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The Royals fall to the Athletics
Posted: 08.17.2012 at 12:14 AM
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(AP) -- Coco Crisp and Yoenis Cespedes  homered, and Dan Straily picked up his first major league victory as the Oakland Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 3-0 on Thursday night.
 
Crisp, who played for the Royals in 2009, was 2 for 27 this season against Kansas City before the home run.
 
Crisp drilled a 2-0 pitch from Luke Hochevar deep to right.

The ball hit high off a green wall beyond the fence and caromed back onto the field.

It was first ruled a double, but manager Bob Melvin disputed that.

After the umpires viewed replays, it was changed to a home run.
 
Straily (1-0), a 24th-round draft pick in 2009, held the Royals to three singles over 6 1-3 innings in his third major league start.

Straily, who walked two and struck out two, pitched out of a bases loaded jam in the second inning.
 
Hochevar (7-11) gave up three runs and four hits in seven-plus innings.

Hochevar is 0-8 with a 6.52 ERA in nine career starts against Oakland.

(Copyright ©2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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