The Texas Rangers are playing their best baseball of the season with wins in 10 of their last 14 contests while the Kansas City Royals have lost six of their last seven overall.

Tonight Texas hands the ball to left-hander Mike Minor (5-3, 2.55 ERA) who held the Angels to one run on five hits in six innings of a no-decision last time out. He has permitted just four runs in his last three starts and is 2-1 behind a 3.52 ERA in four career starts against the Royals.

Jakob Junis (3-5, 5.58 ERA) will toe the slab for the visitors. Junis is 0-3 in his last four trips to the mound and has allowed a total of 16 runs during that four-game stretch.

The Royals are 1-5 in Junis' last 6 road starts. The Rangers are 7-1 in Minor's last 8 home starts vs. a team with a losing record.

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