Oakland has a bad, bad defense.
The Royals and Athletics had a peaceful evening of entertaining baseball, with the Royals retaliating with their bats in a 5-2 victory in Oakland. Kansas City got on the board first with a Kendrys Morales opposite-field home run that just snuck in down the line for a 1-0 lead. But it was the third inning where the Royals got the bulk of their runs with the help of Oakland's porous defense. Lorenzo Cain drove home the first run of the inning, after singles by Alex Rios and Alcides Escobar put runners on the corner.