Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 15-19 Texas Rangers play host to the 21-13 Kansas City Royals tonight in MLB play on the grass of Glove Life Park, May 14, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 2:05PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Royals -117/Rangers +107
O/U Total: 9

Pitching Matchup
Jeremy Guthrie (R) W/L 2-2 WHIP 1.51 ERA 5.70
Ross Detwiler (L) W/L 0-4 WHIP 1.85 ERA 7.22

Texas defeated Kansas City 5-2 last night. The Rangers are 2-1 on their current homestand and 7-3 in their last 10 games. They are 5-10 at home in 2015. The Royals are 3-3 on their current road trip, 5-5 in their past 10 games.

Texas has a 2-1 lead in the season series but KC has a 7-3 edge in the last 10 encounters between these two clubs.

Guthrie won his last game, 6-2 at Detroit. He allowed 2 runs in 7.1 innings. It was only his 2nd Q start of the season.

Detwiler was a 7-2 loser at Tampa Bay last week. He surrendered 5 runs in only 4 innings of work. He has only 1 Q start on the year and has given up 5 runs in less than 6 innings four times in 2015.

Only 3 Royals hitters have any ABs vs. Detwiler and they are a combined 2-8 (.250) off of the left-hander. C Drew Butera is 1-1 with a HR and 3 RBIs.

For the Rangers, 1B Prince Fielder is hitting a cool .478 while SS Elvis Andrus is hitting at a .360 clip. Andrus also has the only SB off of the right-hander. OF Shin-Soo Choo is 2-10 (.200) off of Guthrie but both hits are homers.

Kansas City at Texas Betting Trends

The Royals are 7-3 straight up in their last 10 games against the Rangers
The game total has gone over in 6 of Kansas City’s last 9 road games.
Texas is 7-3 straight up in their last 10 games.
The game total has gone over in 4 of Texas’s last 6 home games.
Kansas City is 7-15 in their last 22 games on the road in Texas.

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
Alex Rios OF 15-Day Disabled List
Jason Vargas P 15-Day Disabled List

TEXAS RANGERS
Lisalverto Bonilla 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
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: 74%
Texas: 26%

Free MLB Pick

Neither pitcher can be counted on to have a Q start, but Guthrie’s numbers are on the low side of average while left-hander Detwiler has given up 5 runs in 4 of his 6 starts this season. Also, Guthrie has owned the Rangers in past seasons with 5 consecutive q starts against them. The Royals bats have cooled not exceeding 2 runs in three of their last 4 but hit lefties well with Toronto the only team in the Majors with better numbers and should get back on track today.

Take the Kansas City Royals -117‏