Noah Cameron tossed another gem for the Kansas City Royals in their showdown with the Athletics on Sunday, further cementing the young lefty in the history books.

Eric Hosmer is one of the most important players in the history of the Kansas City Royals. He didn't stick around long enough or accumulate enough counting stats to ever be considered for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, though.

Still, the Royals sit just three games back of a playoff spot and the next month will be critical for them to stop the bleeding and turn things around. That will require the offense to improve, and according to Jim Bowden at The Athletic, the Royals are looking at the trade market for corner outfielders.

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Pena and the Astros open a series with the Athletics, who are trying to pull themselves out of an awful slump where they went 7-24 over a 31-game stretch. But they’ve won six of their last 10, including a three-game sweep of the Royals.

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Loftin set the tone for the inning. The Royals followed suit with four consecutive singles as Bobby Witt Jr. added to his RBI total. Witt, who homered in the second inning, added his third and fourth RBIs of the game.

Nick Kurtz hit a solo ninth-inning homer to rally the Athletics to a 3-2 win and three-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals.

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