Kansas City Royals vs. Oakland Athletics MLB Picks, Odds, Predictions 6/11/2021

The Kansas City Royals and Oakland Athletics meet Friday in MLB action at Oakland Coliseum. The Royals need a win after losing five of their last six games. The Athletics look for a win after winning six of their last eight games.

The Kansas City Royals have scored eight runs in their last three games and four or more runs in four of their last eight games. The Royals have won eight of their last 10 games when scoring four or more runs. Salvador Perez leads the Royals with 65 hits and 40 RBI while Whit Merrifield and Andrew Benintendi have combined for 120 hits and 65 RBI. Brady Singer gets the ball, and he is 3-5 with a 4.88 ERA and 62 strikeouts this season. This will be Singer’s first career game against the Athletics.

The Oakland Athletics have scored 10 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in seven of their last nine games. The Athletics have won six straight games when scoring four or more runs. Mark Canha leads the Athletics with 58 hits and 25 RBI while Matt Olson and Jed Lowrie have combined for 110 hits and 70 RBI. Cole Irvin gets the ball, and he is 4-7 with a 3.89 ERA and 50 strikeouts this season. This will be Irvin’s second career game against the Royals.

The Royals are 1-4 in their last 5 road games and 0-5 in their last 5 overall. The Athletics are 5-2 in their last 7 home games and 6-1 in their last 7 overall. The over is 9-2-2 in Royals last 13 overall. The under is 4-0 in Athletics last 4 overall. The Royals are 2-5 in the last 7 meetings in Oakland and 7-19 in the last 26 meetings.

I need to see more from the Royals before I can take them seriously, as they’re having a rough week. The Athletics have played great ball at home this season, and while Irvin doesn’t have a ton of success, he’s given the A’s chances to win. The A’s should get the job done at home here. I’ll lay the reasonable price.