Kansas City Royals vs. Oakland Athletics MLB Picks, Odds, Predictions 6/12/2021

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

The Kansas City Royals have scored 10 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in five of their last 10 games. The Royals have won eight of their last 10 games when scoring four or more runs. Salvador Perez leads the Royals with 66 hits and 40 RBI while Whit Merrifield and Andrew Benintendi have combined for 122 hits and 66 RBI. Jackson Kowar gets the ball, and he is 0-1 with a 54.00 ERA and zero strikeouts this season. This will be Kowar’s first career game against the Athletics.

The Oakland Athletics have scored nine runs in their last three games and four or more runs in seven of their last nine games. The Athletics have won seven 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 112 hits and 71 RBI. James Kaprielian gets the ball, and he is 2-1 with a 3.08 ERA and 28 strikeouts this season. This will be Kaprielian’s first career game against the Royals.

The Royals are 1-4 in their last 5 road games and 1-5 in their last 6 overall. The Athletics are 5-2 in their last 7 home games and 6-2 in their last 8 overall. The over is 9-3-2 in Royals last 14 overall. The under is 5-0 in Athletics last 5 overall. The Royals are 2-5 in the last 7 meetings in Oakland.

The Royals look like like a team that’s watching their season fall apart before their very eyes. Kowar was also horrible through his first 0.2 innings. The Athletics have played their best ball at home and Kaprielian has been respectable in his innings this season. You can argue this price should be a lot steeper than it is. Give me the A’s.