Kansas City Royals at Oakland Athletics

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Kansas City Royals

41-34, 16-20 Away

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Oakland Athletics

28-48, 17-20 Home

Luis Medina gets his 1st win in more than 11 months as the Athletics beat the Royals 5-1

Medina (1-2) had lost five straight decisions since beating Boston on July 18 last season but was sharp against the struggling Royals. He allowed one run on an RBI double by Bobby Witt Jr. and six hits in 5 2/3 innings for the win in front of an announced crowd of 4,557 fans.

“All the time when I go out there, I'm just trying to do a good job and help my teammates,” Medina said. “Every game we try to make an adjustment and try to be better every day. Every time I go out there, I'm trying to put my team in a good situation.”

Brett Rooker hit a pair of RBI singles, Miguel Andujar had three hits and an RBI and Zack Gelof hit a solo homer to provide the offense for Oakland. Medina and the bullpen did the rest, giving the A’s their first back-to-back wins since a six-game winning streak that ended May 4.

A's relievers threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings, ending a streak of 13 games that the bullpen allowed at least one run.

The Royals have lost eight of their last 10 games, including back-to-back games against an A's team that has the second worst record in the American League .

Ragans pitched well, allowing only four hits in six innings but ran into trouble in the third inning when he walked Max Schuemann and JJ Bleday to open the frame. Andujar and Rooker followed with singles to make to give Oakland a 2-0 lead.

“His stuff was good,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “Those walks came back to haunt him there in the third inning. They capitalized on those and that’s all he gave up. His stuff was really good. He gave us six solid innings, two runs, and gave us a chance to win.”

Andujar has 10 multi-hit games since coming off the injured list May 24, providing a big boost after starting the year on the injured list recovering from knee surgery.

“He's just a hitter,” manager Mark Kotsay said. “You don't see these types of hitters that often in the current game that just have bat to ball skills, along with the ability to hit it with some force and exit velo. We talked about the impact he could have once we got him back. Ten multi-hit games is an impact to the offense and a real positive to the middle of the order.”

After Witt's double got Kansas City on the board in the fifth, the A's got some insurance in the seventh inning with RBI singles to Rooker and Tyler Nevin against John Schreiber to make it 4-1.

Gelof added his seventh homer of the season in the eighth inning.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: RHP Dan Altavilla left in the eighth inning after hurting his back after throwing ball four to Schuemann. There was no immediate word on the severity of the injury.

Athletics: INF Abraham Toro is dealing with shoulder soreness from a swing on Sunday and was held out of the lineup. Kotsay said he's hopeful Toro can avoid a stint on the IL.

RHP Seth Lugo (10-2, 2.40 ERA) looks for his Major League-leading 11th win when he starts the series finale for Kansas City against RHP Mitch Spence (4-3, 3.95).

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Matchup Prediction

Athletics: 34.7%

Royals: 65.3%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Isbel struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Velázquez popped out to first.
	9th Inning	Frazier struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Loftin walked.
	9th Inning	Miller relieved Adams
	8th Inning	Andujar grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

KC		OAK
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	13
7	Strikeouts	7
1	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
17	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
137	Pitches	152
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	12
36	Plate Appearances	39
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
3.2	Runs Created	4.9
.242	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.333	Slugging Percentage	.375
.182	Secondary Average	.344
.306	On Base Percentage	.385
.639	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.760
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
3.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.3
18.0	Batter Rating	33.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.81	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.90
.091	Isolated Power	.125
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.083	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.179
-.061	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.094
2.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
72.8	MLB Rating	83.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0