Rangers-Royals Odds Preview

A winning streak will be on the line for the Texas Rangers on Friday when they battle the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Scott Feldman will be the starting pitcher for the Rangers on this day. Righthander Feldman is 8-3 this season with a 3.29 ERA. Feldman's opponent in this one will be Zach Greinke. The Royals righthander has a 2.08 ERA to go along with a 10-5 record this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Royals listed as 153-moneyline favorites versus the Rangers, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Rangers completed a three-game sweep of the Red Sox with a 3-1 win on Wednesday, as +140 underdogs. The four runs went UNDER the night's posted over/under (10). Ian Kinsler went deep for the Rangers, while Taylor Teagarden and Elvis Andrus drove in the other runs. Dustin Nippert tossed 5 2-3 innings to earn the win. The Royals blew a late lead and lost 9-6 to the Angels on Wednesday, as +100 underdogs. That game's 15 runs sailed OVER the posted over/under (9). Mark Teahen batted in a pair of runs, while Roman Colon gave up two runs in relief in suffering the loss on the hill. Current streak: Texas has won 4 straight games. Kansas City has lost 9 straight games. Team records: Texas: 52-41 SU Kansas City: 37-57 SU Texas most recently: When playing on Friday are 5-5 Before playing Kansas City are 7-3 After playing Boston are 5-5 After a win are 7-3 Kansas City most recently: When playing on Friday are 7-3 Before playing Texas are 4-6 After playing LA Angels are 1-9 After a loss are 1-9 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas's last 5 games Texas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Kansas City Texas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas's last 5 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City's last 6 games The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City's last 6 games at home The total has gone OVER in 6 of Kansas City's last 9 games when playing Texas The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City's last 6 games when playing at home against Texas Next up: Kansas City home to Texas, Saturday, July 25