#965 ASA PLAY ON 8* Texas Rangers -1.5 on the Run Line (-120) over Kansas City Royals, Monday at 7:40 PM ET - Texas should have a big advantage on the mound here as they are expected to send Jacob deGrom to start this one. He had a tough first start despite 7 strikeouts and no walks but has settled in nicely in his last two starts as deGrom has 27 strikeouts against just 2 walks in his 16 and 2/3 innings this season. In his two April starts deGrom has allowed only 3 earned runs on just 9 hits in 13 innings of work. His strikeout to walk ratio is fantastic this season. Jordan Lyles will be the likely starter for the Royals here and his struggles have continued with a rough start to this season after another unimpressive season last year. He is now 66-92 in his career with a 5.10 ERA! Lyles is in trouble here against a solid Rangers team and facing them as a member of a Royals team that is again looking like one of the worst teams in the league. He have given up 9 earned runs in 12 innings in his last two starts and that included facing the Rangers in his most recent start. The most recent start for deGrom was against these Royals as well and he dominated in that one. That game Tuesday, in fact, featured these two starters and took 10 innings for Texas to emerge victorious but the Rangers blew a late 2-run lead in that game. The Royals lost again to the Braves yesterday and are now 1-9 in home games and 2-11 against teams with a winning record this season. The Rangers are 7-2 this season against teams with a losing record and Texas has been involved in only one 1-run game out of 15 games this season. The Royals have only had one 1-run loss in their 12 defeats this season. That being said, you can see why we are expecting a road rout decided by a multi-run margin. We think we're getting some nice value with the -1.5 runs in this one at a very fair price - opened up in the -120 range with the Rangers. Lay it!