Profar homers, A's hold off Royals 9-8 to take 4-game series

Jurickson Profar homered and drove in three runs, Seth Brown added two RBI and the Oakland Athletics held off the Kansas City Royals 9-8 on Thursday to cap a four-game series victory.
Aug 30, 2019, 12:16 pm - Associated Press
OAK
KC
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Y. Petit
win

Y. Petit4-3

1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB
G. Sparkman
loss

G. Sparkman3-10

4.1 IP, 9 H, 7 ER, 1 K, 1 BB
L. Hendriks
save

L. Hendriks17

1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 5 K, 0 BB

Scoring Summary

Inning

OAKKC
1stProfar hit by pitch, Semien scored, Canha to second, Olson to third.10
1stSoler homered to left center (391 feet), Merrifield scored.12
4thProfar homered to right center (411 feet), Brown scored.32
4thSemien singled to left, Pinder scored.42
5thBrown singled to center, Canha scored.52
5thJoseph walked, Brown scored, Pinder to second, Profar to third.62
5thPhegley hit sacrifice fly to left, Profar scored.72
5thSoler grounded into fielder's choice to third, Dini scored and Dini scored on throwing error by third baseman Pinder, Merrifield to second.73
5thCuthbert doubled to deep left, Merrifield scored and Soler scored, Dozier to third.75
6thBrown reached on infield single to second, Grossman scored.85
8thDini singled to right, O'Hearn scored, Starling to third.86
8thN. Lopez reached on infield single to second, Starling scored, Dini to second.87
9thJoseph fouled out to third, Brown scored, Profar to third.97
9thO'Hearn singled to right center, Gordon scored.98
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