Athletics look to stop 7-game road slide, play the Royals

Oakland Athletics (19-29, fourth in the AL West) vs. Kansas City Royals (28-19, second in the AL Central) Kansas City, Missouri; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: JP Sears (3-2, 3.96 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 35 strikeouts); Royals: Brady Singer (3-2, 2.84 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 52 strikeouts) : LINE Royals -172, Athletics +144; over/under is 8 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Oakland Athletics visit the Kansas City Royals looking to stop a seven-game road losing streak. Kansas City is 28-19 overall and 17-8 at home. The Royals have the ninth-best team ERA in MLB play at 3.42. Oakland has a 9-16 record on the road and a 19-29 record overall. The Athletics are 13-4 in games when they out-hit their