Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, Preview and Odds - 06/19/2022

Game Time: 4:07 pm ET, Sunday, June 19, 2022

Venue:  RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland, CA

Where to Watch:  NBCS-CA

DraftKings:  Moneyline odds:  Royals -145, Athletics +125; Over/Under:  7 runs

Bet365:  Moneyline odds:  Royals -145, Athletics +125; Over/Under:  7 runs

BetMGM:  Moneyline odds:  Royals -145, Athletics +125; Over/Under:  7 runs

 

Kansas City Royals:  22-41 (5th place, AL Central)

Oakland Athletics:  22-44 (5th place, AL West)

 

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Kansas City Royals:  5-5 last 10

Oakland Athletics:  2-8 last 10

 

 

 

The Royals are coming into this game with a 22-41 record overall and they are 10-20 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They are coming into this game on a 2 game winning streak. 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 series finale of a 3-game series with the Athletics on Sunday. This will be the 3rd game of the series on Sunday with the 2nd game still to be played on Saturday. Brad Keller is the starting pitcher for them on Saturday while Brady Singer will be on the mound for them here on Sunday. He is 3-1 with a 4.24 ERA this season. His team lost 2 of their last 3 games this season with him starting. In his last start, he allowed 2 ER, 0 HRs, and 5 BB with 5 Ks on 2 hits in 5 IP against the San Francisco Giants. 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 22-44 record overall and they are 7-24 in their home 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 loss in their last game. They just lost their 3-game series against the Boston Red Sox 2-1 and they are playing the series finale of a 3-game series with the Royals on Sunday. This will be the 3rd game of the series on Sunday with the 2nd game still to be played on Saturday. Cole Irvin is the starting pitcher for them on Saturday while rookie pitcher Jared Koenig will be on the mound for them here on Sunday. He is 0-2 with a 11.25 ERA this season. His team lost their last 2 straight games this season with him as a starter. In his last start, he allowed 6 earned runs, 2 homers, and 2 BB with 3 strikeouts on 9 hits in 4 innings played against the Boston Red Sox. 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 Royals are coming into this game as a favorite with the current betting odds. Both of these teams have the worst records in the MLB and have not been playing well at all this season but the Athletics have been losing a lot of games recently while the Royals have been winning quite a few. The Royals just beat the A's in the series opener as well and they have Singer on the mound here who has been one of their best pitchers on their pitching staff this season. On the other side, the A's have a rookie in Koenig starting here and he has only had a few starts this season but he has not been very good in his starts and has been allowing a lot of runs. He is also coming off of a start where he allowed 6 runs and he is likely going to get hit here as the Royals have been hitting much better recently. The best bet here is on the Royals to win this game.

 

Royals Athletics Prediction:  Our MLB Pick for Sunday, June 19, 2022 (4:07 pm ET start time) is Royals 8 Athletics 4.

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Kansas City Royals: 37-25 (+3.9 Units) ML as a favorite of -110 or higher. 6-5 (+3.2 Units) ML on the road when the total is 7 or less. 14-4 UNDER on the road with a money line of -100 to -150.

Oakland Athletics: 22-44 (-15.6 Units) ML in all games. 17-36 (-10.4 Units) ML as an underdog of +100 or higher. 7-25 (-20 Units) ML in home games.

 

 

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) Late June - Calf. J. Lowrie (2B) Out indefinitely - Wrist.

 

 

 

"The odds of him being at 61 pitches after two and being out there through five are extremely low. He did a great job of being efficient. Really good job of getting his composure back." - Mike Matheny after his team’s win against the Athletics on Friday.

 

 

"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

Andrew Benintendi (L) LF

Bobby Witt Jr. (R) SS

Salvador Perez (R) C

Hunter Dozier (R) DH

Carlos Santana (S) 1B

Michael A. Taylor (R) CF

Emmanuel Rivera (R) 3B

Nicky Lopez (L) 2B

 

Tony Kemp (L) 2B

Seth Brown (L) LF

Ramon Laureano (R) CF

Stephen Vogt (L) C

Christian Bethancourt (R) 1B

Jed Lowrie (S) DH

Elvis Andrus (R) SS

Luis Barrera (L) RF

Jonah Bride (R) 3B

 

 

Batting Average:  Edward Olivares (.371)

Hits:  Andrew Benintendi (70)

Home Runs:  Salvador Perez (10)

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 (.308)

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)