Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals Odds

Power Ranking

Oakland 27

Kansas City 2

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OAK
3.62
5.75
0.00
7.32
3.07
9.08
4.31

Offense
Defense
Team ERA
Offensive Hits
Offensive Walks
Defensive Hits
Defensive Walks

KC
4.17
5.30
0.00
8.13
2.55
8.81
3.39

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Oakland Athletics at Kansas City Royals

The Oakland Athletics will send Jon Lester to the mound on Tuesday night as they take on the streaking Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in baseball odds action at the online sportsbooks.

Lester is 12-7 with a 2.44 ERA on the season, and in his career against the Royals he's 8-3 with a 1.65 ERA and 64 strikeouts in 82 innings of work.

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Team Record

Oakland Athletics

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	72-46	6-4	27-20	62-44	10-2
Home	40-21	6-3	13-9	35-21	5-0
Away	32-25	0-1	14-11	27-23	5-2
Fave	67-29	6-3	23-12	57-27	10-2
Dog	5-16	0-1	4-8	5-16	0-0
O/U	57-55-6	4-6	26-20-1	50-53-3	7-2-3
vs LHP	20-12	2-0	7-8	17-12	3-0
vs RHP	52-34	4-4	20-12	45-32	7-2

Team Record

Kansas City Royals

	All	Last 10	vs Div	vs AL	vs NL
Record	64-53	9-1	25-25	50-49	14-4
Home	31-27	4-0	13-12	24-24	7-3
Away	33-26	5-1	12-13	26-25	7-1
Fave	38-24	7-0	16-13	29-22	9-2
Dog	25-28	2-1	9-12	20-26	5-2
O/U	52-60-5	3-7	26-23-1	45-50-4	7-10-1
vs LHP	17-16	4-1	5-5	11-14	6-2
vs RHP	47-37	5-0	20-20	39-35	8-2

Pitchers Last 3 Starts

Oakland Athletics

Jon Lester (13-7) ERA: 2.51

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
Aug 7, 2014	MIN	W	3-0	U	9	36
Aug 2, 2014	KC	W	8-3	O	6.2	59
Jul 25, 2014	TB	L	4-6	O	6	-100

Kansas City Royals

Jeremy Guthrie (8-10) ERA: 4.39

Date	OPP	SU	Score	O/U	IP	Money
Aug 7, 2014	ARI	W	6-2	P	9	84
Aug 1, 2014	OAK	W	1-0	U	6	205
Jul 26, 2014	CLE	W	7-5	O	5.2	90

Pitcher Recent Starts vs Opponent

Oakland Athletics

Jon Lester (13-7) ERA: 2.51

Date	Score	Winner	IP	Hits	Runs	Earned Runs	Walks	Strikeouts	Decision
Aug 2, 2014	8-3	OAK	6.2	9	3	3	1	3	Win
Jul 20, 2014	6-0	BOS	8	4	0	0	2	8	Win
Aug 8, 2013	5-1	KC	7	5	3	1	2	4	Loss
Aug 24, 2012	4-3	BOS	7	6	3	3	4	6	Win
May 9, 2012	4-3	KC	5	6	4	1	1	3	Loss

Kansas City Royals

Jeremy Guthrie (8-10) ERA: 4.39

Date	Score	Winner	IP	Hits	Runs	Earned Runs	Walks	Strikeouts	Decision
Aug 1, 2014	1-0	KC	6	3	0	0	2	6	Win
Aug 14, 2012	5-0	KC	7	3	0	0	2	8	Win
Jun 12, 2012	8-5	OAK	5	8	7	7	2	5	Loss
May 25, 2010	5-1	BAL	6	6	1	1	3	2	Win
Apr 17, 2010	4-3	OAK	6.2	6	2	1	1	3	No Decision

Head to Head Detail

Search MLB Database	Teams	Runs Scored	Line	Total	O/U	Pitcher
Aug 11, 2014	OAK	2	-107	7	Under	Sonny Gray (R)
Aug 11, 2014	KC	3	-107	7	Under	Yordano Ventura (R)
Aug 3, 2014	KC	4	-162	7	Under	James Shields (R)
Aug 3, 2014	OAK	2	-162	7	Under	Scott Kazmir (L)
Aug 2, 2014	KC	3	-168	6.5	Over	Jason Vargas (L)
Aug 2, 2014	OAK	8	-168	6.5	Over	Jon Lester (L)
Aug 1, 2014	KC	1	-225	7.5	Under	Jeremy Guthrie (R)
Aug 1, 2014	OAK	0	-225	7.5	Under	Sonny Gray (R)
Jul 7, 2013	OAK	10	118	9	Over	A.J. Griffin (R)
Jul 7, 2013	KC	4	118	9	Over	Luis Mendoza (R)
Jul 6, 2013	OAK	3	-109	8.5	Under	Jarrod Parker (R)
Jul 6, 2013	KC	4	-109	8.5	Under	Ervin Santana (R)
Jul 5, 2013	OAK	6	108	9	Push	Tommy Milone (L)
Jul 5, 2013	KC	3	108	9	Push	Wade Davis (R)
May 19, 2013	KC	3	-168	8	Under	Luis Mendoza (R)
May 19, 2013	OAK	4	-168	8	Under	A.J. Griffin (R)
May 18, 2013	KC	1	-139	7	Under	Ervin Santana (R)
May 18, 2013	OAK	2	-139	7	Under	Tommy Milone (L)
May 17, 2013	KC	1	-102	7	Under	James Shields (R)
May 17, 2013	OAK	2	-102	7	Under	Jarrod Parker (R)

Betting Odds Trends

Oakland Athletics

The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Oakland's last 9 games
Oakland is 5-10 SU in its last 15 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland's last 5 games on the road
Oakland is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Oakland's last 14 games when playing Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Oakland's last 13 games when playing on the road against Kansas City

Betting Odds Trends

Kansas City Royals

Kansas City is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Kansas City's last 6 games
Kansas City is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Kansas City's last 7 games at home
Kansas City is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Kansas City's last 14 games when playing Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Kansas City's last 13 games when playing at home against Oakland

Injuries

Oakland Athletics

Trevor Gott RP 60-day IL (03/24), Elbow
Scott Alexander RP 60-day IL (03/28), Ribs
Aledmys Diaz SS 60-day IL (03/25), Calf
Miguel Andujar 3B 10-day IL (03/25), Knee
Sean Newcomb SP 60-day IL (03/25), Knee
J.D. Davis 3B 10-day IL (04/15), Shoulder
Brent Rooker LF 10-day IL (04/11), Abdominal
Luis Medina SP 60-day IL (03/25), MCL
Freddy Tarnok SP 15-day IL (03/25), Hip

Injuries

Kansas City Royals

Carlos Hernandez P 15-day IL (03/25), Shoulder
Josh Taylor RP 60-day IL (03/25), Biceps
Jake Brentz RP 15-day IL (03/25), Hamstring
Michael Massey 2B 10-day IL (03/25), Back

Last 5 Games

Oakland Athletics

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Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
Aug 11, 2014	KC	2-3	L	-103	7	Sonny Gray	7	A	Yordano Ventura
Aug 10, 2014	MIN	1-6	L	-173	7.5	Jason Hammel	6.1	H	Phil Hughes
Aug 9, 2014	MIN	9-4	W	-250	7.5	Jeff Samardzija	6	H	Trevor May
Aug 8, 2014	MIN	6-5	W	-215	7	Scott Kazmir	6.2	H	Kyle Gibson
Aug 7, 2014	MIN	3-0	W	-275	7	Jon Lester	9	H	Yohan Pino

Kansas City Royals

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Date	OPP	Score	SU	Line	Total	Starter	IP	Location	Opp. Starter
Aug 11, 2014	OAK	3-2	W	-107	7	Yordano Ventura	6	H	Sonny Gray
Aug 10, 2014	SF	7-4	W	-153	7.5	Danny Duffy	6.2	H	Tim Lincecum
Aug 9, 2014	SF	5-0	W	-145	7	James Shields	9	H	Tim Hudson
Aug 8, 2014	SF	4-2	W	-109	7	Jason Vargas	5	H	Madison Bumgarner
Aug 7, 2014	ARI	6-2	W	-119	8.5	Jeremy Guthrie	9	A	Vidal Nuno

Stats Comparison

Oakland Athletics

Kansas City Royals

Runs Scored

3.62 4.17

Runs Allowed

5.75 5.30

Team ERA

0.00 0.00

Runs Scored Road vs. Home

3.92 4.76

Runs Allowed Road vs. Home

6.05 5.37

Starter ERA

2.51 4.39

Stats Comparison

Oakland Athletics

Kansas City Royals

Offensive Hits

7.32 8.13

Hits Allowed

9.08 8.81

Bullpen Innings Pitched Last 3

6.2 5.1

Offensive Walks

3.07 2.55

Defensive Walks

4.31 3.39

Wins Last 10 Games

6 9

Supergrid

	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	3.62	30	5.30	28
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	3.92	28	5.37	26
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	4.17	25	5.75	29
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	4.76	10	6.05	30