Kansas City at Oakland

Kansas City is playing its fifth consecutive road contest. They're on a 4-12 slide with an offense that is 27th in runs scored, 29th in on-base percentage, and 23rd in slugging. The pitching is even worse, 28th in ERA (5.18), 26th in WHIP, and 29th in the bullpen (5.24 ERA). Reliever Angel Zerpa (6.08 ERA) gets thrown in as a starter and has a double-digit ERA on the road this season. The Royals are on a 17-47 run on the road, are 36-77 as an underdog, plus 12-42 after two or more straight road games. Oakland topped Kansas City 6-4 yesterday and plays its fourth straight home game. With Oakland 67-48 versus teams that have a bullpen ERA of 4.20 or worse, back home field. Play Oakland.