Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, Preview and Odds - 06/18/2022

Game Time: 4:07 pm ET, Saturday, June 18, 2022

Venue:  RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland, CA

Where to Watch:  NBCS-CA

DraftKings:  Moneyline odds:  Royals -110, Athletics -110; Over/Under:  7.5 runs

Bet365:  Moneyline odds:  Royals -110, Athletics -110; Over/Under:  7.5 runs

BetMGM:  Moneyline odds:  Royals -110, Athletics -110; Over/Under:  7.5 runs

 

Kansas City Royals:  21-41 (5th place, AL Central)

Oakland Athletics:  22-43 (5th place, AL West)

 

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Kansas City Royals:  4-6 last 10

Oakland Athletics:  2-8 last 10

 

 

 

The Royals are coming into this game with a 21-41 record overall and they are 9-20 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They have lost 4 of their last 5 games and are coming into this one off of a win in their last game which snapped a 4 game losing streak that they were on. They just lost their 3-game series against the San Francisco Giants 2-1, had Thursday off as a rest day, and they are playing the 2nd game of a 3-game series with the Athletics on Saturday. This will be the 2nd game of the series on Saturday with the series opener still to be played on Friday. Daniel Lynch is the starting pitcher for them on Friday while Brad Keller will be on the mound for them here on Saturday. He is 1-8 with a 4.74 ERA this season. His team lost their last 7 straight games this season with him starting. In his last start, he allowed 5 ER, 3 HRs, and 1 BB with 4 Ks on 7 hits in 1.2 IP against the Baltimore Orioles. They scored 7 runs in their last series averaging just over 2 runs scored per game in that span and they allowed 12 runs against them averaging 4 runs allowed per game.

 

The Athletics are coming into this game with a 22-43 record overall and they are 7-23 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. They have lost 3 of their last 4 games but are coming into this one off of a win in their last game which snapped a 3 game losing streak. They just lost their 3-game series against the Boston Red Sox 2-1 and they are playing the 2nd game of a 3-game series with the Royals on Saturday. This will be the 2nd game of the series on Saturday with the series opener still to be played on Friday. Frankie Montas is the starting pitcher for them on Friday while Cole Irvin will be on the mound for them here on Saturday. He is 2-3 with a 3.34 ERA this season. His team lost their last 6 straight games this season with him as a starter. In his last start, he allowed 4 earned runs, 0 homers, and 1 BB with 3 strikeouts on 6 hits in 5.2 innings played against the Cleveland Guardians. They scored 6 runs in their last series averaging 2 runs scored per game in that span and they allowed 19 runs against them averaging just over 6 runs allowed per game.

 

The Athletics are coming into this game with one of the worst records in the MLB this season but they are coming off of a win in the last game of their last series and that win may just be what they need to gain some momentum here at home in this series. They are going up against the Royals who also have one of the worst records in the MLB this season. The Royals also have Keller starting in this game and he has been very bad all season, allowing a lot of runs in his starts and he has been credited with 8 losses on the season already. Irvin is starting for the A's here and he has been much better this season, having a few bad starts but has mainly been very good in his starts this season. The A's held off the Red Sox and that game could be the boost that they needed as they are starting a homestand here and have been losing so many games as well. They will be hungry to get another win here and they have a great chance at home to a very bad team and they have a big advantage with the pitching matchup as well. The best bet here is on the Athletics to win this game.

 

Royals Athletics Prediction:  Our MLB Pick for Saturday, June 18, 2022 (4:07 pm ET start time) is Athletics 7 Royals 3.

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Kansas City Royals: 121-163 (-14.6 Units) ML in all games. 55-85 (-9 Units) ML in road games. 47-36 UNDER against left-handed starters.

Oakland Athletics: 31-23 (+5.1 Units) ML against AL Central opponents. 59-42 (+11.7 Units) ML against left-handed starters. 9-5 UNDER at home when the money line is +125 to -125.

 

 

Kansas City Royals:  E. Olivares (CF) Late June - Quadricep. A. Mondesi (SS) out for season - Knee. C. Gallagher (C) Late June - Hamstring.

Oakland Athletics:  S. Bolt (CF) Late June - Oblique. S. Piscotty (RF) Out indefinitely - Calf. J. Lowrie (2B) Out indefinitely - Wrist.

 

 

 

"It's just textbook baseball. It was beautiful to watch." - Mike Matheny after his team’s win against the Giants on Wednesday.

 

 

"Earlier in the day I got a question about this team's fight. If they didn't show up and fight today, I don't know what they did. Long road trip, obviously, not a successful one." - Mark Kotsay after his team’s win against the Red Sox on Thursday.

 

 

 

Whit Merrifield (R) RF

Michael A. Taylor (R) CF

Bobby Witt Jr. (R) SS

Salvador Perez (R) DH

MJ Melendez (L) C

Hunter Dozier (R) LF

Carlos Santana (S) 1B

Emmanuel Rivera (R) 3B

Nicky Lopez (L) 2B

 

Chad Pinder (R) LF

Ramon Laureano (R) RF

Christian Bethancourt (R) C

Sean Murphy (R) DH

Matt Davidson (R) 3B

Seth Brown (L) 1B

Elvis Andrus (R) SS

Jonah Bride (R) 2B

Cristian Pache (R) CF

 

 

Batting Average:  Edward Olivares (.371)

Hits:  Andrew Benintendi (68)

Home Runs:  Salvador Perez (9)

RBI:  Bobby Witt (32)

Stolen Bases:  Bobby Witt (10)

Wins:  Collin Snider (4)

Saves:  Scott Barlow (7)

ERA:  Matt Peacock (0.00)

 

Batting Average:  Jonah Bride (.300)

Hits:  Tony Kemp (48)

Home Runs:  Seth Brown (8)

RBI:  Seth Brown (31)

Stolen Bases:  Seth Brown (6)

Wins:  Paul Blackburn (6)

Saves:  Dany Jimenez (11)

ERA:   Adrian Martinez (0.00)

 

Managers:

Kansas City Royals: Mike Matheny (3rd season)

Oakland Athletics: Mark Kotsay (1st season)