Kansas City at Oakland

Oakland can sweep the three-game series with a win today after defeating the Royals 5-1 yesterday, featuring two RBI singles by Brent Rooker, and 3 1/3 scoreless innings by the Athletics bullpen. Kansas City has dropped six games back in the AL Central by losing eight of 10 and four of its past six games have gone UNDER. Oakland is 19-12 UNDER its past 31 games. Mitch Spence has made one appearance against the Royals this year and gave up a run on five hits in 4 2/3 innings. The Royals have lost two of Seth Lugo's past three starts and he has allowed 11 runs on 20 hits in 19 innings. Oakland is 8-2 UNDER its past 10 games as a home underdog and 8-2 UNDER at home against teams with losing road records. Also, Oakland is 7-0 UNDER versus teams that allowed at least five runs their previous game. Take the Athletics and the UNDER.