Luis Severino continued his dominance on the road by allowing just one run in 7 2/3 innings as the Athletics snapped their 14-game road losing streak with a 6-4 win over the scuffling Kansas City Royals on Friday.
Severino (2-6) owns a 7.10 ERA and an 0-6 record in nine home starts, but he is 2-0 with a 0.93 ERA in six road outings.
The veteran right-hander surrendered only a first-inning run and six hits on Friday while also reaching 1,000 career innings. He struck out one and walked two while helping the A’s post their first road win since May 13.
Austin Wynns and Luis Urias homered for the Athletics, who snapped a three-game overall skid.
Nick Loftin had a two-RBI triple during a three-run ninth off Mason Miller for Kansas City, which has dropped four straight as part of a 10-20 rut. Royals starter Michael Wacha (3-6) was charged with five runs and allowed nine hits with two walks over 5 1/3 innings. He struck out five.
Severino retired the first two batters he faced before Maikel Garcia (three hits) singled and stole second. Vinnie Pasquantino walked on four pitches — extending his on-base streak to 28 games. Salvador Perez then found the left-center-field gap for an RBI double.
The A’s evened things with their own two-out run in the second. In his fourth game since coming over from the Cincinnati Reds, Wynns cleared the left field fence. It was his first homer and first RBI for his new team.
In the third, Wacha allowed a single to Jacob Wilson, walked Brent Rooker and hit Max Muncy with a pitch to load the bases with two outs. Nick Kurtz then smashed a grounder off the glove of diving first baseman Pasquantino for a 2-1 A’s lead.
The Athletics added on in the fourth when Urias found the boxes beyond the left field fence for a solo shot.
Wacha exited with one out in the sixth after allowing a hit to Denzel Clarke and bunt single by Lawrence Butler. Steven Cruz entered and gave up a single to Wilson. After Rooker fanned, Tyler Soderstrom walked home a run, and Muncy singled up the middle to plate two.
The Royals’ Jonathan India left at the start of the seventh inning with an apparent injury.
–Field Level Media
