Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 86-76 Houston Astros play host to the 95-67 Kansas City Royals again today on the grass of Minute Maid Park, Oct 11, 2015. The first pitch is schedueld for 4:10PM ET.
Betting Odds
Moneyline: Royals +168/Astros -178
Total Line: 7
Pitching Matchup
Edinson Volquez (R) W/L 13-9 WHIP 1.31 ERA 3.55
Dallas Keuchel (L) W/L 21-8 WHIP 1.01 ERA 2.42
Kansas City defeated Houston 5-4 on Friday to even up their series at 1-1. The Astros lead the season series 5-3 and are 53-28 at home in 2015.
Volquez pitched 2 innings of scoreless relief last Sunday. In his previous start (Sept. 30th); he received a no decision in a 5-3 win at the White Sox. He went 6 innings and allowed 1 run for his 19th Q start of the year.
Keuchel was a 3-0 winner at the Yankees in the Wild Card Play-in Game. He pitched 6 innings and fanned 7. He has 28 Q starts on the season.
KC 1B Eric Hosmer is 4-6 (.667) against Keuchel while OF Lorenzo Cain is 5-12 (.417) with a HR and 2 RBIs. OF Alex Rios is 10-26 (.385) with 4 RBIs vs. the left-hander while DH Kendrys Morales is 6-16 (.375) with an RBI. The Royals are hitting .299 as a team against Keuchel.
Astros 1B Chris Carter is 1-3 (.333) against Volquez with a solo HR while OF Colby Rasmus is 5-14 (.357) with a HR and 6 RBIs. 2B Jose Altuve is 4-7 (.429) vs. Volquez with an RBI and a SB while OF Carlos Gomez is 9-31 (.290) with 3 stolen bases. Houston is hitting .294 as a team against Volquez.
Kansas City at Houston Betting Trends
Kansas City is 6-1 straight up in their last 7 games.
The Royals are 5-0 straight up in their last 5 road games.
The game total has gone under in 4 of Kansas City’s last 5 games against Houston.
Houston is 8-3 straight up in their last 11 games overall.
The Astros are 8-3 straight up in their last 11 games against the Royals.
Injury Report
KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Tim Collins P 60-Day Disabled List
Brian Flynn P 60-Day Disabled List
Jason Vargas P 60-Day Disabled List
HOUSTON ASTROS
Samuel Deduno P 60-Day Disabled List
Scott Feldman P 60-Day Disabled List
Brad Peacock P 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Pick (Moneyline)
Kansas City: 38%
Houston: 62%
Free MLB Pick
Houston starter Dallas Kuechel was 15-0 at home with a sizzling 1.46 earned run average and 94.4 Q start percentage. He started against the Royals once at Globe Park this season pitching 8 scoreless innings in a 4-0 Astros win. Kansas City starter Edinson Volquez has pitched well in his last three starts overall, but he has been mediocre on the road this season with a 5-5 record and 3.61 ERA. He had one start against Houston this season and it came on this field where he was chased after allowing five runs on eight hits over five innings. We’ll take a shot on the runline here.
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