Kansas City Royals at Athletics
Final
Recap
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Lawrence Butler hit a three-run home run, Luis Severino gave up one run and struck out eight in seven innings, and the Athletics beat Kansas City 5-2 on Wednesday night to snap the Royals' four-game win streak. Nick Kurtz hit an RBI double and walked, his 18th consecutive game with a walk, tying him with Barry Bonds for the longest such streak in nearly 80 years. Detroit’s Roy Cullenbine set the record when he drew a base on balls in 22 straight games in 1947 the last of his 10 MLB seasons. Boston’s Ted Williams had a 19-game walk streak in 1941.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteOAK -120 · 52% to win
WonRun LineKCR -0.25
OAK coveredTotalO/U 9.5 · 7 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
6Hits11
0Home runs1
4Walks5
9Strikeouts7
1Stolen bases0
160Pitches thrown145
7Pitching strikeouts9
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lane ThomasRF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle IsbelCF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr.SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter JensenC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Isaac CollinsLF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jac CaglianoneDH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 29 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael WachaP | 5.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Luinder AvilaP | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Alex LangeP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason BlackP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |