The Kansas City Royals (34-38) will look to break a six-game losing streak when they visit the Texas Rangers (36-36) on Tuesday at 8:05 p.m. ET. The Royals (+104) are not expected to end the streak against the Rangers (-122). Texas’ Jack Leiter gets the start against Kansas City’s Seth Lugo.

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Rangers vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Rangers (-122)
• Underdog: Royals (+104)
• Over/under: 8.5

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• The Rangers have won 25 of the 37 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (67.6%).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -122 or shorter, Texas has a 20-10 record (winning 66.7% of its games).
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Rangers’ implied win probability is 55%.
• In the 72 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Texas, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 23 times (23-48-1).
• The Rangers have covered 54.2% of their games this season, going 39-33-0 against the spread.

Rangers hitting info

• Josh Smith leads the Rangers with a team-best batting average of .292.
• Smith ranks 119th in home runs and 188th in RBI among all hitters in MLB play.
• Smith takes a seven-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last 10 games he is batting .410 with four doubles, two home runs, five walks and four RBIs.
• Wyatt Langford’s 13 home runs lead his team.
• Langford ranks 23rd in homers and 100th in RBI this season.
• Langford brings a four-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .300 with a home run, three walks and three RBIs.
• Marcus Semien is batting .224 with seven doubles, seven home runs and 29 walks.
• Semien heads into this game on an eight-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .350 with four doubles, three home runs, three walks and 10 RBIs.
• Adolis Garcia has been productive as he leads his team with 34 runs batted in.
• Garcia takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .250 with two doubles, a home run, three walks and four RBIs.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Rangers pitching staff ranks 17th in MLB.
• Texas’ 3.11 team ERA ranks second among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Rangers pitchers combine for the No. 1 WHIP in the majors (1.141).
• Rangers pitchers combine to give up 59 home runs (0.8 per game), the third-fewest in the majors.
• Texas knocked off the White Sox 2-1 in its last game with 12 strikeouts while allowing eight hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have won 20, or 47.6%, of the 42 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Kansas City has a record of 11-18 in games where oddsmakers have it as underdogs of at least +104 on the moneyline.
• The Royals have a 49% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• So far this season, Kansas City and its opponents have hit the over in 29 of its 72 games with a total.
• The Royals are 37-35-0 against the spread in their 72 chances this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. has been key for Kansas City with 78 hits, an OBP of .337 plus a slugging percentage of .468.
• Witt’s home run total ranks 94th in the big leagues, and he is 45th in RBI.
• Maikel Garcia leads Kansas City in batting with a .309 average while slugging seven homers and driving in 31 runs.
• Maikel Garcia ranks 119th in homers and 86th in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
• Vinnie Pasquantino leads Kansas City in home runs (10) and runs batted in (39) this season while batting .275.
• Jonathan India has 60 hits and an OBP of .331 to go with a slugging percentage of .335 this season.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals average the 17th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.2) in the majors this season.
• Kansas City has pitched to a 3.44 ERA this season, which ranks sixth in baseball.
• The Royals have a combined WHIP of just 1.216 as a pitching staff, which is the ninth-best in baseball this season.
• With 73 homers allowed, the Royals rank 11th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, Kansas City fell to the Athletics 3-2. Its pitchers compiled 10 strikeouts and nine hits allowed.