{"id":637,"date":"2024-06-17T20:54:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T00:54:17","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-06-17T20:54:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T00:54:17","slug":"preview-kansas-city-royals-vs-oakland-athletics-06-18-2024-game-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/17\/preview-kansas-city-royals-vs-oakland-athletics-06-18-2024-game-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Kansas City Royals vs. Oakland Athletics &#8211; 06\/18\/2024 Game Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scheduled for June 18, 2024, at 9:40 PM, the Kansas City Royals will compete against the Oakland Athletics at the Oakland Coliseum under overcast skies.<\/p>\n<p>Alec Marsh will start as pitcher for the Royals, holding an impressive ERA of 3.627. Opposing him from the Athletics&#8217; side will be Hogan Harris, who boasts an ERA of 2.487.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2024 AL Central Division, the Royals rank fifth with a record of 41-32, which results in a winning percentage of 0.56. Their divisional play shows 13 wins against 9 losses, securing them the second position. Recently, the Royals have won 4 of their last 10 games but are currently on a one-game losing streak. They have performed better at home with a record of 25-14, compared to 16-18 on the road. In daytime play, they have 18 wins, while nighttime games have seen them win 23 games, totaling 351 runs scored and 290 runs conceded.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Athletics occupy the 14th spot in the AL West Division with a less favorable 26-48 record, translating to a 0.35 winning percentage. They have won only 6 of their 20 division games, placing them last in their division. Their recent form is also worrying, having won just once in their last 10 outings and currently experiencing a nine-game losing streak. At home, their record stands at 15-20 and 11-28 on the road. Day and night game wins are nearly equal at 14 and 12, respectively. The Athletics have scored 266 runs but have allowed a higher 358 runs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scheduled for June 18, 2024, at 9:40 PM, the Kansas City Royals will compete against the Oakland Athletics at the Oakland Coliseum under overcast skie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betnebraskasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}