1-6 with a 6.88 ERA and 45 strikeouts. He has yet to face Texas this year, but he did make two starts against the Rangers in 2017, compiling a 0-1 record against them with a 0.57 ERA and nine strikeouts.
The Rangers are turning to righty Austin Bibens-Dirkx (0-0, ERA), who has zero strikeouts and zero walks to his credit as well as a WHIP of . Bibens-Dirkx did not record a start against the Royals in 2017.
As a unit, Texas’ pitching staff has given up 5.4 runs per game overall in 2018. The club’s starting pitching staff has a 5.27 ERA, 1.46 WHIP and 7.3 strikeouts per nine innings. The bullpen has a 4.19 ERA, 1.36 WHIP and 8.4 K/9.
Texas’ offense is putting up 4.2 runs per outing, including 5.4 per game over its last 10 games and 5.2 per game over its last five. The team has slashed .186/.302/.372 over its last five matchups and is 2-3 SU during that stretch.
Nomar Mazara and Shin-soo Choo have led the way for the Rangers’ batters this year. Mazara is hitting .274/.340/.505 with 11 home runs, 31 RBIs and 29 runs scored, and Choo’s line is .255/.345/.396 with six homers, 21 RBIs and 30 runs scored.
Mazara did not perform very well against lefty pitching last year. Across 133 plate appearances, he slashed .228/.286/.317 (compared to his total season line of .253/.323/.422).
In the other dugout, Kansas City’s pitching staff allowed 5.6 runs per game and its starters own a 5.49 ERA, 1.44 WHIP and 7.26 K/9. The bullpen has managed an ERA of 5.21, along with a K/9 of 6.83.
Royals hitters have slashed .254/.320/.383 on their way to 3.9 runs scored per game this season, including 3.0 runs per game over the team’s last 10 games and 2.8 per game over the team’s last five outings (2-3 SU).
Kansas City’s hitters have been powered by left fielder Jon Jay and third baseman Mike Moustakas. Jay is hitting .293/.350/.340 with 55 hits, 13 RBIs and 18 runs scored, while Moustakas (.283/.330/.503) has produced 54 hits, 10 homers, 31 RBIs and 27 runs scored.
The Royals have lost 16.1 units and are 10-20 ATS when facing a right-handed starting pitcher this season. The over has hit in 12 of those games, as opposed to 16 that’ve gone under against righties. On the other hand, the Rangers have lost 3.4 units and are 4-9 ATS when facing a left-handed starting pitcher. The over has hit in seven of those games, as opposed to four that’ve gone under.
Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers Free Pick
Predictions: SU Winner – Rangers, ATS Winner – Royals, O/U – UNDER
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Betting Notes
The over has cashed in only two of Texas’ last seven games.
Kansas City has recorded 18.0 Runs + Hits + Errors per game over its last 10 contests and 16.8 over its last five.
The Royals have hit five home runs in their last 10 games, including three over their last five.
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