Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 48-33 Kansas City Royals play host to the 43-43 Tampa Bay Rays tonight on the grass of Kauffman Stadium, July 8, 2015. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:10PM EST.

Betting Odds
Moneyline: Rays -127/Royals +117
O/U Total: 7

Pitching Matchup

Chris Archer (R) W/L 9-5 WHIP 0.95 ERA 2.18
Jeremy Guthrie (R) W/L 6-5 WHIP 1.46 ERA 5.42

Kansas City swept a double-header from Tampa Bay on Tuesday 9-5 and 7-1. They are 4-2 on their homestand but 4-5 in their last 9 games. They are 26-15 at home in 2015. The Rays are 1-4 on their road trip and 1-9 in their past 10 games.

The Royals have a 2-0 lead in the season series and a commanding 8-2 advantage in the last 10 encounters between these two clubs.

Archer received a no decision in his last start, a 7-5 loss at the Yankees. He put in another great performance (6.2 innings, 0 runs, 8 Ks) but the bullpen blew it for him. He has 11 Q starts on the year.

Guthrie also received a no decision in his last outing, a 3-2 win over Minnesota. He allowed both runs over 7.1 innings for his 6th Q start in 16 starts on the season.

For Tampa Bay, 3B Evan Longoria is 13-44 (.295) against Guthrie with 2 Hrs and 11 RBIs while DH John Jaso is 6-24 (.250) with a pair of HRs and 5 RBIs. SS Asdrubal Cabrera is 9-30 (.300) against the right-hander with a solo HR.

No one on KC has more than 8 ABs vs. Archer. DH Kendrys Morales is 5-8 (.625) with a HR and 2 RBIs while SS Alcides Escobar is 3-5 (.600). The trio of 3B Mike Moustakas and OFs Alex Gordon and Alex Rios are a combined 2-19 (.105) against the young right-hander.

Tampa Bay at Kansas City Betting Trends

Tampa Bay is 1-9 straight up in their last 10 games.
The Rays are 1-5 straight up in their last 6 games against Kansas City.
The game total has gone over in 11 of the Rays last 15 games against the Royals.
Kansas City is 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
The Royals are 10-1 straight up in their last 11 home games against the Rays.

Injury Report

TAMPA BAY RAYS
Jeff Beliveau P 60-Day Disabled List
Alex Cobb P 60-Day Disabled List
Desmond Jennings 60-Day Disabled List
Jake Odorizzi P 15-Day Disabled List
Burch Smith P 60-Day Disabled List
Drew Smyly P 60-Day Disabled List
Steven Souza OF 15-Day Disabled List

KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Lorenzo Cain OF Day-to-Day (hamstring)
Tim Collins P 60-Day Disabled List
Brian Flynn P 15-Day Disabled List
Kris Medlen P 60-Day Disabled List
Mike Moustakas 3B Bereavement List
Jason Vargas P 15-Day Disabled List
Yordano Ventura P 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
Tampa Bay: 47%
Kansas City: 53%

Free MLB Pick

We hate going against Archer and his ridiculous 6-1 record and 1.37 ERA on the road this season getting the Q start in 75% of his eight road starts. However, his batter vs. pitcher stats are not strong with the current KC team hitting a lofty .358 in 39 at bats. The Royals counterpart Jeremy Guthrie is 2-2 at home with a 3.72 ERA, but he’s been real strong lately allowing a combined seven runs in his last five starts covering 31 1/3 innings at Kauffman Stadium. His historical stats against the Rays are not great with the current roster hitting .255 but a closer look shows that Evan Longoria .295 has done most of the damage with 30% of the plate appearances against Guthrie. Tampa Bay is really struggling with only one win in their last ten games and will look for that trend to continue tonight.

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