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

Royals at Rangers

12:05 am • FDSKC

Kansas City Royals

7-9

6 - 1

Texas Rangers

9-7

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

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Royals 7-9	-1.5	+1.5-197	o8-113	+108
Rangers 9-7	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

$1.30

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 3-2 in their last 5 games.
Rangers are 4-1 in their last 5 games against the spread
Rangers are 7-3 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 0 of Rangers' 6 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Rangers	10-6	3-3	7-3	3-3	7-3
Royals	7-9	5-5	2-4	5-6	2-3

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Rangers	7-7-2	0-5-1	7-2-1	2-3-1	5-4-1
Royals	5-11	4-6	1-5	4-7	1-4

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Rangers	9-7	3-3	6-4	3-3	6-4
Royals	7-9	5-5	2-4	5-6	2-3

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

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