Seth Lugo struck out 10 and earned his American League-leading seventh victory as the Kansas City Royals beat the Oakland Athletics 5-3 Saturday night. The Royals improved to 28-19, nine games over .500 for the first time since the end of the 2015 season, when they went on to win the World Series. Kansas City also claimed its eighth series win of the season, a mark the Royals didn't reach until mid-September in 2023.
BY AVERY OSEN KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Cole Ragans allowed two hits in seven scoreless innings, Michael Massey and Maikel Garcia homered and the Kansas City Royals beat Oakland 6-2 on Friday night to extend the Athletics losing streak to a season-high six. Ragans (3-3) walked two and struck out seven, rebounding from a 9-3 loss at the Los Angeles Angels when he allowed seven runs and eight hits. He has three scoreless starts of at least six innings this season. Chris Stratton and Matt Sauers finished the four-hitter, the ninth time Oakland has been held to four hits or fewer. Oakland has been outscored 36-6 during its losing streak, which dropped the A's to 19-28. “We just need to continue to
“I guess it’s a new year, a new tradition,” one Royals player said.
No | Player | P |
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63 | P | |
59 | P | |
50 | P | |
21 | P | |
43 | P | |
67 | P | |
48 | P | |
66 | P | |
55 | P | |
65 | P | |
46 | P | |
51 | P | |
31 | P | |
35 | P | |
38 | P | |
52 | P | |
30 | P | |
61 | P |
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34 | C | |
13 | C |
No | Player | P |
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26 | 2B | |
11 | 3B | |
19 | 2B | |
9 | 1B | |
7 | SS |
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44 | LF | |
2 | CF | |
28 | CF | |
1 | LF | |
16 | RF | |
17 | LF |