Nick Allen hit a two-run bloop single in the seventh inning Sunday to enable the Athletics to do something they hadn’t accomplished in over a month.
With a 5-3 road win over the Kansas City Royals, the Athletics not only won back-to-back games for the first time this month but also took two out of three in the series.It was the first time the Athletics won consecutive games since May 25, when they won twice in Seattle. That also happens to be the last series the Athletics won. Their record during the month of June is 5-17 heading into a three-game series in New York against the Yankees. The A’s had lost eight consecutive series.
Seth Brown homered for the Athletics (25-49), a solo shot in the fourth inning. It was his 10th of the season.Sam Moll was the winning pitcher, coming in after starter James Kaprielian. Lou Trivino, coming off a two-inning save Saturday, pitched the ninth for his fourth save, stranding runners at second and third. All five A’s runs scored with two outs.
