Athletics at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball

Athletics

49-79, 26-39 Away

Final
2 - 6

Kansas City Royals

55-74, 33-30 Home

Witt homers as the Royals earn their fifth straight win with a four-game sweep of the Athletics

The Royals have won five straight games and earned their fourth series sweep of the season, but this was the first of four games.

The Athletics have lost 17 of their last 21.

Connor Thomas (1-1) pitched 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief for his first major league win.

Gage Jump (5-8) allowed five runs on eight hits in four innings to take the loss.

Royals starter Randy Dobnak maneuvered through four scoreless innings, allowing 10 baserunners on six hits and four walks.

The Royals took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on Witt's 16th home run.

Maikel Garcia followed with a double, but pulled up clutching his left hamstring after rounding third on Salvador Perez's grounder that eluded shortstop Darell Hernaiz for an error.

Garcia left the game with a left hamstring injury. He had just returned Monday after he had been on the injured list since June 23 with a left hand muscle strain.

The Royals added two in the third on a two-out, bases-loaded single by Isaac Collins. The Royals then added two more runs in the fifth on a triple by Nick Loftin and a single by Perez.

The Athletics scored a pair of runs in the fifth. They loaded the bases on three straight walks before Brian Serven's single and Donovan Walton's ground out drove in the runs.

The Royals answered with one in the fifth on a double by Michael Massey.

Up next The Athletics will face the Astros in Houston on Friday. RHP J.T. Ginn (8-7, 3.53 ERA) will pitch for the A's, while the Astros have not named their starter.

The Royals will welcome the Detroit Tigers, who will send RHP Troy Melton (7-1, 1.71 ERA) to face LHP Noah Cameron (7-8, 4.16).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Gelof grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	McNeil grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Bolte grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Pearson relieved Schreiber
	8th Inning	Perez grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Witt Jr. out at second.
	8th Inning	Rave struck out swinging.

Statistics

ATH		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	13
6	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	13
0	Stolen Bases	1
7	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	6
2	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	35
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
21	Runners Left On Base	23
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
1	Doubles	2
13	Fly Balls	16
1	Caught Stealing	0
170	Pitches	155
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
9	Total Bases	20
39	Plate Appearances	40
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
3.3	Runs Created	8.1
.250	Batting Average	.371
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.281	Slugging Percentage	.571
.219	Secondary Average	.371
.385	On Base Percentage	.450
.666	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.021
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
3.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.1
18.0	Batter Rating	47.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.36	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.88
.031	Isolated Power	.200
1.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.83
.179	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.125
-.031	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
4.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
74.0	MLB Rating	98.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0