Once again, the Royals didn’t make the scoreboard spin, but they put together enough offense to halt a losing streak, and besides Jason Vargas required very little support from the offense.
Vargas was at his best Thursday in the Royals’ 3-1 victory, keeping A’s hitters off balance all night.
It was Vargas who ended the Royals’ three-game losing streak to open the season and got them into the victory column last week in Houston, and he was better on Thursday when he ended another three-game skid.
His line read 7 2/3 innings, four hits and two runs with eight strikeouts and one walk in the top performance by a Royals starter this season.