Rangers-Royals Who Will Cover?

The Texas Rangers will be fighting to snap a losing streak on Monday when they take on the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.
The Rangers will trot Scott Feldman out to the mound in this one. Righthander Feldman has a 4-5 record and a 5.02 ERA this season.
Feldman’s opponent in this one will be Gil Meche. The Royals ace righthander has a 3.96 ERA to go along with a 10-9 record this season.
NewBodog oddsmakers currently have the Royals listed as 133-moneyline favorites versus the Rangers, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The Rangers lost to Cleveland 4-3 as a -150 favorite on Sunday. The seven runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (11.5).
Milton Bradley was 2-4 with an RBI for the Rangers, while Vicente Padilla gave up three runs in five innings.
The Royals defeated Detroit 7-3 as a +160 underdog on Sunday. The 10 runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (10.5).
Mark Teahen drove in three runs for the Royals, while Jose Guillen hit a solo home run in the win.
Current streak:
Texas has lost 3 straight games.
Team records:
Texas: 63-68 SU
Kansas City: 56-74 SU
Texas most recently:
When playing on Monday are 8-2
Before playing Kansas City are 8-2
After playing Cleveland are 3-7
After a loss are 3-7

Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing Texas are 4-6
After playing Detroit are 6-4
After a win are 5-5

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Texas’s last 6 games when playing Kansas City
Texas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Kansas City
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Texas’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Texas’s last 11 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Kansas City’s last 6 games when playing Texas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City’s last 5 games when playing at home against Texas
Kansas City is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas City’s last 6 games at home
Next up:
Kansas City home to Texas, Tuesday, August 26

 

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