Royals vs. Rangers Odds & Betting Predictions - June 18, 2025

Royals at Rangers

12:05 am • FDSKC

Kansas City Royals

4-5

6 - 1

Texas Rangers

4-5

pitcher		team	era	w-l
J.Leiter			3.86	10-10
S.Lugo			4.15	8-7

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Royals 4-5	-1.5	+1.5-197	o8-113	+108
Rangers 4-5	u8	-1.5+162	u8-106	-129

Wednesday 12:05 a.m.

June 18, 2025

Globe Life FieldArlington

J.Leiter u2.5 Earned Runs-150

0.5u

Targeting a struggling KC offense with Leiter, who I’m projecting closer to 2 earned runs over 5 innings.

TEX -139

S.Lugo o2.5 Earned Runs-114

TEX -130

1.3u

Under 8.5-115

TEX -130

$1.30

TEX -130

1.3u

TEX -130

1.3u

KC +115

3.45u

S.Lugo o5.5 Hits Allowed-101

M.Semien o1.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs-110

TEX -129

1.29u

Under 8.5-115

S.Lugo o17.5 Outs-150

0.67u

J.Leiter o16.5 Outs+100

S.Lugo u4.5 Ks-102

0.51u

Less than five in half his 12 starts, just 5.0 SwStr% in three starts back from IL (has not faced more than 21 batters in any of the three) - first five in TEX usual LU v RHP < 22 K% v RHP since last year.

TEX -124

0.62u

Bet to -133

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MLB Public Betting

Rangers are 1-4 in their last 5 games.
Rangers are 1-4 in their last 5 games against the spread
Rangers are 4-2 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 2 of Rangers' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 0 of Rangers' 3 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Rangers	4-5	0-3	4-2	1-3	3-2
Royals	4-5	3-3	1-2	2-3	2-2

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Rangers	4-3-2	0-2-1	4-1-1	1-2-1	3-1-1
Royals	3-6	3-3	0-3	2-3	1-3

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Rangers	4-5	0-3	4-2	1-3	3-2
Royals	4-5	3-3	1-2	2-3	2-2

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Jun 15th	CWS	W 2-1	-1.5 L	U 8	TEX -163
Jun 14th	CWS	W 5-4	-1.5 L	O 7.5	TEX -300
Jun 14th	CWS	W 3-1	-1.5 W	U 8	TEX -172
Jun 12th	@MIN	W 16-3	+1.5 W	O 8	TEX +134
Jun 11th	@MIN	L 2-6	+1.5 L	U 8.5	MIN +128

Michael Massey
2B
Massey is out with calf
Out

Jacob deGrom
SP
Jacob deGrom scratched Saturday, Jacob Latz will start.
Out
Jordan Montgomery
SP
Montgomery is out with elbow
Out
Cody Freeman
3B
Freeman is out with back
Out
Cody Bradford
RP
Bradford is out with elbow
Out

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RS.Lugo, P	96	6	9	1
RJ.Bowlan, P	17	1	2	0
LD.Lynch, P	25	1	2	0
RS.Cruz, P	11	1	1	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1J.India, 2B	0-5	0	0	0
2B.Witt, SS	2-4	2	1	1
3M.Garcia, 3B	2-4	1	0	1
4V.Pasquantino, 1B	0-3	1	0	0
5S.Perez, C	3-4	2	2	4
6J.Caglianone, DH	0-4	0	0	0
7D.Waters, LF	1-4	0	0	0
8J.Rave, RF	0-4	0	0	0
9K.Isbel, CF	0-3	0	0	0

PITCHER		PC	IP	K	ER
RJ.Leiter, P		94	5.2	4	6
RC.Boushley, P		36	3.1	3	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	RBI
1E.Carter, CF	0-2	0	0
1S.Haggerty, PH	0-1	0	0
1S.Haggerty, LF	0-1	0	0
2W.Langford, LF	0-4	0	0
2W.Langford, CF	0-4	0	0
3C.Seager, SS	2-3	1	0
4M.Semien, 2B	1-3	0	0
5A.Garcia, RF	1-4	0	0
6A.Osuna, DH	1-4	0	1
7J.Burger, 1B	0-4	0	0
8J.Heim, C	0-4	0	0
9E.Duran, 3B	0-3	0	0