Montas, Davis lead Athletics past Royals 7-2

Oakland, California: Frankie Montas pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning to win his third straight start since being called up from the minors and Khris Davis homered twice to lead the Oakland Athletics to a 7-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.

Dustin Fowler also homered and Jonathan Lucroy drove in three runs to help the A’s send the Royals to their sixth straight loss and drop them to a season-worst 22 games under .500.

Montas (3-0) was the beneficiary of the big night from Oakland’s bats even if he didn’t need much help. He followed up his eight scoreless innings in a win at Kansas City last Friday night with another sharp outing.