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

Rangers at Royals

11:40 pm • RSN

Texas Rangers

0-0

3 - 4

Kansas City Royals

0-0

pitcher		team	era	w-l
M.Wacha			3.86	10-13
J.Leiter			3.86	10-10

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Rangers 0-0	+1.5	+1.5-187	o9.5-109	+108
Royals 0-0	u9	-1.5+153	u9.5-108	-127

Monday 11:40 p.m.

August 18, 2025

Kauffman StadiumKansas City

Over 9-110

1.1u

KC -0.5 (F5)+100

KC -125

0.8u

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Over 9-110

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MLB Public Betting

Royals are 3-2 in their last 5 games.
Royals are 3-2 in their last 5 games against the spread
Royals are 44-37 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 2 of Royals' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 31 of Royals' 81 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Royals	82-80	38-43	44-37	32-38	49-40
Rangers	86-76	46-35	40-41	39-42	46-30

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Royals	71-90-1	31-50	40-40-1	30-40	41-47-1
Rangers	71-89-2	29-51-1	42-38-1	34-46-1	36-39-1

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Royals	82-80	43-38	39-42	40-30	40-49
Rangers	81-81	48-33	33-48	49-32	30-46

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Aug 17th	CWS	W 6-2	-1.5 W	U 9.5	KC -165
Aug 16th	CWS	W 6-2	-1.5 W	U 9.5	KC -150
Aug 16th	CWS	W 3-1	-1.5 W	U 9	KC -183
Aug 13th	WSH	L 7-8	-1.5 L	O 9	WSH -171
Aug 12th	WSH	W 8-5	-1.5 W	O 9	KC -199

Kyle Wright
SP
Wright is out with shoulder
Out

Jonathan Gray
SP
Gray is out with wrist
Out
Cody Bradford
RP
Bradford is out with elbow
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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RJ.Leiter, P	81	3.2	5	3
RL.Curvelo, P	25	1.1	1	1
LR.Garcia, P	18	1	1	0
RP.Maton, P	12	1	1	0
RC.Boushley, P	11	1	2	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	RBI
1J.Smith, RF	0-4	0	0
2W.Langford, LF	2-4	2	0
3C.Seager, SS	3-4	0	0
4R.Tellez, 1B	1-4	0	1
5E.Carter, CF	2-4	0	1
6M.Semien, 2B	1-4	1	0
7J.Pederson, DH	1-4	0	0
8C.Freeman, 3B	0-4	0	0
9J.Heim, C	1-3	0	1

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RM.Wacha, P	93	5.2	3	2
RJ.Schreiber, P	16	1.1	1	0
RL.Erceg, P	21	1	1	1
RC.Estevez, P	12	1	0	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1M.Yastrzemski, DH	2-3	1	1	1
1R.Grichuk, PH	0-0	0	0	0
1R.Grichuk, DH	0-0	0	0	0
2B.Witt, SS	1-2	1	0	0
3V.Pasquantino, 1B	1-4	1	1	2
4M.Garcia, 3B	2-4	1	1	1
5A.Frazier, LF	0-3	0	0	0
5A.Frazier, 2B	0-3	0	0	0
6J.India, 2B	1-4	0	0	0
6T.Tolbert, LF	0-0	0	0	0
7J.Rave, RF	0-4	0	0	0
8L.Maile, C	0-4	0	0	0
9K.Isbel, CF	1-3	0	0	0