Royals vs. Athletics Odds & Betting Predictions - August 22, 2023

Royals at Athletics

1:40 am • NBCS-CA

Kansas City Royals

0-0

4 - 6

Athletics

0-0

pitcher		team	era	w-l
P.Blackburn			4.43	4-7
T.Davidson			5.03	0-1

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Royals 0-0	+1.5-188	o8.5-111	+107
Athletics 0-0	-1.5+157	u8.5-109	-127

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Oakland ColiseumOakland

OAK -135

0.74u

OAK -132

P.Blackburn u18.5 Outs-177

0.56u

KC +110

$1.00

KC +118

0.5u

Need +118

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The Royals are just 4-7 (.364) when tied entering the 7th inning this season -- tied for 4th lowest in MLB; League Avg: .500.

Esteury Ruiz is slugging just .282 on breaking pitches this season -- eighth worst in MLB-- fifth Percentile. Tucker Davidson has thrown a breaking pitch 62% of the time this season -- 11th highest among qualified RPs-- 95th Percentile.

40% of Kyle Isbel strikeouts are looking since last season -- fourth highest among hitters with at least 427 total PA's-- 99th Percentile. 31% of Austin Pruitt strikeouts are looking since last season -- 15th highest among qualified RPs-- 91st Percentile.

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MLB Public Betting

Athletics are 2-3 in their last 5 games.
Athletics are 2-3 in their last 5 games against the spread
Athletics are 47-34 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 2 of Athletics' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 40 of Athletics' 81 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Athletics	86-76	39-42	47-34	14-24	70-50
Royals	82-80	38-43	44-37	32-38	49-40

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Athletics	77-77-8	40-39-2	37-38-6	14-22-2	61-53-6
Royals	71-90-1	31-50	40-40-1	30-40	41-47-1

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Athletics	76-86	36-45	40-41	17-21	56-64
Royals	82-80	43-38	39-42	40-30	40-49

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Aug 20th	BAL	L 1-12	+1.5 L	O 8.5	BAL +162
Aug 20th	BAL	L 2-7	+1.5 L	O 8.5	BAL +148
Aug 19th	BAL	L 4-9	+1.5 L	O 8.5	BAL +172
Aug 16th	@STL	W 8-0	+1.5 W	U 9	ATH +145
Aug 15th	@STL	L 2-6	+1.5 L	U 9.5	STL +184

Luis Medina
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Medina is out with elbow
Out

Kyle Wright
SP
Wright is out with shoulder
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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
LT.Davidson, P	14	1	0	0
LT. Hearn, P	16	0.1	1	1
RA.Marsh, P	90	5.2	9	3
RT.Clarke, P	15	1	1	0
RD.Coleman, P	4	0	0	2

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1M.Garcia, 3B	1-3	0	0	1
2B.Witt, SS	1-4	1	1	1
3M.Massey, DH	1-4	0	0	1
3M.Massey, 2B	1-4	0	0	1
4S.Perez, 1B	0-4	0	0	0
5M.Melendez, LF	1-3	1	0	0
6F.Fermin, C	0-3	0	0	1
7D.Waters, RF	0-3	0	0	0
8S.Taylor, 2B	1-2	0	0	0
8M. Beaty, PH	1-1	1	0	0
9K.Isbel, CF	0-2	1	0	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RP.Blackburn, P	82	6	6	2
LK.Snead, P	13	1	0	0
RL.Erceg, P	25	0.2	0	2
RD.Jimenez, P	1	0.1	0	0
RT. May, P	14	1	2	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1E.Ruiz, LF	0-3	0	0	0
1T. Kemp, PH	1-1	0	0	0
1T. Kemp, LF	1-1	0	0	0
2Z.Gelof, 2B	1-5	1	1	1
3R.Noda, 1B	1-2	2	0	0
4B.Rooker, DH	1-4	1	1	2
5A.Diaz, SS	1-3	0	0	0
5N.Allen, PR	0-0	0	0	0
5N.Allen, SS	0-0	0	0	0
6S.Brown, RF	1-4	0	0	1
7J.Diaz, 3B	1-4	1	1	1
8L.Butler, CF	2-4	0	0	0
9S.Langeliers, C	1-4	1	1	1