Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers Odds

Power Ranking

Kansas City 4

Texas 19

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KC
4.01
5.33
0.00
8.20
2.39
8.86
3.45

Offense
Defense
Team ERA
Offensive Hits
Offensive Walks
Defensive Hits
Defensive Walks

TEX
5.64
4.17
0.00
9.32
3.54
7.96
2.86

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Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers

The Texas Rangers battle the visiting Kansas City Royals on Tuesday in MLB betting odds action at Globe Life Park.

Texas hands the ball to starter Nick Martinez in this one and he'll try to improve on his 2-0 mark on the year. Kansas City counters with Edinson Volquez, who will try to quiet the fans and the Rangers bats at the same time.

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Team Record

Kansas City Royals

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	20-12	5-5	15-10	20-12	0-0
Home	11-5	3-3	9-4	11-5	0-0
Away	9-7	2-2	6-6	9-7	0-0
Fave	10-7	3-2	10-5	10-7	0-0
Dog	10-5	2-3	5-5	10-5	0-0
O/U	18-12-2	6-4	14-9-2	18-12-2	0-0
vs LHP	8-5	1-2	5-5	8-5	0-0
vs RHP	12-7	4-3	10-5	12-7	0-0

Team Record

Texas Rangers

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	14-18	7-3	10-15	13-17	1-1
Home	4-9	2-1	3-9	4-9	0-0
Away	10-9	5-2	7-6	9-8	1-1
Fave	1-2	0-0	1-2	1-2	0-0
Dog	13-16	7-3	9-13	12-15	1-1
O/U	16-14-2	6-3-1	11-12-2	15-13-2	1-1
vs LHP	5-7	3-0	4-7	5-7	0-0
vs RHP	9-11	4-3	6-8	8-10	1-1

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

Kansas City Royals

Edinson Volquez (2-3) ERA: 3.19

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
May 7, 2015	CLE	W	7-4	O	3	103
May 2, 2015	DET	L	1-2	U	6	-100
Apr 26, 2015	CHW	L	3-5	P	5.2	-100

Texas Rangers

Nick Martinez (2-0) ERA: 1.88 View Pitcher Log

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
May 7, 2015	TB	W	5-4	O	4.2	142
May 2, 2015	OAK	W	8-7	O	6	112
Apr 26, 2015	LAA	W	5-4	O	6	142

Pitcher Recent Starts vs Opponent

Kansas City Royals

Edinson Volquez (2-3) ERA: 3.19

Date	Score	Winner	IP	Hits	Runs	Earned Runs	Walks	Strikeouts	Decision
Jun 19, 2012	7-3	TEX	5	5	6	6	4	6	Loss

Texas Rangers

Nick Martinez (2-0) ERA: 1.88

Head to Head Detail

Search MLB Database	Teams	Runs Scored	Line	Total	O/U	Pitcher
May 11, 2015	KC	2	128	7.5	Over	Danny Duffy (L)
May 11, 2015	TEX	8	128	7.5	Over	Colby Lewis (R)
Sep 3, 2014	TEX	1	-173	8	Under	Nick Tepesch (R)
Sep 3, 2014	KC	4	-173	8	Under	Jason Vargas (L)
Sep 2, 2014	TEX	1	-152	8	Under	Derek Holland (L)
Sep 2, 2014	KC	2	-152	8	Under	Jeremy Guthrie (R)
Sep 1, 2014	TEX	3	-200	8	Under	Colby Lewis (R)
Sep 1, 2014	KC	4	-200	8	Under	Yordano Ventura (R)
Aug 24, 2014	KC	1	141	9	Under	Jason Vargas (L)
Aug 24, 2014	TEX	3	141	9	Under	Scott Baker (R)
Aug 23, 2014	KC	6	113	9	Push	Jeremy Guthrie (R)
Aug 23, 2014	TEX	3	113	9	Push	Nick Tepesch (R)
Aug 22, 2014	KC	6	137	9	Push	Yordano Ventura (R)
Aug 22, 2014	TEX	3	137	9	Push	Colby Lewis (R)
Sep 22, 2013	TEX	0	-127	7	Under	Alexi Ogando (R)
Sep 22, 2013	KC	4	-127	7	Under	James Shields (R)
Sep 21, 2013	TEX	3	-106	7.5	Under	Matt Garza (R)
Sep 21, 2013	KC	1	-106	7.5	Under	Jeremy Guthrie (R)
Sep 20, 2013	TEX	1	-129	7	Under	Martin Perez (L)
Sep 20, 2013	KC	2	-129	7	Under	Ervin Santana (R)

Betting Odds Trends

Kansas City Royals

The total has gone OVER in 6 of Kansas City's last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Kansas City's last 7 games on the road
Kansas City is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas City's last 5 games when playing Texas
Kansas City is 6-14 SU in its last 20 games when playing on the road against Texas

Betting Odds Trends

Texas Rangers

Texas is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Texas's last 6 games
Texas is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games at home
Texas is 2-6 SU in its last 8 games when playing Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas's last 5 games when playing Kansas City
Texas is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games when playing at home against Kansas City

Injuries

Kansas City Royals

Carlos Hernandez P 15-day IL (03/25), Shoulder
Josh Taylor RP 60-day IL (03/25), Biceps
Jake Brentz RP 15-day IL (03/25), Hamstring

Injuries

Texas Rangers

Max Scherzer SP 15-day IL (03/25), Back
Tyler Mahle SP 60-day IL (03/28), Elbow
Brock Burke SP 60-day IL (04/13), Hand
Josh Sborz RP 15-day IL (04/07), Shoulder
Josh Jung 3B 60-day IL (04/02), Wrist
Cody Bradford SP 15-day IL (04/11), Back
Justin Foscue 2B 60-day IL (04/08), Oblique

Last 5 Games

Kansas City Royals

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Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
May 11, 2015	TEX	2-8	L	-138	7.5	Danny Duffy	3.2	A	Colby Lewis
May 10, 2015	DET	2-1	W	-107	8	Chris Young	6	A	Shane Greene
May 9, 2015	DET	6-2	W	+139	8.5	Jeremy Guthrie	7.1	A	Anibal Sanchez
May 8, 2015	DET	5-6	L	+136	7.5	Yordano Ventura	6	A	David Price
May 7, 2015	CLE	7-4	W	+103	8	Edinson Volquez	3	H	Corey Kluber

Texas Rangers

View Game Logs

Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
May 11, 2015	KC	8-2	W	+128	7.5	Colby Lewis	7	H	Danny Duffy
May 10, 2015	TB	2-1	W	+146	7	Wandy Rodriguez	6	A	Jake Odorizzi
May 9, 2015	TB	2-7	L	+124	8	Ross Detwiler	4	A	Matt Andriese
May 8, 2015	TB	2-8	L	+111	7.5	Yovani Gallardo	5.1	A	Nate Karns
May 7, 2015	TB	5-4	W	+142	7	Nick Martinez	4.2	A	Chris Archer

Stats Comparison

Kansas City Royals

Texas Rangers

Runs Scored

4.01 5.64

Runs Allowed

5.33 4.17

Team ERA

0.00 0.00

Runs Scored Road vs. Home

3.44 6.09

Runs Allowed Road vs. Home

5.20 4.35

Starter ERA

3.19 1.88

Stats Comparison

Kansas City Royals

Texas Rangers

Offensive Hits

8.20 9.32

Hits Allowed

8.86 7.96

Bullpen Innings Pitched Last 3

10 9

Offensive Walks

2.39 3.54

Defensive Walks

3.45 2.86

Wins Last 10 Games

5 7

Supergrid

	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	4.01	27	4.17	8
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	3.44	30	4.35	14
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	5.64	2	5.33	28
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	6.09	1	5.20	29