Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 13-18 Texas Rangers host the 20-11 Kansas City Royals tonight in MLB action on the grass of Globe Life Park, May 11, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 8:05PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Royals -111/Rangers +101
O/U Total: 8

Pitching Matchup
Danny Duffy (L) W/L 2-1 WHIP 1.55 ERA 4.55
Colby Lewis (R) W/L 2-2 WHIP 1.08 ERA 2.61

Kansas City needed extra innings to dispose of Detroit 2-1 last night. They are 2-1 on their current road trip and 4-2 in their last 6 games. Texas edged out Tampa Bay 2-1 yesterday to complete a 5-2 road trip. They are 3-9 at home in 2015.

This is the first series between these two clubs this year. The Royals won the season series 5-1 last season and are 7-2 in the last 9 encounters between these two clubs.

Duffy lasted only 1 inning in his last start, a 10-3 loss to Cleveland. He allowed 4 ERs in his first loss of the season. He has 2 Q starts on the season and has reached the 7th inning twice.

Lewis was an 11-3 winner at Houston last week, going 8 innings and striking out 6. He allowed only 1 ER. It was his 3rd Q start in 2015.

For KC, OF Jarrod Dyson is hitting .429 off of Lewis, while 1B Eric Hosmer has a .400 BA vs. the right-hander. C Salvador Perez has a .333 BA with a HR.

Texas 1B Prince Fielder is the only hitter with more than 7 ABs vs. Duffy (1-8, .125). C Carlos Corporan is 2-2 and they are the only two players in the lineup with hits against the left-hander.

Kansas City at Texas Betting Trends

The game total has gone under 4-2 in Kansas City’s last 6 games against Texas
The Royals are 6-1 straight up in the last 7 meetings with the Rangers
The game total has gone under the posted line in 13-4-4 of these two teams last 22 games.
The Royals are 6-13 straight up in their last 19 games in Texas
The Rangers are 0-4 straight up in Pitcher Lewis’ last 4 starts against Kansas City.

Injury Report

KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Tim Collins P 60-Day Disabled List
Erik Kratz C 15-Day Disabled List
Kris Medlen P 60-Day Disabled List
Mike Moustakas 3B Bereavement List
Alex Rios OF 15-Day Disabled List
Jason Vargas P 15-Day Disabled List

TEXAS RANGERS
Lisalverto Bonilla P 60-Day Disabled List
Yu Darvish P 60-Day Disabled List
Kyuji Fujikawa P 15-Day Disabled List
Josh Hamilton OF 15-Day Disabled List
Matt Harrison P 60-Day Disabled List
Derek Holland P 60-Day Disabled List
Mitch Moreland 1B 15-Day Disabled List
Martin Perez P 60-Day Disabled List
Jurickson Profar 2B 60-Day Disabled List
Antoan Richardson OF 60-Day Disabled List
Ryan Rua OF 60-Day Disabled List
Nick Tepesch P 60-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Kansas City: 61%
Texas: 39%

Free MLB Pick

The home team has dominated this match-up as of late with four consecutive victories dating back to last season. On paper Kansas City holds the edge in overall play with a 9-6 road record compared to Texas’ embarrassing 3-9 home mark. Royals’ starter Danny Duffy hasn’t pitched against the Rangers since 2011, but his historical statistics while limited to 21 at bats from the Texas lineup is a very good (.211 BA and .372 OPS). Starting for the home team Colby Lewis has been average at best against the current Kansas City batters with them batting .272 with a slugging percentage of .773.

Take the Kansas City Royals -111‏