Marcus Semien provided just enough early offense and Mike Fiers and three Oakland relievers combined to shut down the Kansas City Royals in a 2-1 victory Tuesday night.
Mike Montgomery (3-7) shook off a shaky start to put together another quality outing, despite struggling again with his command. Montgomery surrendered an unearned run in the first and another run in the second, but gave up nothing else through 6 1/3 innings. He walked three batters and hit another and has now issued eight walks over his last three starts after walking three total in his first five starts with the Royals.
Jakob Junis starts tonight against the A’s