The Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals meet Wednesday in MLB action at Kauffman Stadium. Here’s a Royals vs Rangers Prediction. This article will include a Royals vs Rangers Pick.
Texas Rangers Betting Preview
The Texas Rangers are 32-34 on the year and play the Red Sox and Twins next. The Texas Rangers are batting .236 on the season, with a .315 OBP and a .382 slugging percentage. The Texas Rangers’ pitching staff has a 3.69 ERA and a 1.22 WHIP. Josh Jung leads the Texas Rangers with 74 hits and 29 RBI, while Jake Burger and Brandon Nimmo have combined for 119 hits and 61 RBI.
MacKenzie Gore gets the ball for the Texas Rangers, and he is 4-5 with a 4.23 ERA and 70 strikeouts this season. Gore is 1-0 with a 0.68 ERA and 14 strikeouts in his career against the Kansas City Royals.
Kansas City Royals Betting Preview
The Kansas City Royals are 28-39 on the year and play the Nationals and Astros next. The Kansas City Royals are batting .237 on the season, have a .313 OBP, and have a .378 slugging percentage. The Kansas City Royals pitching staff has a 4.38 ERA and a 1.37 WHIP. Bobby Witt Jr. leads the Kansas City Royals with 73 hits and 27 RBI, while Maikel Garcia and Vinnie Pasquantino have combined for 116 hits and 54 RBI.
Seth Lugo gets the ball for the Kansas City Royals, and he is 2-4 with a 3.91 ERA and 64 strikeouts this season. Lugo is 1-0 with a 1.86 ERA and 22 strikeouts in his career against the Texas Rangers.
Why the Kansas City Royals will win
- The Rangers have lost five of their last six games as road favorites against American League opponents.
- The Royals have won each of their last three games as home underdogs against AL West opponents.
- The Rangers have failed to cover the run line each of their last seven road games against AL Central opponents that held a losing record.
- The Royals have covered the run line in eight of their last nine games against AL West opponents following a win.
- The Royals have won the first inning in three of their last four games as underdogs.
- The Royals have led after 3 innings in three of their last four games as underdogs.
- The Rangers have trailed after 5 innings in six of their last eight games as road favorites against American League opponents.
Why the Texas Rangers will win
- The Royals have lost each of their last eight Wednesday games against American League opponents.
- The Rangers have won 14 of their last 17 night games against the Royals following a loss.
- The Royals have failed to cover the run line in each of their last six Wednesday games against American League opponents.
- The Rangers have covered the run line in six of their last seven games against AL Central opponents following a loss.
- The Royals have lost the first inning in four of their last five games against AL West opponents.
- The Royals have trailed after 3 innings in each of their last five games against AL West opponents.
- The Rangers have led after 5 innings in eight of their last nine games at Kauffman Stadium against opponents that held a losing record.
Total Runs Facts
- Each of the Royals’ last five games as underdogs have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- Five of the Rangers’ last six night games against American League opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Rangers’ last seven Wednesday night games against American League opponents.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in six of the last seven night games between the Rangers and Royals.
Kansas City Royals Player Prop Facts
- Vinnie Pasquantino has hit a home run in four of the Royals’ last five home games against the Rangers.
- Seth Lugo has recorded five or more strikeouts in eight of his last nine appearances with the Royals as underdogs against AL West opponents.
- Starling Marte has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 17 home appearances against AL West opponents that held a losing record.
- Seth Lugo has recorded a win in three of his last four appearances with the Royals as home underdogs against AL West opponents.
- Bobby Witt Jr. ranks 3rd in the league in Steals (23) this season.
Texas Rangers Player Prop Facts
- Corey Seager has hit at least one home run in three of his last four appearances with the Rangers as road favorites against AL Central opponents.
- MacKenzie Gore has recorded five or more strikeouts in five of his last six appearances with his team as a road favorite.
- Joc Pederson has recorded a hit in each of his last six road appearances against the Royals.
- Josh Jung ranks 7th amongst qualified players for Batting Average (.316) this season.
Matchup/League Facts
- The Royals rank 28th in the league for runs scored this season (263).
- The Royals rank 26th in the league for RBIs this season (254).
- The Rangers rank 27th in the league for RBIs this season (253).
- The Rangers rank T26th in the league for runs scored this season (265).
Royals vs Rangers Prediction
I’m not excited to get involved in this game, but the Royals have turned things around this week, and Lugo has been solid with a 3.91 ERA and 1.36 WHIP. The Rangers keep having issues where the offense doesn’t show up, and you can’t get away with that on the road. Gore has also been a mess on the road through 35.2 innings, where he has a 6.06 ERA and .250 batting average allowed. I’ll take my chances with the Royals and the slightly more favorable price.