The Kansas City Royals are not playing to the level that many expected this season and the team has seemed to reach their breaking point after another loss.

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The Royals (34-38) fell victim to their second straight sweep, falling 3-2 to the Athletics (29-44) at Kauffman Stadium.

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Luis Severino continued his dominance on the road by allowing just one run in 7 2/3 innings as the Athletics snapped their 14-game road losing streak with a 6-4 win over the scuffling Kansas City Royals on Friday.

Major League Baseball draft, Alex Gordon is the 20th player in Kansas City franchise history to be inducted into the Royals Hall of Fame. Gordon was inducted Friday at Kauffman Stadium, just ahead of the game between the Royals and Athletics.

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Loftin set the tone for the inning. The Royals followed suit with four consecutive singles as Bobby Witt Jr. added to his RBI total. Witt, who homered in the second inning, added his third and fourth RBIs of the game.

Jac Caglianone hit into some tough luck all night but that hardly dampened his spirits: "I was just soaking in the sights."