Kansas City at Oakland

A pair of weak offensive teams meet in Oakland, a huge park that is great for pitchers. Kansas City is #20 in runs scored, #28 in on-base percentage, while Oakland is #21 in runs, and #25 in on-base percentage. Kansas City is 9-4-1 UNDER the total against losing teams. The Royals have a strong arm going in Danny Duffy (7-8, 3.68 ERA), who has yet to lose to Oakland, with a 2.84 ERA against them, including 2.33 in this park. During a Major League season in which the ball is flying out of parks, Duffy has allowed only 10 home runs in 120 innings. In 14 of his 19 starts, he has not given up a home run and the team is on a 9-4-1 run UNDER when he starts. Oakland has Paul Blackburn (3.02 ERA) going, and the UNDER is 12-5-1 when these teams clash in Oakland. Play this one to finish UNDER the total.