{"id":643,"date":"2024-06-17T20:32:14","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T00:32:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-06-17T20:32:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T00:32:14","slug":"upcoming-mlb-clash-kansas-city-royals-vs-oakland-athletics-june-18-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/17\/upcoming-mlb-clash-kansas-city-royals-vs-oakland-athletics-june-18-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming MLB Clash: Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics &#8211; June 18, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Royals are set to clash with the Oakland Athletics at the Oakland Coliseum on June 18, 2024. The game is scheduled to start at 09:40 pm under what is expected to be overcast skies.<\/p>\n<p>Alec Marsh will take the mound for the Royals, showcasing a respectable 3.627 ERA. His counterpart from the Athletics, Hogan Harris, will pitch with an even stronger ERA of 2.487.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, the Royals sit 5th in the 2024 AL Central Division with a 41-32 record, translating to a .562 winning percentage. Their divisional play adds up to 13 wins and 9 losses. They are currently 2nd in their division, based on recent performances including 4 wins in their last 10 games, and are on a one-game losing streak. The Royals have shown stronger performance at home (25-16) compared to their road games (16-18), and they excel in night games with 23 wins against 18 wins during day games. They&#8217;ve scored 351 runs and conceded 290 so far.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, the Athletics struggle in the AL West Division, positioned last at 14th with a 26-48 record, reflecting a .351 winning percentage. They reside at the bottom of the division with a 6-14 divisional record. Their recent form includes a single win in their last 10 games, and they are currently mired in a nine-game losing streak. Performance at home stands at 15-20, and on the road it worsens to 11-28. They have managed 14 wins in day games and 12 in night games. The team\u2019s offense has produced 266 runs, while their pitching and defense have allowed 358 runs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Royals are set to clash with the Oakland Athletics at the Oakland Coliseum on June 18, 2024. The game is scheduled to start at 09:40 p<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":644,"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\/643"}],"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=643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betkansassports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}