The Texas Rangers and the Kansas City Royals meet Tuesday in MLB action from Kauffman Stadium. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Texas Rangers vs. Kansas City Royals prediction.
Starting Pitching Matchup
The Texas Rangers will send out Merrill Kelly for the start here and Kelly is 9-7 with a 3.36 ERA and 136 strikeouts this season. This will be Kelly’s first career start against the Royals. Seth Lugo will get the start for the Royals here and is 8-6 with a 3.77 ERA and 110 strikeouts this season. This will be Lugo’s second career start against the Rangers.
Texas Rangers Recap
The Texas Rangers come into this game looking to bounce back from their 4-3 loss at the hands of the Royals in Monday’s series opener to slip to 62-64 this season. After this series, the Rangers will head home for their series against the Cleveland Guardians.
Rangers Drop 8 Of Their Last 10
Corey Seager has 89 hits including 18 home runs and 44 RBIs while Adolis Garcia has 98 hits with 24 doubles, 16 home runs, 64 RBIs and 10 stolen bases. Josh Jung has 84 hits with 12 doubles, 11 home runs and 45 RBIs while Wyatt Langford has 93 hits with 18 doubles, 17 home runs, 50 RBIs and 16 stolen bases and Jonah Heim has 9 homers and 37 RBIs. Josh Smith has chipped in 104 hits with 21 doubles, 9 home runs and 30 RBIs with 9 stolen bases and Marcus Semien’s added 15 homers and 61 RBIs but has 90 strikeouts this season.
Why the Texas Rangers will win
- The Royals have lost nine of their last 10 Tuesday games as favorites against AL West opponents.
- The Rangers have won seven of their last eight night games against the Royals following a loss.
- The Royals have failed to cover the run line in each of their last 10 Tuesday home games against American League opponents.
- The Rangers have covered the run line in nine of their last 10 games against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.
Texas Rangers Player Prop Facts
- Joc Pederson has hit a home run in three of his last five appearances in night games against AL Central teams that held a winning record.
- Josh Jung has recorded a Double in three of his last four appearances with the Rangers as underdogs against AL Central opponents.
- Merrill Kelly has recorded five or more strikeouts in seven of his last eight appearances with his team as a road underdog against AL opponents.
- Marcus Semien has recorded at least one hit in each of the Rangers’ last 13 games against the Royals.
Kansas City Royals Recap
The Kansas City Royals come into this game looking to add on to their series-opening victory over the Rangers from Monday to improve to 64-61 this season. After this series, the Royals will travel to Detroit for a big division series against the Tigers.
Royals Win 4 In A Row
Bobby Witt Jr. has 139 hits with 38 doubles and 32 stolen bases along with 4 triples, 17 home runs and 67 RBIs while Vinnie Pasquantino has 121 hits with 20 doubles, a triple, 22 home runs and 80 RBIs. Maikel Garcia’s added 136 hits with 32 doubles, 5 triples, 11 home runs and 55 RBIs and 22 stolen bases and Salvador Perez also has 22 home runs and 70 RBIs but also has 100 strikeouts so far this season.
Why the Kansas City Royals will win
- The Royals have won each of their last six night games against teams that held a losing record.
- The Rangers have lost seven of their last eight games against teams that held a winning record.
- The Rangers have failed to cover the run line in seven of their last eight games following a loss.
- The Royals have covered the run line in five of their last six night games against teams that held a losing record.
Kansas City Royals Player Prop Facts
- Vinnie Pasquantino has hit a home run in each of the Royals’ last two games against the Rangers.
- Seth Lugo has recorded seven or more strikeouts in each of his last eight appearances against AL West opponents.
- Maikel Garcia has recorded at least one hit in each of the Royals’ last 11 games as favorites against AL opponents.
- Seth Lugo has recorded a win in each of his last four appearances in night games against AL West teams that held a losing record.
- MJ Melendez has recorded a Double in three of his last four appearances against the Rangers.
- Bobby Witt Jr. ranks T4th in the league in Hits (140) this season.
Total Runs Facts
- Each of the Royals’ last seven games as favorites against American League opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- Seven of the Rangers’ last eight games against AL Central opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
Texas Rangers vs. Kansas City Royals Prediction
I’m leaning towards the Rangers here. Seth Lugo has really been regressing in a lot of his recent starts and I’m not really looking to back him in what feels like a must-win spot for Texas amidst their struggles, this feels like a winnable spot for Texas who has really had issues of their own and in the end, I think Texas gets the bounce back win here. Give me the Rangers.