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

Royals at Rangers

12:05 am • FDSKC

Kansas City Royals

55-55

6 - 1

Texas Rangers

57-54

pitcher		team	era	w-l
J.Leiter			4.10	7-6
S.Lugo			3.03	8-5

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Royals 55-55	-1.5	+1.5-197	o8-113	+108
Rangers 57-54	u8	-1.5+162	u8-106	-129

Wednesday 12:05 a.m.

June 18, 2025

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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

1.3u

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 u4.5 Ks+106

Have Lugo projected for just 4.01 strikeouts due to a low-strikeout matchup on the road and his reduced swinging-strike rate this year.

S.Lugo o17.5 Outs-150

0.67u

J.Leiter o16.5 Outs+100

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 2-3 in their last 5 games against the spread
Rangers are 27-30 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 3 of Rangers' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 18 of Rangers' 54 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Rangers	61-50	34-20	27-30	31-24	29-23
Royals	59-51	26-30	33-21	20-24	38-27

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Rangers	45-64-2	18-35-1	27-29-1	22-32-1	22-29-1
Royals	45-64-1	21-35	24-29-1	19-25	26-38-1

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Rangers	57-54	34-20	23-34	38-17	17-35
Royals	55-55	28-28	27-27	24-20	30-35

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 Lorenzen
SP
Michael Lorenzen (illness) has been scratched, Angel Zerpa will start Saturday,
Out
Kyle Wright
SP
Wright is out with shoulder
Out

Jon Gray
SP
Gray is out with wrist
Out
Tyler Mahle
SP
Mahle is out with shoulder
Out
Jake Burger
1B
Jake Burger (quad) has been scratched Sunday.
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