Royals at Athletics 6/7/18 - MLB Picks & Predictions

On Thursday, the Kansas City Royals visit the Oakland Athletics in the first game of four –game series that concludes on Sunday.

The Royals lost their third straight game on Tuesday falling to the Los Angeles Angels 1-0 as they could muster just one hit on the night off Andrew Heaney. The Royals are now 11 games back and in fourth place in the American League Central.

Jed Lowrie leads the A’s with a .294 batting average and team high 70 hits. Khris Davis is the team leader in home runs with 14 and RBIs with 42. Oakland has a team batting average .241 while opposing hitters are averaging .246 at the plate against Athletics pitching. On Thursday, Oakland will send Frankie Montas to the mound. The right-hander this season is 2-0 with an ERA of 0.64, 9 Ks and 2 BBs.