Overview

• Oakland scored six runs on nine hits off Royals starter Michael Wacha to end their longest road skid of the season.
• Luis Severino allowed one run on five hits over 7.2 innings, lowering his road ERA to an MLB-best 0.93.
• Austin Wynns and Luis Urías hit solo homers and Max Muncy delivered a two-run single to fuel the Athletics’ offense.
• The Royals suffered their fourth straight loss and have gone 10-20 over their last 30 games.
• Michael Lorenzen is slated to start for Kansas City against Oakland’s Jacob Lopez in Saturday’s rematch.