Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals 5/6/2023 Picks Predictions

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The Oakland Athletics will remain in Missouri to play the second installment of a three-game series versus the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, on Saturday evening.

Oakland dropped to 6-26 overall, 3-11 on the road play, and placed dead last in the AL West with a massive 13 games behind Texas in the first place after losing three of the last four contests played.

The Athletics had difficulty in their plays winning just two games in the last 10 outings played including the recent 12-8 victory over the Royals in the series opener on Friday.

Oakland took a nine-run lead after five innings of action on the way to its 12-8 victory after driving in a total of 17 hits in the winning effort.

Center Fielder Esteury Ruiz averages .265 at the plate with a team-high 31 hits and an on-base percentage of .339 in leading the Oakland Athletics.

Left Fielder Brent Rooker led the Athletics with nine home runs and 22 RBIs while Oakland is batting an average of .225 with a slugging percentage at .366 as a team.

Southpaw Ken Waldichuk will be climbing up the hill to start for the Athletics in game 2 of a series on Saturday. The left-handed starter is 0-2 with an ERA of 7.26 while striking out 25 batters in his starts.

The totals went OVER in 10 of Oakland’s last 15 outings while the Athletics are 4-16 SU in their last 20 matches played.

The Oakland Athletics are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 contests played versus Kansas City while the totals went OVER in 9 of the Athletics’ last 11 road games.

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Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals Predictions 5/6/2023

The Kansas City Royals will continue a homestand looking to end a two-game losing streak when hosting the Oakland Athletics on Saturday.

Kansas City dropped to 8-24 overall, 2-14 at home play, and placed dead last in the AL Central with 10.5 games behind Minnesota in the first place while posting a run difference of -65 for the year.

The Royals lost four of the last five contests played including an 8-12 home loss to the Athletics in the series opener on Friday.

Kansas City made a late rally with five runs scored in the 6th & 7th innings leading to a total of 8 runs scored on 10 hits with 2 errors in an 8-12 loss to Oakland.

Leading the offense for the Kansas City Royals is First Baseman Vinny Pasquantino with a batting average of .288 a team-high 34 hits and an on-base percentage of .373.

Catcher Salvador Perez chipped in a team-leading six home runs and 18 RBIs for the Royals. The Royals will send righty Brady Singer to take his post on the hill to start game 2 of a series against the Athletics on Saturday.

Singer is 2-3 with an ERA of 8.49 and retired 29 batters in his starts.

The totals went OVER in 4 of Kansas City’s last 5 contests while the Royals are 4-16 SU in their last 20 games played.

The Kansas City Royals are 1-12 straight up in their last 13 home matches and the Royals are 1-5 SU in their last 6 outings when playing at home versus Oakland.

Oakland Athletics vs. Kansas City Royals. The MLB Pick for this contest is Kansas City -170.

The Royals will take their revenge with home-field advantage on Saturday while also sending a better starter in Brady Singer (2-3, 8.49 ERA) who gave up eight runs on five hits through 2-2/3 frames pitched last game out.

In contrast, Oakland’s starter Waldichuk struggled in his last two starts giving away eight runs on 12 hits in pitching for 11 innings.

Look for Kansas City to win this match-up on Saturday. The prediction: Kansas City Royals will win 8-6.

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