Astros vs. Royals Odds & Betting Predictions - September 16, 2023

Astros at Royals

11:10 pm • BSKC

Houston Astros

8

8 - 10

Kansas City Royals

10

pitcher		team	era	w-l
C.Ragans			2.64	5-2
J.France			3.83	11-6

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Astros 6-5	-1.5+105	o9.5+100	-149
Royals 7-4	+1.5-126	u9.5-120	+125

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Saturday 11:10 p.m.

September 16, 2023

Kauffman StadiumKansas City

HOU -148

1u

Under 9.5-115

0.58u

Need -115

KC +116 (F5)

0.58u

Bet to +112

KC +134

0.34u

Small to +129

Featured Insight
The Astros have scored 3.3 runs per game while leading since last season -- tied for second-highest in MLB (236 games). The Royals have allowed 3.5 runs per game while trailing since last season -- second-highest in MLB (231 games).

Featured Insight
Astros hitters are slugging .419 versus relief pitchers since last season -- third-best in MLB. RoyalsRPs have allowed a SLG of .410 since last season -- third-worst in MLB.

Saturday MLB Props: Target France, Anderson and Kershaw
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Sep 16, 2023 UTC

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MLB Public Betting

Royals are 3-2 in their last 5 games.
Royals are 4-1 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 1 of Royals' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 38 of Royals' 81 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Royals	87-75	43-38	44-37	40-38	46-37
Astros	81-80	40-41	41-39	56-60	23-19

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Royals	69-88-5	38-42-1	31-46-4	32-46	36-42-5
Astros	65-91-5	37-41-3	28-50-2	45-66-5	18-24

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Royals	86-76	45-36	41-40	49-29	36-47
Astros	88-73	46-35	42-38	66-50	20-22

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Sep 16th	HOU	W 4-2	+1.5 W	U 10.5	KC +165
Sep 13th	@CWS	W 7-1	+1.5 W	U 9	KC +130
Sep 13th	@CWS	W 11-10	+1.5 W	O 9.5	KC +114
Sep 12th	@CWS	L 2-6	+1.5 L	U 9	CWS +113
Sep 10th	@TOR	L 2-5	+1.5 L	U 7.5	TOR +144

Lance McCullers
P
McCullers is out with arm
Out
Taylor Trammell
OF
Trammell is out with calf
Out
Cristian Javier
P
Javier is out with elbow
Out
Luis Garcia
P
Garcia is out with elbow
Out
Pedro Leon
OF
Leon is out with knee
Out
J.P. France
P
France is out with shoulder
Out

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PITCHER		PC	IP	K	ER
RJ.France, P		90	4.1	0	5
RR.Montero, P		13	0.2	0	0
RP.Maton, P		12	1	0	0
RH.Neris, P		29	1	0	1
RJ.Kuhnel, P		21	1	1	1

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1J.Altuve, 2B	2-5	2	1	3
2A.Bregman, 3B	3-4	2	0	1
3Y.Alvarez, DH	2-5	0	0	2
4K.Tucker, RF	1-5	0	0	0
5J.Abreu, 1B	0-4	0	0	1
6C.McCormick, LF	0-4	0	0	0
7Y.Diaz, C	1-5	1	1	1
8J.Pena, SS	1-3	1	0	0
9M.Dubon, CF	2-4	2	0	0

PITCHER		PC	IP	K	ER
LC.Ragans, P		100	6	7	5
RC.Snider, P		17	0.2	0	1
RJ.McArthur, P		13	1.1	2	0
RC.Hernandez, P		24	0.2	0	2
RT.Clarke, P		4	0.1	0	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1M.Garcia, 3B	0-3	2	0	0
2B.Witt, SS	2-3	2	0	1
3S.Perez, C	1-2	1	0	2
3L.Porter, C	1-3	1	1	1
4M.Melendez, LF	1-4	0	0	1
5N.Velazquez, DH	0-2	1	0	2
6M.Massey, 2B	2-4	1	0	0
7K.Isbel, CF	1-4	1	0	1
8D.Blanco, RF	0-4	0	0	0
9N.Pratto, 1B	1-3	1	0	1

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MatchupOverUnder
Astros 6-5	N/A	N/A
Royals 7-4	N/A	N/A