The Athletics (75-84) host the Kansas City Royals (80-79) on Saturday at Sutter Health Park, starting at 10:05 p.m. ET. The Athletics are favored on the moneyline (-120), while the Royals are +100 underdogs, despite being favored against the spread (1.5) with +154 odds. Sacramento’s Luis Morales and Kansas City’s Michael Wacha pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

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Athletics vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Athletics (-120)
• Underdog: Royals (+100)
• Over/under: 10

Athletics betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Athletics betting info

• The Athletics have won 18 of the 39 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (46.2%).
• In games they have played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -120 or shorter, the Athletics have gone 9-13 (40.9%).
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Athletics a 54.5% chance to win.
• The Athletics have combined with their opponents to go over the total 75 times this season for a 75-74-10 record against the over/under.
• The Athletics have an 84-75-0 record against the spread this season (covering 52.8% of the time).

Athletics hitting info

• Brent Rooker has 40 doubles, three triples, 30 home runs and 62 walks while hitting .263.
• Among hitters in MLB, Rooker ranks 26th in homers and 30th in RBI.
• Tyler Soderstrom has totaled 93 runs batted in to lead his team.
• Soderstrom ranks 46th in homers and 22nd in RBI among batters in MLB play.
• Nick Kurtz leads the Athletics with 35 home runs.
• Shea Langeliers is batting .271 with 30 doubles, 31 home runs and 36 walks.
• Langeliers heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .450 with two doubles, a home run and two RBIs.

Athletics pitching rankings

• The 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Athletics pitching staff ranks 20th in MLB.
• The Athletics have the 27th-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (4.71).
• The Athletics average MLB’s 25th-ranked WHIP (1.362).
• The Athletics surrender the second-most home runs in baseball (218 total, 1.4 per game).
• They struck out 10 Astros batters while allowing 12 hits in an 11-5 loss in their last game.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have won 41, or 45.1%, of the 91 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• The Royals have a record of 29-46, a 38.7% win rate, when they’re set as the underdog by +100 or more by sportsbooks this season.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 50% chance of a victory for the Royals.
• The Royals and their opponents have hit the over in 70 of their 159 games with a total this season.
• The Royals have an ATS record of 79-80-0 in 159 games with a spread this season.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City with a batting average of .296. He’s also hit 23 home runs with 85 RBI.
• Witt ranks 58th in home runs and 34th in RBI among all batters in MLB.
• Vinnie Pasquantino leads Kansas City in home runs with 32 and runs batted in with 111.
• Pasquantino is 16th in homers and fifth in RBI among all major league hitters this season.
• Maikel Garcia has collected 167 base hits, an OBP of .352 and a slugging percentage of .450 this season.
• Salvador Perez has collected 141 hits this season and has an OBP of .286. He’s slugging .454 on the year.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals have a 7.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in baseball.
• The Royals have the sixth-best ERA (3.76) in the majors this season.
• The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.247 as a pitching staff, which ranks 11th in MLB.
• The Royals have allowed the ninth-fewest home runs this season at just 170, or 1.1 per game.
• The Royals struck out 13 Angels batters while allowing seven hits in a 9-4 win last time out.