OAKLAND — The A’s gave one away Monday night.
Their six-game win streak ended when the Kansas City Royals — losers of 95 games this season — scored two runs in the ninth off closer Liam Hendricks for a 6-5 win in front of 12,902 fans at the Coliseum.
The A’s, beginning their final homestand of the regular season, took a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the eighth.
The Royals drew when No. 9 hitter Brett Phillips, who entered the game batting .163 with one home run, deposited a 2-0 pitch from Hendricks over the right-field fence.