{"id":2053726,"date":"2025-09-27T08:20:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T08:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2053726"},"modified":"2025-09-27T08:20:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T08:20:19","slug":"athletics-face-the-royals-with-1-0-series-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/athletics-face-the-royals-with-1-0-series-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics face the Royals with 1-0 series lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kansas City Royals<\/a> (80-80, third in the AL Central) vs. Athletics<\/a> (76-84, fourth in the AL West)<\/p>\n

West Sacramento, California; Saturday, 10:05 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Michael Wacha<\/a> (9-13, 4.00 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 121 strikeouts); Athletics: Luis Morales<\/a> (4-2, 3.07 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 38 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Athletics -121, Royals +101; over\/under is 10 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Athletics host the Kansas City Royals, leading the series 1-0.<\/p>\n

The Athletics are 76-84 overall and 36-43 at home. The Athletics rank sixth in MLB<\/a> play with 218 total home runs, averaging 1.4 per game.<\/p>\n

Kansas City has gone 37-42 in road games and 80-80 overall. The Royals are 33-8 in games when they hit at least two home runs.<\/p>\n

The teams match up Saturday for the fifth time this season. The Athletics are ahead 4-0 in the season series.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Jacob Wilson has a .313 batting average to lead the Athletics, and has 26 doubles and 13 home runs. Shea Langeliers<\/a> is 14 for 40 with a home run and three RBIs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Bobby Witt Jr. leads the Royals with a .295 batting average, and has 46 doubles, six triples, 23 home runs, 49 walks and 85 RBIs. Carter Jensen<\/a> is 12 for 36 with two home runs and nine RBIs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Athletics: 6-4, .228 batting average, 3.47 ERA, outscored by five runs<\/p>\n

Royals: 5-5, .284 batting average, 4.18 ERA, outscored opponents by 17 runs<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Athletics: Sean Newcomb<\/a>: 15-Day IL (elbow), Zack Gelof<\/a>: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Ben Bowden<\/a>: 60-Day IL (lat), Joey Estes<\/a>: 15-Day IL (back), Jacob Lopez<\/a>: 15-Day IL (flexor), Jack Perkins<\/a>: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Austin Wynns: 60-Day IL (abdomen), Denzel Clarke<\/a>: 10-Day IL (abductor), Grant Holman<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Gunnar Hoglund<\/a>: 60-Day IL (hip), Jose Leclerc<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Luis Medina<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

Royals: Lucas Erceg: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Bergert<\/a>: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Isbel<\/a>: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Seth Lugo<\/a>: 15-Day IL (back), Bailey Falter<\/a>: 15-Day IL (biceps), Hunter Harvey<\/a>: 15-Day IL (abductor), Kris Bubic<\/a>: 60-Day IL (rotator cuff), Alec Marsh<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), James McArthur<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n

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