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WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Mike Yastrzemski<\/a> hit two solo home runs, Cole Ragans<\/a> struck out eight in 4 1\/3 innings and the Kansas City Royals<\/a> defeated the Athletics<\/a> 9-2 on Sunday.<\/p>\n Yastrzemski hit a homer deep to right in the seventh inning off Michael Kelly<\/a> and homered to right off Osvaldo Bido<\/a> in the eighth. Yastrzemski hit 17 homers, including nine with the Royals after he was traded from the Giants<\/a> at the deadline.<\/p>\n Michael Massey<\/a> had four of Kansas City\u2019s 15 hits. Catcher Carter Jensen<\/a> had three, including a homer just after Yastrzemski\u2019s seventh-inning home run.<\/p>\n Bobby Witt Jr. hit a two-run double in the seventh. The Kansas City shortstop led the majors in hits for the second straight year. He had 184 this season after collecting 211 in 2024.<\/p>\n Ragans limited the A\u2019s to two hits and a walk. Lefty Daniel Lynch IV (6-2) got the victory. Lynch entered the game with the bases loaded and two outs in the fifth and escaped the jam by striking out Nick Kurtz<\/a>.<\/p>\n Kurtz hit an opposite-field two-run homer off lefty Sam Long<\/a> in the eighth. The Athletics\u2019 first baseman leads all rookies in home runs (36), RBIs (86), runs (90) and walks (63).<\/p>\n Brady Basso<\/a> (1-1), the first of seven Athletics pitchers, took the loss.<\/p>\n Ragans struck out four consecutive hitters over the third and fourth innings. Max Muncy<\/a>, Willie MacIver<\/a>, Colby Thomas<\/a> and Kurtz each went down on a swinging strike three.<\/p>\n The three homers the A\u2019s allowed Sunday boosted their season total to 222, a franchise record. The previous mark was 220, set by the 1964 Kansas City A\u2019s.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\nKey moment<\/h2>\n
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