Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals Odds - Friday September 20 2013

Power Ranking

Texas 19

Kansas City 4

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TEX
5.55
4.25
0.00
9.31
3.57
7.98
2.95

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

KC
3.93
5.35
0.00
8.03
2.41
8.85
3.44

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Texas Rangers at Kansas City Royals

Kauffman Stadium hosts an MLB battle between the Kansas City Royals and the visiting Texas Rangers on Friday.

It's a pitching duel between Ervin Santana for the Royals (9-9 on the year) and Martin Perez for Texas (9-5 so far).

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Team Record

Texas Rangers

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	83-69	2-8	46-23	73-59	10-10
Home	39-35	0-6	19-12	34-30	5-5
Away	44-34	2-2	27-11	39-29	5-5
Fave	60-53	1-6	34-19	53-44	7-9
Dog	22-16	1-2	11-4	19-15	3-1
O/U	59-85-8	6-3-1	34-31-4	50-74-8	9-11
vs LHP	29-18	1-2	17-5	27-16	2-2
vs RHP	54-51	1-6	29-18	46-43	8-8

Team Record

Kansas City Royals

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	80-72	6-4	41-31	71-61	9-11
Home	42-36	3-1	22-15	39-29	3-7
Away	38-36	3-3	19-16	32-32	6-4
Fave	44-30	2-1	27-14	40-25	4-5
Dog	35-39	4-2	14-16	30-34	5-5
O/U	58-86-8	4-4-2	28-41-3	50-77-5	8-9-3
vs LHP	21-23	2-0	11-8	18-20	3-3
vs RHP	59-49	4-4	30-23	53-41	6-8

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

Texas Rangers

Martin Perez (9-5) ERA: 3.54 View Pitcher Log

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
Sep 15, 2013	OAK	L	1-5	U	6.1	-100
Sep 10, 2013	PIT	L	4-5	O	5	-100
Sep 3, 2013	OAK	W	5-1	U	7	116

Kansas City Royals

Ervin Santana (9-9) ERA: 3.16

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
Sep 14, 2013	DET	W	1-0	U	6.2	116
Sep 9, 2013	CLE	L	3-4	P	7	-100
Sep 4, 2013	SEA	L	4-6	O	3.1	-100

Pitcher Recent Starts vs Opponent

Texas Rangers

Martin Perez (9-5) ERA: 3.54

Kansas City Royals

Ervin Santana (9-9) ERA: 3.16

Date	Score	Winner	IP	Hits	Runs	Earned Runs	Walks	Strikeouts	Decision
Jun 2, 2013	3-1	TEX	7	3	1	0	2	5	No Decision
Sep 30, 2012	8-7	TEX	2.2	7	6	6	1	1	Loss
Jul 30, 2012	15-8	LAA	5	4	3	3	1	3	Win
Jul 21, 2012	9-2	TEX	1.2	8	6	6	0	0	Loss
Aug 27, 2011	8-4	LAA	7	4	4	4	1	2	Win

Head to Head Detail

Search MLB Database	Teams	Runs Scored	Line	Total	O/U	Pitcher
Jun 2, 2013	KC	1	-208	8	Under	Ervin Santana (R)
Jun 2, 2013	TEX	3	-208	8	Under	Yu Darvish (R)
Jun 1, 2013	KC	4	-119	9	Under	James Shields (R)
Jun 1, 2013	TEX	1	-119	9	Under	Nick Tepesch (R)
May 31, 2013	KC	2	-220	9.5	Under	Wade Davis (R)
May 31, 2013	TEX	7	-220	9.5	Under	Derek Holland (L)
Sep 6, 2012	TEX	5	111	9	Push	Scott Feldman (R)
Sep 6, 2012	KC	4	111	9	Push	Luke Hochevar (R)
Sep 5, 2012	TEX	7	137	9	Over	Ryan Dempster (R)
Sep 5, 2012	KC	6	137	9	Over	Everett Teaford (L)
Sep 4, 2012	TEX	3	141	9	Push	Matt Harrison (L)
Sep 4, 2012	KC	6	141	9	Push	Jeremy Guthrie (R)
Sep 3, 2012	TEX	8	146	8.5	Over	Yu Darvish (R)
Sep 3, 2012	KC	4	146	8.5	Over	Bruce Chen (L)
Aug 5, 2012	TEX	6	128	9	Over	Derek Holland (L)
Aug 5, 2012	KC	7	128	9	Over	Luke Hochevar (R)
Aug 4, 2012	TEX	4	152	10	Under	Scott Feldman (R)
Aug 4, 2012	KC	2	152	10	Under	Will Smith (L)
Aug 3, 2012	TEX	5	165	9.5	Under	Matt Harrison (L)
Aug 3, 2012	KC	3	165	9.5	Under	Jeremy Guthrie (R)

Betting Odds Trends

Texas Rangers

Texas is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Texas's last 9 games
Texas is 16-8 SU in its last 24 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Texas's last 8 games on the road
Texas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Kansas City
Texas is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Kansas City

Betting Odds Trends

Kansas City Royals

Kansas City is 16-8 SU in its last 24 games
Kansas City is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
Kansas City is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Texas
Kansas City is 2-5 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Texas

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

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

Last 5 Games

Texas Rangers

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Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
Sep 19, 2013	TB	8-2	W	-116	6.5	Yu Darvish	5	A	Matt Moore
Sep 18, 2013	TB	3-4	L	+113	7	Derek Holland	6	A	Chris Archer
Sep 17, 2013	TB	7-1	W	+113	7.5	Alexi Ogando	5	A	Jeremy Hellickson
Sep 16, 2013	TB	2-6	L	+120	7	Matt Garza	4.1	A	Alex Cobb
Sep 15, 2013	OAK	1-5	L	-127	9.5	Martin Perez	6.1	H	Tommy Milone

Kansas City Royals

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Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
Sep 18, 2013	CLE	7-2	W	-101	8	Bruce Chen	5	H	Danny Salazar
Sep 17, 2013	CLE	3-5	L	-105	8	Yordano Ventura	5.2	H	Corey Kluber
Sep 16, 2013	CLE	7-1	W	-145	7.5	James Shields	6	H	Scott Kazmir
Sep 15, 2013	DET	2-3	L	+178	8	Jeremy Guthrie	8	A	Max Scherzer
Sep 14, 2013	DET	1-0	W	+116	7.5	Ervin Santana	6.2	A	Doug Fister

Stats Comparison

Texas Rangers

Kansas City Royals

Runs Scored

5.55 3.93

Runs Allowed

4.25 5.35

Team ERA

0.00 0.00

Runs Scored Road vs. Home

5.01 4.44

Runs Allowed Road vs. Home

4.15 5.44

Starter ERA

3.54 3.16

Stats Comparison

Texas Rangers

Kansas City Royals

Offensive Hits

9.31 8.03

Hits Allowed

7.98 8.85

Bullpen Innings Pitched Last 3

13.1 10.1

Offensive Walks

3.57 2.41

Defensive Walks

2.95 3.44

Wins Last 10 Games

2 6

Supergrid

	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	5.55	3	5.35	28
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	5.01	7	5.44	28
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	3.93	29	4.25	9
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	4.44	18	4.15	5