Oakland Athletics at Kansas City Royals 6/25/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 06/24/2022 at 11:03 PM ET

Oakland Athletics at Kansas City Royals 6/25/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Oakland Athletics play the second game of a three-game series on the road Saturday against the Kansas City Royals. Oakland is 23-48 following its 2-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday. Oakland was held hitless by Seattle into the eighth inning. The Athletics were swept in their three-game series with Seattle. Oakland is last in the American League West, 21 games behind the first-place Houston Astros. 

Second baseman Tony Kemp is batting .221 to lead all regulars for Oakland and has a team high .306 on-base percentage. Left fielder Seth Brown is the leader in home runs with 9 and RBIs with 32, while catcher Sean Murphy is the leader in hits with 49. On Saturday, Oakland will send Jared Koenig to the mound. The left-hander is 1-2 with a 6.59 ERA, 6 Ks and 8 BBs.

Kansas City is 25-43 following its 5-0 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday. The Royals were off on Thursday and Kansas City has won five of the last seven despite its loss to the Angels on Wednesday. However, the Royals are last in the American League Central, 12 ½ games behind the first-place Cleveland Guardians and Minnesota Twins. 

Left fielder Andrew Benintendi is batting .295 with 75 hits and an on-base percentage of .360 to lead Kansas City in each. Catcher Salvador Perez is the leader in home runs with 11 and shortstop Bobby Witt Jr is the leader in RBIs with 36. On Saturday, the Kansas City Royals will send Brad Keller to the mound. The right-hander is 2-8 with a 4.30 ERA, 47 Ks and 24 BBs.

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Oakland starting pitcher Jared Keonig has just one strong outing in three starts but that was against Kansas City last Sunday when the left-hander allowed no runs on two hits across 5 ⅔ innings resulting in a 4-0 victory for Oakland. Kansas City starter Brad Keller also had a strong outing against Oakland last Saturday allowing no runs on one hit across seven innings and the A’s won 2-0. Therefore the play here is UNDER as both pitchers held their opposition scoreless last time out. Final Score Prediction, Oakland Athletics win but our best play is UNDER 3-2.