The Oakland Athletics spoiled the return of former Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke with a 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.
Aledmys Díaz added three RBI for the A’s, and Brent Rooker had two hits a day after hitting his second game-ending home run of the season.
The game attracted a crowd of 4,021, with chants of “Sell the team” echoing throughout a mostly quiet Coliseum during much of the evening.
Greinke had been out for two weeks with a right elbow injury before being activated off the injured list prior to Tuesday’s game pitched out of the bullpen for the first time since 2021.
Royals’ LHP Cole Ragans (4-4, 4.08 ERA) faces the A’s for the fourth time in his career in the series finale Wednesday at the Coliseum at 2:35.