Cahill tosses shutout as A's top Royals

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08/03/2010 - Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Trevor Cahill threw the first shutout of his career as the Oakland Athletics took a 6-0 win over the Kansas City Royals in the first of a three-game set.

Cahill (11-4), who also recorded the first complete game of his career, gave up just three hits and four walks with three strikeouts for the Athletics, who had dropped three of four coming in. Rajai Davis hit a two-run homer in the win.

Wilson Betemit hit a double for the only extra-base hit for the Royals, who were coming off a series win against Baltimore. Brian Bannister (7-11) was tagged for five runs on seven hits with four walks and four strikeouts over five innings.

Oakland jumped on top in the first as Kevin Kouzmanoff's RBI single scored Kurt Suzuki, who worked a one-out walk and moved to second on Jack Cust's walk.

The A's made it a 3-0 game in the fourth as back-to-back singles from Adam Rosales and Davis were followed by a two-run double from Matt Watson.

In the fifth, Cust led off with a single and, three batters later, Davis belted a shot over the left field wall for a 5-0 lead.

Cahill, meanwhile, was cruising through his start as the only hit he gave up through the first six innings was a single to Mitch Maier in the third.

Cahill set the Royals down in order in the seventh, but got into a bit of trouble in the eighth.

Betemit led off with a double and Alex Gordon followed with a walk. Cahill, though, got Maier to fly out and Yuniesky Betancourt to hit into a 6-4-3 double play to end the frame.

Oakland added a run in the eighth as Coco Crisp's single off the glove of Chris Getz scored Gabe Gross for a 6-0 advantage.

With one out in the ninth, Getz hit a single, but Cahill got pinch-hitter Kila Ka'aihue to hit into a 5-4-3 double play to finish the contest.

Game Notes

Oakland has gotten complete games from its last three starters. It's the first time the team has accomplished that feat since September 8-10, 2000...Oakland has won all four meetings with Kansas City this season...Bannister has dropped his past five starts and is 0-6 over his last seven starts...Cahill improved to 3-0 in four starts against the Royals while Bannister fell to 1-6 over 10 games against the Athletics...Oakland turned five double plays in the game.

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