The Royals let one slip between their fingers last night after a five run eighth inning, they allowed the Athletics to score six in the bottom half of that inning. Danny Duffy gets the call in this one. He is 7-8 on the year with a 3.68 ERA. Paul Blackburn will counter for Oakland. He was just hammered in his last outing, giving up four runs, two walks and ten hits in just over five innings of work against the Orioles. That was a career worst for him. He has alternated bad and good starts in his last 8 starts. We'll look for Oakland and Blackburn to get the win at home here Wednesday afternoon.