Kansas City Royals (80-80, third in the AL Central) vs. Athletics (76-84, fourth in the AL West)

West Sacramento, California; Saturday, 10:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Michael Wacha (9-13, 4.00 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 121 strikeouts); Athletics: Luis Morales (4-2, 3.07 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 38 strikeouts)

Athletics -121, Royals +101; over/under is 10 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Athletics host the Kansas City Royals, leading the series 1-0.

The Athletics are 76-84 overall and 36-43 at home. The Athletics rank sixth in MLB play with 218 total home runs, averaging 1.4 per game.

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.

The teams match up Saturday for the fifth time this season. The Athletics are ahead 4-0

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