The Royals are coming into this game with a 42-36 record this season and they have been awful on the road this season. They are 17-22 on the road which is much worse than their home record at 25-14. They have not been playing well in their recent games either as they have lost their last 2 straight as well as 5 of their last 6 games. They are going up against a Rangers team that is 36-40 this season, but they have been playing better in their recent games. They have won their last 3 straight games and their pitching has been great as they have only allowed 5 runs total in their last 3 games. Their offense has been better as well, scoring at least 5 runs in each of their last 3 games. Max Scherzer is starting for the Rangers in this game and he is making his 1st start of the season. He has been a very good and reliable starter over the years, and it helps that this is his 1st start of the season as he is usually much better at the beginning of the season compared to later on when he is worn out. Alec Marsh is starting for the Royals here and he is 5-4 with a 4.37 ERA this season. He has been very inconsistent this season as he has had some good starts, but he has also had a lot of starts where he allows 3 earned runs or more. He has been awful in his recent starts as well. He has allowed at least 4 earned runs in 4 of his last 5 starts and he is coming off of his worst start of the season, allowing 7 earned runs in just 3 innings against the A's. Marsh has been consistently allowing runs in his recent starts and the Rangers offense has been getting better lately, scoring more runs in their last 3 games. The Rangers are going to score runs in this game and Scherzer will be looking to have a great performance to start his season. The Rangers also have the better bullpen as they have not been allowing many runs recently. The Rangers will win this game.