Kansas City Royals at Athletics
Final
Recap
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif -- Nick Kurtz drew a walk for his 19th consecutive game and hit a two-run double, helping the Athletics defeat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Thursday. Shea Langeliers added three doubles, while Darell Hernaiz had three hits and two RBI. Jacob Wilson had two hits and scored twice to help the A’s to their sixth win in nine games. Elias Diaz hit his first home run of the season for the Royals, and Maikel Garcia and Starling Marte had three hits apiece. Vinnie Pasquantino missed his second straight start because of lower back tightness but pinch hit in the ninth and hit a game-ending flyout with a man on against Jack Perkins, who got his third save.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteOAK -122 · 53% to win
WonRun LineOAK -1.5
CoveredTotalO/U 9.5 · 9 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
10Hits11
2Home runs0
4Walks3
6Strikeouts5
1Stolen bases0
118Pitches thrown168
5Pitching strikeouts6
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elias DiazC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael MasseyPH-2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vinnie PasquantinoPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane ThomasCF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Starling MarteRF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter JensenDH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jac CaglianonePH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr.SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Isaac CollinsLF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia3B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex LangeP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah CameronP | 5.1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| John SchreiberP | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |