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Kansas City at Texas

June 17, 2025
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These teams have been underdogs all season, as Kansas City is 42-29 underdogs and Texas is 47-23 underdogs in 2025. The Rangers have gone UNDER seven of 10, and four of the past six meetings have stayed UNDER. Texas is 14-6 UNDER its past 20 against American League opponents, and the Rangers have allowed just 2.7 runs per game in their past 10 games. The Royals average 3.29 runs compared to 3.68 for Texas this year. The Rangers are 4-0 UNDER when Jack Leiter starts against teams that scored two or fewer runs in their previous game. Kansas City has lost six in a row while scoring only 11 runs. The UNDER is 15-2-1 in Seth Lugo's past 18 starts with four days' rest. Texas is on an 8-1 UNDER run versus teams with losing records. Take the UNDER.

2 units on Game Total UNDER 8.5 -115 (risk 2 to return 3.74)
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