Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 46-34 Houston Astros play host to the 44-30 Kansas City Royals tonight in MLB action on the grass of Minute Maid Park, July 1, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:10PM EST.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Astros -120/Royals +110
O/U Total: 7.5
Pitching Matchup
Edinson Volquez (R) W/L 8-4 WHIP 1.17 ERA 3.18
Vincent Velasquez (R) W/L 0-0 WHIP 1.45 ERA 3.72
Houston shut out Kansas City 4-0 on Tuesday. The Astros are 4-2 on their homestand, 6-4 in their last 10 games and 27-16 at home in 2015. The Royals are 5-3 on their road trip and 6-4 in their past 10 games.
Houston is 2-0 against KC in ’15 and has won 5-straight in the series. The Royals won the previous 5 games.
Volquez won his 4th-straight start with a 5-2 victory at Oakland last week. He went 7 innings and allowed 1 run and has 8 Q starts on the year.
Velasquez received his 4th no decision in 4 starts in his last outing, a 3-2 loss to the Yankees. He pitched 6.1 innings and surrendered 2 ERs for his 1st Q start of the season.
This will be Kansas City’s first look at Velasquez.
Six Astros hitters have faced Volquez before. 3B Luis Valbuena is 3-7 (.429) with a HR and 2 RBIs against the veteran right-hander while OF Colby Rasmus is 5-14 (.357) with a HR and 6 RBIs. C Jason Castro is 1-2 (.500) with an RBI while the trio of 2B Jose Altuve, SS Marwin Gonzalez and DHG Evan Gattis are a combined 0-12. No one has stolen a base off of Volquez.
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Kansas City at Houston Betting Trends
The Royals are 4-2 straight up in their last 6 games.
Kansas City is 0-5 straight up in their last 5 games against Houston.
The game total has gone under in 4 of the Royals last 6 games on the road in Houston.
The Astros are 4-2 straight up in their last 6 games.
Houston is 7-2 straight up in their last 9 home games.
Injury Report
KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Tim Collins P 60-Day Disabled List
Brian Flynn P 15-Day Disabled List
Eric Hosmer 1B Day-to-Day (hand)
Kris Medlen P 60-Day Disabled List
Jason Vargas P 15-Day Disabled List
Yordano Ventura P 15-Day Disabled List
HOUSTON ASTROS
Samuel Deduno P 15-Day Disabled List
Scott Feldman P 15-Day Disabled List
Jed Lowrie SS 60-Day Disabled List
Jake Marisnick OF 15-Day Disabled List
Brad Peacock P 15-Day Disabled List
Chad Qualls P 15-Day Disabled List
Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Kansas City: 57%
Houston: 43%
Free MLB Pick
Vincent Velasquez is coming off of his best career start going 6 1/3 innings against the Yankees allowing 2 runs to get the Q start. His first three starts weren’t the next coming of Cy Young so we’re not expecting him to duplicate that outing tonight. Edinson doesn’t have a ton of experience against Houston’s lineup but has pitched adequately in 35 at bats by the Astros. He’s 3-2 on the road this season in 7 starts but gives his team a chance to win in nearly every start with the Royals winning 5 of his 7 road outings. The Royals avoid the sweep here.
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