MLB Odds: Rangers vs Royals

Courtesy of OddsShark.com: The fans at Kauffman Stadium will be treated to a game between the Texas Rangers and the Kansas City Royals when they take their seats on Tuesday. Rich Harden will be the starting pitcher for the Rangers on this day. Righthander Harden is 2-1 this season with a 4.74 ERA. It'll be Gil Meche toeing the rubber for the Royals in this contest. Righthander Meche is 0-4 with a 6.75 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Rangers listed as 145-moneyline favorites versus the Royals, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Rangers lost to the Cubs 5-4 as a -185 favorite on Sunday. The nine runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (9.5). Michael Young homered and drove in three runs for Texas and Julio Borbon was 2-3 with an RBI and a run scored. The Royals lost to Colorado 11-7 as a -150 favorite on Sunday. The 18 runs scored went OVER the posted over/under total (8). Willie Bloomqwist hit a solo home run for Kansas City and Zach Greinke was ripped for eight runs on nine hits in 3 1-3 innings. Current streak: Texas has lost 2 straight games. Kansas City has lost 2 straight games. Team records: Texas: 25-20 SU Kansas City: 18-27 SU Texas most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 8-2 Before playing Kansas City are 6-4 After playing Chi Cubs are 6-2 After a loss are 6-4 Kansas City most recently: When playing on Tuesday are 4-6 Before playing Texas are 3-7 After playing Colorado are 5-5 After a loss are 3-7 A few trends to consider: Texas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Kansas City Texas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Kansas City The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas's last 5 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas's last 5 games when playing on the road against Kansas City The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City's last 5 games The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas City's last 5 games when playing at home against Texas Kansas City is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Texas Kansas City is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Texas Next up: Kansas City home to Texas, Wednesday, May 26 Stevie Vincent is literally 20-25 years ahead of the oddsmakers and they will be the first to admit. His forensic sports handicapping is groundbreaking and there is nothing the books have been able to do to stop him.