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Kansas City Royals lead the two game series against Texas Rangers by 1-0. They meet again at Texas Rangers for Game 2 (8:05 PM ET, May 15, 2012). The Royals have a (14-20 home, 10-7 away) record, while the Rangers have a (23-13 away, 10-7 home) record. Royals (11/5) and Rangers (5/12) are the best betting odds for the game.

Josh Hamilton’s opponent has not made much of a difference even though he is hitting the ball hard. He has not enjoyed consistent success against the Royals and that may be why it is somewhat surprising. During a 13-game hitting streak, Hamilton leads the majors with a .402 average, 18 homers and 44 RBIs thanks in part to his production, his longest since a career-high 23-game run June 4-30, 2010.

He did not show any signs of slowing down in Sunday’s 13-6 win over Los Angeles and the All-Star center fielder is batting .420 with 10 homers and 25 RBIs during his current streak. while driving in three runs, he collected two more hits, including a double.

Hamilton said of his staggering production, which includes at least one hit in 29 of his 32 games. He said that he really have not thought about it, it really has not been different for me. He added that he is not paying attention to results. He further said that he has just, same old thing, going out and trying to do whatever he can to help the team. On second-place Oakland, Hamilton has helped the Rangers (23-12) build an early five-game lead atop the AL West.

Nelson Cruz has hit his third career grand slam. He is 14 for 28 with seven RBIs in his last seven games. Boosting his season average 72 points to .328, Elvis Andrus has a .436 average with 8 RBIs and 12 runs over the past 13.

In four of five, the Royals come in winners after beating Chicago 9-1 on Sunday following a 5-0 victory a day earlier. Mike Moustakas may be back in the lineup to face Texas for the first time. He missed both of those contests with a sore left hamstring. prior to the injury, he was batting .373 with six doubles and two homers in 16 games.

After a doubleheader last week altered the rotation, Texas will counter with Scott Feldman (0-0, 4.35) in a spot start. This season, the right-hander has made one start, he has yielded two runs, and six hits in 3 1/3 innings of a 7-3 win over New York on April 25. Coach Jackie Moore may not be in the game. He was feeling light-headed and he was hospitalized. He was expected to be held overnight as a precaution.

The Atlanta Braves finally have a win over the New York Mets and now they are surging. As they host the NL East rival Mets in the finale of a three-game set Wednesday afternoon, Jason Heyward will try to help them make it two in less than 24 hours. The best MLB betting odds have the Braves (13/16), while the Mets (15/13).

Atlanta (6-5) won against New York 9-3 on Tuesday, when it scored six runs in the first two innings. They have won six of seven. This season with the Mets (7-4), the Braves had lost all four previous meetings, including a 6-1 defeat in Monday’s series opener.

Rookie shortstop Tyler Pastornicky said that they wanted to score early and take some pressure off themselves after his two-run double in a five-run second inning helped chase Mets ace Johan Santana. Heyward has at least one hit in each of the last seven games, batting .440 with two homers in that span. He had an RBI single off Santana. Hitting .333 in 19 meetings at Turner Field, he tends to thrive against Mets pitching there. Against probable Mets starter R.A. Dickey (2-0, 2.08 ERA), Heyward is 4 for 13 with one double and one triple and five walks.

On April 7, Dickey was also impressive in his season debut against the Braves by allowing two runs in six innings of a 4-2 home victory. He has not been as successful in Atlanta. In a 1-defeat Sept. 17, he was the hard-luck loser there, allowing one run, three hits and six walks over 7 2/3 innings.

Since returning from a broken pinkie, Mets third baseman David Wright is 8 for 17 with a solo homer in four games, and at least one hit in all eight games he has played this season, batting .517 with two homers. Over his last nine meetings with Atlanta, he is hitting .400 with three homers and nine RBIs.

The Braves will try again to win for just the second time since last year’s All-Star break. They will give the ball to Jair Jurrjens (0-1, 7.71). surrendering 13 homers and a .309 opponent batting average, the right-hander is 1-4 with a 6.22 ERA in nine starts.

David Wright is hitting .250, but has bashed two homers in 34 plate appearances. Control seems to elude Dickey at Turner Field. He walked more batters than he has struck out in his six appearances. in Atlanta’s home park, Dickey has a 4.98 ERA and 16 walks (15 K’s) in 21 2/3 innings.

Major League Baseball is a year-round sport and the season gets hot when the players take their winter vacations. This off season is no different. Big names moved across the country and many of them turned up on the best teams in the league.

The Los Angeles Angels spent the most money in free agency this season beginning with Albert Pujols signing a 10-year $250 million contract. Pujols was the biggest catch of the off season but ten years on a player currently in his prime may be a bit long.

The Angels didn’t stop with Pujols. They signed C.J. Wilson for $77 million and five years. The two were announced at a press conference attended by more than five thousand excited Angels fans.

The Texas Rangers jumped into the fray by signing Japanese import Yu Darvish for $40 million. The Rangers added to their pitching by nabbing a No. 4 pitcher in Joe Nathan for $14 million. The Rangers could be looking for an outfielder after recovering addict, Josh Hamilton suffered a relapse.

Prince Fielder was another huge free agent signing as he left the Milwaukee Brewers and signed with the Detroit Tigers. Fielder signed for $217 million with the team his father Cecil played for in the ’80s.

The Philadelphia Phillies signed another big time free agent when they locked up former Boston Red Sox stopper Jonathan Papelbon for $31 million. The addition of Papelbon comes with the resigning of Jimmy Rollins for $38 million.

The 2012 season will be exciting to watch with all the moves but everyone will need a scorecard in the early going to keep track of all the players and don’t forget to check all of the baseball betting props prior to the season starting.

In Cleveland, the Cleveland Indians and the Texas Rangers will play a 4 game series which begins this Thursday. As each team is currently in control of their respective divisions, this figures to be a great series. With a 31-20 record on the season and a 5 game lead over the 2nd place Tigers, the Indians are leading the way in the AL Central. The Rangers are ahead of the Los Angeles Angels by a game as they are 29-25 on the season.

While the Indians are at 60-1, MLB Odds have the rangers at 45-1 to win the World Series.

In this game, the home field advantage figures to be a major factor. Even though each team has really struggled while playing on the road, both teams have been excellent while playing at their home fields this season. The Indians are the best home team in the American League with a 19-6 record in Cleveland as the Rangers are just 10-14 on the road this season.

This could be a very high scoring series as these teams each have stellar offenses. Although the Rangers will likely turn things around with Josh Hamilton back in the lineup, they started to slow down a bit offensively. Hamilton is an integral part of their lineup, who is considered to be one of the best players in baseball.

Adrian Beltre may be even more important while Hamilton is important for the Rangers. Even though Beltre has struggled to hit for a good average this season, he has the potential to be one of the premier hitters in the game. In this series, the Rangers need him to perform.

As every team goes through a tough stretch at some point in the season, the Indians have a comfortable lead, but they need to continue to build it. In baseball picks, the Texas Rangers are favorites to win this match.

The Boston Red Sox will host the Chicago Cubs this weekend. While these teams are two of the older teams in the Major Leagues, they do not have a ton of history as they play in different leagues. With interleague play, we get the chance to see two of the classic franchises in Major League Baseball square off.

The series is scheduled to start on Friday. It will be a three game series and it will end on Sunday night.

Get MLB Odds for this matchup closer to the series opener Friday.

The Red Sox and Cubs are moving in opposite directions at this point. While the Red Sox started off the season playing terribly, they have bounced back and they are now over .500. They have won 4 games in a row and they are getting ready to compete for the division despite being in one of the tougher divisions in Major League Baseball.

The Cubs are now 5 games below the .500 mark and they seem to be falling steadily. They have lost 6 of their last 10 games, and they are currently on a two game losing streak.

The problem for the Cubs is simple: they don’t have enough pitching to win games. Only one team in the National League has allowed more runs than the Cubs. They have been outscored by their opponents by 32 runs already this season in just 39 games.

The resurgence of the Red Sox can be partially credited to the coming out party for Adrian Gonzalez. Gonzalez started out the season slowly, but he has been on fire for the last couple of weeks and looks like the player that the Red Sox expected him to be.

The Philadelphia Phillies and the Atlanta Braves will play this weekend in a three game series. The series will take place in Atlanta.

The Phillies are a favorite to win the 2011 World Series, at 3-1 in baseball picks.

The setting of the series should serve as an advantage to the Braves as the Phillies are one of the best teams in the league and they’ll need the support of the home crowd through the series.

It is no secret that the Phillies rely heavily on their pitching to win games. While their starting rotation is probably the best in the league, the Braves will luck out in this series as they will dodge the top three pitchers on the staff.

Roy Oswalt would have been scheduled to pitch in the series, but he has recently found his way to the DL and will not be available for the game. Cliff Lee and Roy Halladay are not scheduled to pitch in the series either and the Braves have a great chance at winning the series without those pitchers on the mound.

The Braves are currently 3.5 games behind the Phillies in the standings. They have a great pitching staff of their own. While the Phillies have allowed 108 runs this season in the first 33 games, the Braves have only allowed 107 runs while playing in 36 games. No team in the league has had a better ERA this season than the Braves. If their pitchers are able to keep it up they should be able to climb towards the top of the division after this series is closed. In live betting USA odds the Philadelphia Phillies are favorites to win this match.

This weekend in a 3 game series, the Atlanta Braves will take on the Philadelphia Phillies and the series will take place in Philadelphia.

At 3-1 odds in MLB Betting, Philadelphia is the top favorite to win the 2011 World Series.

As Oswalt, Hamels and Lee will take the mound, the Phillies will send 3 solid pitchers to the mound in this series. The Phillies are planning on sending Oswalt to the mound which is good news. Because of concerns regarding his family and the natural disasters that have recently taken place, Oswalt recently took a leave of absence. The Phillies will certainly have the advantage in this series with these three pitchers taking the mound.

Even though the Phillies are also outscoring everyone else in their division this season, leading the way with 121 runs to this point in the season, they have been good in their pitching.

The Braves are now 5 games behind the Phillies in the standings as they are 14-15 on the season. A sweep in this series would bring them a lot closer to Philadelphia while they are a ways behind in the standings. Currently the Phillies are at 18-9.

In this series the Phillies will be the home team. As they have gone 9-5 this year this will be a good advantage. By winning 9 of their 17 road games to this point, the Braves have been a decent road team to this point.

Over the last 10 games both of these teams have been decent. The Braves have won 6 of their last 10 games whereas the Phillies have brought home 7 wins.

The Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Angels will play this weekend in a game between teams that had very high expectations coming into the season.

The Red Sox are at 7-1 and the Angels at 30-1 to win the World Series in baseball betting.

While each team had high expectations prior to the 2011 campaign, only one of the teams has been coming through to meet their hopes. The Angels are 10-5 on the season and they are atop the American League West, while the Red Sox are 5-10 and in the cellar of the American League East.

The Angles have now won 5 games in a row. Two of their starters, Dan Harem and Jeered Weaver, have carried a large share of the load this season. Each of the pitchers is 4-0 on the season with an ERA that is among the best in the league. Fortunately for Boston, they will only have to face Harem in this series as Weaver is scheduled to start against the Rangers on the day before the series is set to begin.

The Red Sox will have Beckett, Lester, Matsuyama and Lackey taking the mound in this series. Their pitching has been poor in many games this season, but they have some experienced pitchers that may be able to turn things around.

Matsuyama had been terrible all season, but on Monday he had a great outing against the Blue Jays and looks like he might be returning to form. The Red Sox will need their pitching to step up in this series if they hope to win. Their hitting should be able to take care of business as long as they aren’t put in too big of a hole.

In the early juncture of the season, the Detroit Tigers will lock horns against Oakland Athletics. Both the teams, in their respective series finales on Wednesday got encouraging signs with comeback victories. These two talented teams are seeking answers in their forthcoming clash against each other.

For Thursday’s game against the Tigers, oddsmakers from online sports book have made the Athletics -145 money line favorites.

Oakland reeled off three runs in the ninth and three more in the 10th for a 7-4 extra-inning victory, facing off against the brilliant White Sox, giving the A’s four wins in their last five games.

The Tigers, to beat the team with the most excellent record in baseball used a second straight day of walk-off heroics, meanwhile this time; they used a ninth-inning Brandon Inge home run to pull off a 3-2 win over the Rangers. They scored their second straight triumph.

During a 7-4 comeback win in 10 innings over the Chicago White Sox, Oakland pushed across at least five runs for the third time in four games on Wednesday. With three runs in the ninth, the A’s (6-6) tied the game, and then scored three more in the 10th.

If Magglio Ordonez can come back quickly from an injured right ankle, Detroit might profit even more impetus. During this seven-game West Coast trip, Tigers manager Jim Leyland said his veteran slugger might play sometime.

In 4 2-3 innings, Phil Coke has permitted four runs in his last five outings against Oakland, all out of the bullpen. Against the Tigers, the A’s lost both of their home games last season after winning 11 of the preceding 14 meetings there.

Of all the teams that made moves this offseason to improve their ball clubs, the Boston Red Sox probably made the biggest improvement to their team. After landing coveted free agent Carl Crawford this winter, the Red Sox also acquired first baseman Adrian Gonzalez.

And the Red Sox are one of the top favorites to win the World Series, at +350 in baseball betting.

Gonzalez has quietly been one of the best first basemen in the league while playing in San Diego the last few years. With the move to the hitter friendly Fenway Park, many analysts are expecting Gonzalez to have a monster year.

While the offense is expected to once again be potent in Boston, there are some questions regarding the Red Sox’s pitching staff. Both John Lackey and Josh Beckett struggled at times last year, leaving fans wondering if they will be able to bounce back and have better years in 2011. Also, Dice K has not lived up to his monstrous contract yet and now occupies the fifth spot in the rotation. If these three players can have a good 2011 season, the Red Sox should easily win the AL East Division as both the Yankees and Rays are expected to have down years.

The Red Sox bullpen should be better this year as well with the addition of Bobby Jenks to work the seventh or eighth innings. Papelbon should bounce back from a shaky 2010 that still saw him close thirty seven games. With all of these new pieces and some old players returning to form, the Red Sox should be able to win the division rather easily.