Athletics-Royals Odds Preview

The Oakland Athletics and the Kansas City Royals will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Kauffman Stadium.
The Athletics will give the ball to starter Vin Mazzaro in this one. Righthander Mazzaro is 2-8 this season with a 5.73 ERA.
It’ll be Brian Bannister toeing the rubber for the Royals in this contest. Righthander Bannister is 7-7 with a 3.51 ERA so far this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Royals listed as 130-moneyline favorites versus the Athletics, while the game’s total has not yet been posted.
The A’s failed to complete a four-game sweep of the Rangers, falling 6-4 in Thursday’s finale. The A’s were +100 underdogs, while the 10 runs made it OVER the day’s posted over/under (9).
Nomar Garciaparra drove in one run and scored another in a losing effort for the A’s. Trevor Cahill allowed eight hits and five runs over six innings to suffer the loss.
The Royals scored five runs in the first inning on Thursday to help them defeat the Mariners 8-2, as a -110 pick’em. That game’s 10 runs made it OVER the posted over/under (9.5).
Billy Butler led the Royals with a three-run homer. Bruce Chen scattered 10 hits and two runs over 6 2-3 innings for the win.
Team records:
Oakland: 47-61 SU
Kansas City: 42-66 SU
Oakland most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing Kansas City are 4-6
After playing Texas are 5-5
After a loss are 6-4

Kansas City most recently:
When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before playing Oakland are 5-5
After playing Seattle are 5-5
After a win are 4-6

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland’s last 5 games when playing Kansas City
Oakland is 16-6 SU in its last 22 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Oakland’s last 10 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
Kansas City is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Oakland
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Kansas City’s last 5 games when playing Oakland
Kansas City is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Kansas City’s last 10 games when playing at home against Oakland
Next up:
Kansas City home to Oakland, Saturday, August 8

 

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