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- Updated: September 13, 2016
KANSAS CITY — With just 19 games remaining, the defending World Series champion Royals can’t afford many more losses.
So the start of an eight-game homestand against two non-contending teams was supposed to serve as a potential springboard. Instead, the Royals suffered a 16-3 loss at the hands of the A’s on Monday night at Kauffman Stadium.
The Royals had a chance to gain on Baltimore in the race for the American League’s second Wild Card spot but instead remained four games back.
The A’s battered Royals pitching for 17 hits. Royals starter Dillon Gee never made it out of the fourth, giving up five hits and five runs while walking …
