Rangers-Royals Lines Preview

The Texas Rangers and the Kansas City Royals will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Kauffman Stadium.

The Rangers will give the ball to starter Derek Holland in this one. Lefthander Holland is 1-4 this season with a 6.28 ERA.

It’ll be Luke Hochevar toeing the rubber for the Royals in this contest. Righthander Hochevar is 5-3 with a 5.09 ERA so far this season.

Oddsmakers currently have the Royals listed as 115-moneyline favorites versus the Rangers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.

The Rangers scored early and went on to defeat the Royals 2-0 on Friday, as +135 underdogs. The two runs went UNDER the posted over/under (8).

Scott Feldman tossed a four-hitter through eight innings for the win, and C.J. Wilson collected his 10^th save.

Zack Greinke allowed just three hits and one run over seven innings in the loss. The Royals were -155 favorites in that game.

Current streak:
Texas has won 5 straight games.
Kansas City has lost 10 straight games.

Team records:
Texas: 53-41 SU
Kansas City: 37-58 SU

Texas most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 9-1
Before playing Kansas City are 7-3
After playing Kansas City are 6-4
After a win are 7-3

Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 3-7
Before playing Texas are 4-6
After playing Texas are 3-7
After a loss are 1-9

A few trends to consider:
Texas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Texas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
Texas is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games when playing Kansas City
Kansas City is 3-9 SU in its last 12 games when playing Texas
Kansas City is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Texas
Kansas City is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games at home
Kansas City is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games

Next up:
Kansas City home to Texas, Sunday, July 26