On Thursday, the Kansas City Royals (41-34) are visiting the Oakland Athletics (28-48), at 3:37 PM ET. The Royals have lost three in a row.
The Athletics are an underdog (+158 on the moneyline) when they square off against the Royals (-189). The Kansas City Royals will give the start to Seth Lugo (10-2, 2.40 ERA), who is looking for win No. 11 on the season, and the Athletics will counter with Mitch Spence (4-3, 3.95 ERA).
Luis Medina (5.2 IP, 1 R, 6 H, 3 K) registered a win in the Athletics’ 5-1 victory over the Royals yesterday. Miguel Andujar led the way offensively, going 3-for-5 with an RBI. Cole Ragans (6.0 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 7 K) was handed the loss for the Royals.