Witt homers as the Royals earn their fifth straight win with a four-game sweep of the Athletics

Kansas City Royals secured their fifth consecutive victory with a four-game sweep of the Athletics in a game played on Thursday. The latest triumph saw Bobby Witt Jr. deliver a standout performance, hitting a home run and contributing three runs to the team's final score of 6-2. This win marked the Royals' first four-game sweep of the season and added to their streak of five straight victories.

Gage Jump (5-8) took the loss for the Athletics, allowing five runs on eight hits in four innings. Rookie Randy Dobnak (1-1) managed to secure a win as he pitched 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. Connor Thomas, who had been dealing with a left hand muscle strain, had returned to action just the day prior.

The Royals took an early lead in the bottom of the first inning with Witt's 16th home run. Maikel Garcia followed with a double, but left the game prematurely due to a left hamstring injury acquired after rounding third on Salvador Perez’s grounder. Despite Garcia's departure, the team added two runs in the third inning on a two-out, bases-loaded single by Isaac Collins. The Royals continued to dominate, adding two more runs in the fifth inning with a triple by Nick Loftin and a single by Perez.

The Athletics managed to score two runs in the fifth inning after three straight walks and a double by Brian Serven, along with a ground out by Donovan Walton, which drove in the runs. A late rally by the Royals was completed with a double by Michael Massey. The Athletics, who will face the Astros in Houston on Friday, will be without J.T.

Ginn, who is set to pitch for the A's. The Astros have yet to announce their starter for the game. The Royals will be set to welcome the Detroit Tigers, who will send RHP Troy Melton (7-1, 1.71 ERA) to face LHP Noah Cameron (7-8, 4.16).