On Monday night, the Oakland Athletics took their hot streak into Kansas City to face the sputtering offense of the Royals. Going up against former teammate Homer Bailey, who was traded to Oakland on July 14th, Kansas City would not only struggle at the plate, but in the field as well. Bludgeoned for 19 runs on 22 hits, the Athletics smoked the Royals before the sixth inning and proceeded to dismantle them by a score of 19-4.
To oppose Bailey was 24-year-old Brad Keller. Coming off a scoreless outing in which he managed to toss six frames, the right-hander would be on a pitch count for the evening and rest of the season.