Athletics-Royals Pointspread Pointers

The Oakland Athletics and the Kansas City Royals will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Kauffman Stadium. Righthander Dana Eveland will take the mound for the Athletics to start this game. Eveland is 8-8 this season with a 4.21 ERA. The Royals will counter Eveland with Brian Bannister. Righthander Bannister has a 5.75 ERA to go along with a 7-14 record this season. Odds aren't yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Billy Butler went 3-for-4 with a three-run dinger and four runs batted in to lead the Royals over the Athletics 5-2 on Tuesday night. Kansas City won as -150 home favorites as the teams played under the 8.5-run total listed by oddsmakers. Ryan Shealy hit a solo homer for the Royals, while winning pitcher Zach Greinke allowed two runs over seven innings for Kansas City. Daric Barton was 3-for-3 with a big fly and two RBIs for Oakland, as Gio Gonzalez gave up three earned runs over four innings to take the loss for the Athletics. Current streak: Oakland has lost 2 straight games. Team records: Oakland: 63-75 SU Kansas City: 58-79 SU Oakland most recently: When playing on Thursday are 7-3 Before playing Kansas City are 4-6 After playing Kansas City are 5-5 After a loss are 7-3 Kansas City most recently: When playing on Thursday are 2-8 Before playing Oakland are 6-4 After playing Oakland are 4-6 After a win are 4-6 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland's last 5 games when playing Kansas City The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Oakland's last 8 games when playing on the road against Kansas City Oakland is 16-4 SU in its last 20 games when playing on the road against Kansas City The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Oakland's last 19 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Kansas City's last 5 games when playing Oakland The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Kansas City's last 8 games when playing at home against Oakland The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Kansas City's last 7 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Kansas City's last 6 games Next up: Kansas City home to Oakland, Thursday, September 4