Kansas City Royals versus Athletics Picks and Predictions - Friday, September 26th
Use Code SSWC Royals versus Athletics Picks and Predictions - Friday, September 26th
The Royals are traveling to Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, California for game one of their series against the Athletics; keep reading for our Royals versus Athletics prediction. Kansas City is third in the AL Central with a record of 79-78. The Athletics are fourth in the AL West with a record of 74-83. The Royals are 0-3 versus the Athletics this season. The first pitch is scheduled for 10:05 p.m. EDT. Need some winners this baseball season? Check out our Free MLB Picks.
Royals Focus On Next Season
The Royals are coming off a win on Thursday versus the Angels with a final score of 9-4. This win would grab the much-needed series win over the Angels in a 2-1 win. This will be the second straight series win for the Royals. However, no matter how many wins the Royals get, they have been officially eliminated from playoff contention with their loss against the Angels earlier in this series.
Kansas City has relied on their pitching this season to generate wins as they rank sixth overall in ERA at 3.75 and ninth in both home runs and walks. Lately, however, the Royals’ offense has been generating more runs than their season average. On the season, the Royals are 26th in runs and 15th in batting average at .247. The Royals have 7.67 runs per game in their last six games. With this offensive push, the Royals are showing great promise for next season as their offense this season failed to meet expectations and caused them to miss the playoffs.
Left-handed pitcher Noah Cameron will be taking the mound for the Royals on Friday.
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Noah Cameron:
- is 9-7 with an ERA of 2.90 and 108 strikeouts in 23 appearances this season.
- has not allowed any runs on 4 hits with 1 walk and 7 strikeouts in 5 innings versus the Athletics in his career.
Athletics’ Pitching Remains An Issue
The Athletics picked up a loss on Thursday versus the Astros with a final score of 11-5. Despite this loss, the Athletics would still grab the 2-1 series win. The Athletics are far removed from any chance at the postseason and will be looking to end their season on a high note with their final home series of the season.
We have seen great offense out of the Athletics this season as they rank 12th overall in runs and fifth in batting average at .254. The key to their offense has been their slugging percentage, which sits at .433 and as a result pushes the team sixth in home runs. However, this has not been enough to counter their poor pitching as the Athletics sit 27th in ERA at 4.70 and 29th in home runs. The Athletics will need to focus on their poor pitching if they aim for a better placement in the standings next season.
The Athletics have not announced a starting pitcher at the time of writing this article.
Royals versus Athletics Picks
Money Line Pick for Royals versus Athletics
- Athletics Money Line (4 units)
The Athletics have a record of 5-1 in their last six games versus the Royals. The Royals have been falling behind lately at the mound and as a result, have relied more on their offense to keep them in games, which is the opposite of how they have played all season. The Athletics will have no issue taking advantage of the recent struggles the Royals have had at the mound. This game will be close but I have to give the edge to the home team playing in front of their fans for the last time this season.
Over/Under Pick for Royals versus Athletics
- Over ( 4 units)
The Royals have an over/under record of 7-3 in their last 10 games. The Athletics and Royals are playing two similar styles of baseball at the end of their season, with both relying more on their offense rather than their pitching. Neither team will be playing for anything outside of ending their season on a series win and with this in mind, we should see two teams attempting to end their season on a good note by generating a lot of runs.
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