KANSAS CITY, Mo. — — Brent Rooker and Ramón Laureano hit back-to-back homers, Ryan Noda drove in three runs and the Oakland Athletics outslugged the Kansas City Royals 12-8 on Friday night in a matchup between the bottom two teams in baseball.
Rooker, Noda, Esteury Ruiz and Tony Kemp each had three of Oakland’s 17 hits, a season high.
Brad Keller (2-3) gave up six earned runs, 11 hits and four walks over 4 1/3 innings.
RHP Brady Singer (2-3, 8.48) on Saturday at 6:10.