In a mostly uninteresting game of baseball at the Coliseum, the Royals prevailed over the A’s by a 5-1 score.
It turns out that facing Oakland is a good way to get a pitcher back on track. Daniel Lynch, who had been struggling in his last several starts, threw five strong innings. He struck out ten batters, blowing away his previous career high of seven, and generated a whopping 23 swings and misses, also a career high. He allowed just two hard hit balls and one run, which scored on a wild pitch in the second inning.
The Royals made a ton of hard contact off Frankie Montas, swatting ten hits in his five innings.