MLB

Athletics at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball
Athletics
27-44, 15-21 Away
Final
6 - 4
Kansas City Royals
34-36, 19-17 Home

Athletics end 14-game road losing streak, beat Royals 6-4

Athletics vs. Kansas City Royals: Game Highlights

Severino (2-6) allowed six hits and a first-inning run on an RBI double by Salvador Perez. He surrendered 17 hits and 13 earned runs in his two previous starts covering 11 1/3 innings.

Wynns hit his fourth home run — a solo shot with two outs in the second off Royals starter Michael Wacha (3-6) — to tie it 1-1. Urías hit Wacha’s second pitch in the fourth out to left for his seventh homer and a 3-1 lead. Nick Kurtz drove in the second run for the A's with a two-out single in the third.

The Athletics pulled away after Wacha left with two on and one out in the sixth.

Jacob Wilson greeted reliever Steven Cruz with a single to load the bases. Cruz fanned Brent Rooker on three pitches but walked Tyler Soderstrom to force in a run. Max Muncy followed with a two-run single for a 6-1 advantage. Cruz fanned Kurtz with his 22nd pitch to end the inning. Wilson went 2 for 5 and scored twice.

Nick Loftin had a two-run triple in a three-run ninth as the Athletics held on for their fifth victory in their last 29 games.

Wacha gave up five runs on nine hits in 5 1/3 innings. Taylor Clarke pitched two scoreless innings after Cruz got two outs.

Key moment Muncy's two-out, two-run single in the sixth following the bases-loaded walk to Soderstrom proved to be the difference.

Key stat The Athletics began the day with the worst ERA in the AL at 5.63 while allowing the most home runs — 104.

Up next The Athletics haven't announced Saturday's starter opposite Royals RHP Michael Lorenzen (4-6, 4.94 ERA).

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Waters popped out to shortstop.
9th Inning Isbel struck out looking.
9th Inning Rave hit sacrifice fly to center, Loftin scored.
9th Inning Loftin tripled to left, Perez scored and Caglianone scored.
9th Inning Caglianone walked, Perez to second.
9th Inning Perez walked.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
1 Hit By Pitch 0
10 Ground Balls 16
8 Strikeouts 2
6 Runs Batted In 4
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
11 Hits 7
1 Stolen Bases 1
3 Walks 4
0 Catcher Interference 0
6 Runs 4
0 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 1
38 At Bats 32
2 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
15 Runners Left On Base 10
0 Triples 1
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
0 Doubles 2
20 Fly Balls 15
0 Caught Stealing 0
143 Pitches 134
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
17 Total Bases 11
42 Plate Appearances 37
324.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
2 Extra Base Hits 3
6.4 Runs Created 3.5
.289 Batting Average .219
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.447 Slugging Percentage .344
.263 Secondary Average .281
.357 On Base Percentage .297
.805 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .641
0.5 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.1
6.4 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 3.5
42.0 Batter Rating 30.5
19.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.40 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.62
.158 Isolated Power .125
0.38 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 2.00
.071 Walks Per Plate Appearance .108
-.026 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .063
12.0 Runs Produced 8.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.2
91.5 MLB Rating 79.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Kauffman Stadium

Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 29,586 | Capacity:
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