Mike Fiers extends win streak in Oakland Athletics’ win over Kansas City Royals

KANSAS CITY — A day after scoring a season-high 19 runs, the A’s scored only two — and still won, beating the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Tuesday night.

Mike Fiers extended his win streak to 11 games, scattering eight hits over 5 1/3 innings. Fiers (13-3) departed in the sixth inning with a runner on second, but Yusmeiro Petit stranded him there, getting Bubba Starling to fly out and then striking out Meibrys Viloria.

The A’s (76-55) collected their two runs in the first two innings. Chad Pinder’s bases-loaded walk in the first gave accounted for the first run. Marcus Semien accounted for the second run with a second-inning single that brought home Josh Phegley, who had doubled. It was Semien’s eighth RBI in 24 hours; he had driven in seven of the A’s 19 runs Monday night.

Seth Brown, who mostly played first base in Las Vegas this year, made two spectacular plays in left field. On one, he robbed Cheslor Cuthbert of extra bases with a diving catch. On the other, he made an on-point one-hop throw to nail Viloria at the plate.