Royals stick it to the A's

Gil Meche allowed only two runs as the Royals beat the A's 5 to 2 Tuesday night in Oakland. The A's continue to struggle to score runs and are loser of five or their last six games. Mark Ellis on the teams lack of scoring "It's not fun. We've got to keep working to have good at-bats as a team. We've got to make pitchers work more. We're not scoring a lot of runs," he said. "That's the whole key to everything. We have a reputation as a team to be patient, so guys like to throw strikes at us right away." Ellis got rid of some of the hitting funk by going 2 for 4 with a run scored and an rbi.