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Two of the league’s top power hitters will meet Sunday when the Texas Rangers (18-16) and Kansas City Royals (20-14) take the field at 2:10 PM ET, live on BSKC. Adolis Garcia has eight home runs for the Rangers (-134 favorites on the moneyline) while Salvador Perez has eight homers this season for the Royals (+113).
Texas’ Jon Gray gets the start, and he’ll go against Kansas City’s Daniel Lynch.
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Rangers and Royals Betting Trends
The Rangers have been favored on the moneyline 17 total times this season. They’ve finished 9-8 in those games.
Texas has gone 5-3 (winning 62.5% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -134 or shorter.
This season, the Royals have won 13 out of the 23 games, or 56.5%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
Kansas City has a record of 4-5, a 44.4% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +113 or more by bookmakers this season.
In the 34 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for the Rangers, they have combined with opponents to go over the total 14 times (14-19-1).
So far this season, the Royals and their opponents have hit the over in 11 of their 34 games with a total.
Rangers Stats & Insights
The Rangers have the No. 10 offense in MLB play scoring 4.7 runs per game (161 total runs).
Texas ranks 14th in baseball with 34 home runs. They average one per game.
The Rangers rank seventh in the majors with a .253 batting average.
Texas strikes out 7.7 times per game, the eighth-fewest mark in MLB.
The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Rangers pitching staff ranks 12th in the majors.
Texas has the 13th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.75).
Royals Stats & Insights
The Royals have scored the 12th-most runs in the league this season with 159 (4.7 per game).
Kansas City ranks 11th in Major League Baseball with 35 home runs.
The Royals have a team batting average of .239 this season, which ranks 15th among MLB teams.
Kansas City is one of the best teams in baseball at making contact this season, ranking second with an average of 6.6 strikeouts per game.
The Royals average just 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in the majors.
Kansas City has the seventh-best ERA (3.41) in the majors this season.
Rangers Key Players to Watch
The Rangers are sending Gray (1-1) to the mound to make his seventh start of the season. He is 1-1 with a 2.48 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 32 2/3 innings pitched.
Marcus Semien has been key for Texas with 37 hits, an OBP of .312 plus a slugging percentage of .434.
Garcia is batting .289 this season with a team-high eight home runs and 27 RBI.
Josh Smith leads Texas with a .302 batting average while slugging two homers and driving in 15 runs.
Evan Carter has collected 25 hits this season and has an OBP of .328. He’s slugging .472 on the year.
Royals Key Players to Watch
Lynch has been named the starter for the Royals and will make his first start this season.
Bobby Witt Jr. has nine doubles, four triples, four home runs and 10 walks while batting .313.
Perez has shown off his power as he paces his team with eight home runs and 30 RBI, with a team-leading .339 batting average.
Vinnie Pasquantino is hitting .225 with seven doubles, four home runs and 18 walks.
Maikel Garcia has six doubles, a triple, four home runs and 10 walks while hitting .241.
Rangers and Royals Injuries
Rangers: Max Scherzer: 15 Day IL (Back), Austin Pruitt: 15 Day IL (Knee), Cody Bradford: 15 Day IL (Back), Nathan Eovaldi: 15 Day IL (Groin), Brock Burke: 60 Day IL (Hand), Jacob deGrom: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Tyler Mahle: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Joshua Jung: 60 Day IL (Wrist), Carson Coleman: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Justin Foscue: 60 Day IL (Oblique strain)
Royals: Carlos Hernandez: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Jake Brentz: 15 Day IL (Hamstring), Alec Marsh: 15 Day IL (Forearm), Josh Taylor: 60 Day IL (Biceps), Kris Bubic: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Kyle Wright: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
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