{"id":577,"date":"2024-05-17T11:37:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T15:37:32","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-05-17T11:37:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T15:37:32","slug":"2024-mlb-matchup-preview-oakland-athletics-vs-kansas-city-royals-on-may-17-at-kauffman-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/17\/2024-mlb-matchup-preview-oakland-athletics-vs-kansas-city-royals-on-may-17-at-kauffman-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 MLB Matchup Preview: Oakland Athletics vs. Kansas City Royals on May 17 at Kauffman Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Oakland Athletics are set to clash with the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on May 17, 2024, beginning at 07:40 pm under a Clear Sky forecast. The starting pitcher for the Athletics has not yet been announced, while Cole Ragans, boasting a 4.224 ERA, will take the mound for the Royals. In the 2024 AL West Division, the Athletics rank 13th with a record of 19-27, translating to a winning percentage of 0.41. They hold a divisional record of 4-10, ranked 4th, and have won just 2 of their recent 10 games, now facing a 5-game losing streak. The A&#8217;s have a home record of 10-13 and an away record of 9-14, with 11 day game wins compared to 8 night game victories, scoring a total of 171 runs while conceding 221. Conversely, the Royals stand 4th in the AL Central Division with a 26-19 record, a 0.58 winning percentage, and are 2nd in the division with an 8-5 divisional record. They have won 6 of their last 10 matches, with a current streak of 1 loss. The Royals have compiled a 15-8 home record and an 11-11 road tally, winning 11 day games and 15 night games, and have scored 202 runs while allowing 157.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oakland Athletics are set to clash with the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on May 17, 2024, beginning at 07:40 pm under a Clear Sky foreca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}