A's crush Royals to finally end nine-game slide

The struggling Oakland Athletics took advantage of some bumbling Kansas City defense to pile up their most offense in more than three weeks, helping them snap a nine-game losing streak with a 9-3 victory over the Royals on Saturday.
Jun 2, 2012, 06:49 pm - Associated Press
OAK
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B. McCarthy
win

B. McCarthy4-3

6.0 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 2 K, 2 BB
L. Hochevar
loss

L. Hochevar3-6

4.2 IP, 5 H, 6 ER, 3 K, 3 BB

Scoring Summary

Inning

OAKKC
1stC Cowgill grounded out to shortstop, J Weeks scored.10
1stJ Francoeur singled to left, A Gordon scored, M Moustakas to second.11
4thY Cespedes scored on L Hochevar's wild pitch.21
5thJ Reddick tripled to deep right, K Suzuki and J Weeks scored.41
5thY Cespedes singled to right, J Reddick scored.51
5thK Ka'aihue doubled to deep right center, Y Cespedes scored.61
6thE Hosmer doubled to deep left, B Butler scored, J Francoeur to third.62
7thY Betancourt hit sacrifice fly to center, J Dyson scored.63
8thA Rosales singled to right center, K Suzuki and C Pennington scored.83
8thJ Reddick safe at first on error by shortstop A Escobar, A Rosales scored, C Cowgill to second.93
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