Royals vs. Athletics Prediction, Betting Tips & Picks 6/19/2022

The Kansas City Royals (23-41) hope to complete a three-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics (22-45) when the teams meet at 4:07 PM ET Sunday. The Royals are -140 favorites to keep the Athletics out of the win column in the series. Brady Singer gets the starting nod for Kansas City while Jared Koenig is Oakland’s starter for the contest.

Royals vs. Athletics Spread and Betting Line

Computer Predictions for Royals vs. Athletics

Our computer pick: Oakland Athletics (+120) and Over (7.5)

Royals vs. Athletics Game Info

• Kansas City Royals probable starting pitcher: Brady Singer
• Oakland Athletics probable starting pitcher: Jared Koenig
• Game Day: Sunday, June 19, 2022
• Game Time: 4:07 PM ET
• Location: Oakland, California
• Stadium: Oakland Coliseum

Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics Pitching Matchup

Royals Starter Brady Singer

• The Royals are sending Singer (3-1) to make his seventh start of the season. He is 3-1 with a 4.24 ERA and 40 strikeouts in 40 1/3 innings pitched.
• In his last outing on Tuesday against the San Francisco Giants, the righty went 5 2/3 innings, allowing two earned runs while surrendering two hits.
• The 25-year-old has a 4.24 ERA and 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings in nine games this season, while allowing a batting average of .250 to his opponents.
• Singer is trying to pick up his third quality start of the year in this game.
• Singer will aim to pitch five or more innings for his seventh straight start. He’s averaging 4.1 innings per outing.
• He meets an Athletics offense that ranks 29th in the league with 213 runs while batting .208 as a squad. It has a collective .327 slugging percentage (29th in MLB action) and has hit a total of 46 home runs (29th in MLB).

Athletics Starter Jared Koenig

• Koenig will take to the mound for the Athletics, his third start of the season.
• The left-hander last pitched on Tuesday, when he threw 4 2/3 innings against the Boston Red Sox, giving up six earned runs.
• He has pitched in two games this season with an ERA of 11.25, a batting average against of .412 and 6.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
• The Royals are batting .239 this season, 17th in MLB. They have a team slugging percentage of .366 (27th in the league) with 47 home runs.

Royals Betting Picks & Insights

• This season, the Royals have been favored nine times and won four of those games.
• Kansas City has played as a favorite of -140 or more once this season and won that game.
• The Royals have a 58.3% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Kansas City’s games have gone over the total in 32 of their 67 chances.
• The Royals are 28-39-0 ATS in their 67 games with a spread this season.

Athletics Betting Picks & Insights

• The Athletics have been victorious in 17, or 32.1%, of the 53 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
• Oakland has a mark of 11-29 in contests where bookmakers favor them by +120 or worse on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Athletics have a 45.5% chance of pulling out a win.
• Oakland’s games have gone over the total in 29 of their 67 opportunities.
• In 67 games with a line this season, the Athletics have a mark of 29-38-0 against the spread.

Royals Leaders & Batting Stats

• Bobby Witt Jr. is the Royals RBI leader this season, knocking in 32 runs to go with his eight home runs and .244 batting average.
• Including all MLB hitters, Witt Jr. ranks 95th in batting average, 136th in on-base percentage, and 52nd in slugging.
• Witt Jr. takes a hitting streak of three games into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .238 with a double and two RBI.
• Whit Merrifield is hitting .228 with 13 doubles, three home runs and 17 walks.
• Merrifield ranks 224th in home runs and 88th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Merrifield has three games in a row with at least one hit. During his last five outings he is hitting .316 with a walk and three RBI.
• Andrew Benintendi leads the Royals with a team-best batting average of .301.
• Benintendi has at least one base hit in four games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .278 with a double, a walk and an RBI.
• Hunter Dozier is hitting .258 with 12 doubles, two triples, six home runs and 17 walks.

Athletics Leaders & Batting Stats

• Elvis Andrus has 16 doubles, three home runs and 18 walks while hitting .222.
• In all of MLB, Andrus is 224th in homers and 284th in RBI.
• Seth Brown been a consistent power bat this season, as he paces his team with eight home runs and 31 runs batted in.
• Brown ranks 64th overall in homers and 64th in RBI this year.
• Sean Murphy is hitting .204 with 15 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 19 walks.
• Tony Kemp paces the Athletics with a .230 batting average.

Betting Tips for Royals vs. Athletics

Our best bet is the Athletics on the moneyline at +120 after digging through all of the key trends and statistics for this matchup. Our computer projects the scoring will over the total of 7.5 runs.