KANSAS CITY, Mo. — — Austin Wynns and Luis Urías hit home runs, Luis Severino pitched 7 2/3 strong innings, and the Athletics beat Kansas City 6-4 on Friday night to end a 14-game road losing streak and hand the Royals their fourth straight loss.
Severino (2-6) allowed six hits and a first-inning run on an RBI double by Salvador Perez.
Wynns hit his fourth home run — a solo shot with two outs in the second off Royals starter Michael Wacha (3-6) — to tie it 1-1. Urías hit Wacha’s second pitch in the fourth out to left for his seventh homer and a 3-1 lead. Nick Kurtz drove in the second run for the A’s with a two-out single in the third.
The Athletics pulled away after Wacha left with two on and one out in the sixth.
Royals RHP Michael Lorenzen (4-6, 4.94 ERA) goes this afternoon at 3:10.