The Athletics (75-84) host the Kansas City Royals (80-79) for a contest oddsmakers have listed as a pick ’em, with both teams equal to win on the moneyline. The action starts on Friday at Sutter Health Park, beginning at 10:05 p.m. ET. Kansas City is projected to start Noah Cameron, while Sacramento has not named a starter.

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Athletics vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Athletics (-108)
• Underdog: Royals (-108)
• Over/under: 10

Athletics betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Athletics betting info

• The Athletics have won 46.2% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (18-21).
• When they have played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -108 or shorter, the Athletics have gone 23-22 (51.1%).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Athletics’ implied win probability is 51.9%.
• The Athletics have played in 159 games with an over/under set, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total 75 times (75-74-10).
• The Athletics have collected an 84-75-0 record against the spread this season (covering 52.8% of the time).

Athletics hitting info

• Brent Rooker is batting .263 with 40 doubles, three triples, 30 home runs and 62 walks.
• In baseball, Rooker ranks 25th in homers and 30th in RBI.
• Tyler Soderstrom has put up 93 runs batted in to pace his team.
• Among all MLB hitters, Soderstrom ranks 46th in homers and 22nd in RBI.
• Nick Kurtz paces the Athletics with 35 home runs.
• Shea Langeliers is batting .271 with 30 doubles, 31 home runs and 36 walks.
• Langeliers brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games 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 MLB pitching staffs (4.71).
• The Athletics have the 25th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.362).
• Athletics pitchers combine to give up 218 total home runs at a rate of 1.4 per game (second-most in MLB).
• They lost to the Astros 11-5 in their last game with 10 strikeouts while allowing 12 hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• The Royals have entered the game as underdogs 91 times this season and won 41, or 45.1%, of those games.
• The Royals have a record of 39-49, a 44.3% win rate, when they’re set as the underdog by -108 or more by sportsbooks this season.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Royals have a 51.9% chance to win.
• 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’s home run total ranks 58th in the majors, and he is 33rd in RBI.
• Vinnie Pasquantino leads Kansas City in home runs (32) and runs batted in (111) this season while batting .267.
• Pasquantino is 16th in home runs and fifth in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Maikel Garcia is slashing .286/.352/.450 this season for the Royals.
• 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 given up the ninth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 170 home runs allowed.
• The Royals struck out 13 Angels batters while allowing seven hits in a 9-4 win last time out.