Kansas City Royals move to 4-0 at Area Code Games

Strong pitching was the order of the day on Monday at the Area Code Games with the three winning teams combining for two shutouts and only one run allowed. The other contest ended in a 1-1 tie.

Undefeated Texas did not play Monday, allowing Kansas City to become the first team to move its record to 4-0 with a win over the Washington Nationals.

Milwaukee Brewers 6, Cincinnati Reds 0
The Brewers bounced back from a loss to the Royals by blanking the Reds. Five Milwaukee pitchers combined to give up just three hits while striking out 10.

Cody Poteet of Christian (El Cajon, Calif.) accounted for half of the strikeout total, fanning five in two innings of work.

Timmy Lopes of Edison (Huntington Beach, Calif.) paced the Milwaukee offense with a pair of RBI singles. C.J. Saylor of South Hills (Covina, Calif.) added a run-scoring double.

Kansas City Royals 7, Washington Nationals 0
The Royals continued to impress by running their record to 4-0 with a shutout of the Nationals.

Clint Coulter of Union (Camas, Wash.) had a huge outing for the winners, going 3-for-3 with two RBIs and two doubles.

Kansas City's Zach Torson of Mountain View (Vancouver, Wash.) struck out four batters in three innings to lead the Royals' pitching attack.

Chicago White Sox 1, Washington Nationals 1
Both the White Sox and the Nationals entered Monday's game winless and they left the game the same way after the tie. Washington is 0-3-1 while the Nationals are 0-2-1.

Kyle Overstreet of Boaz (Ala.) had a pair of hits for the Nationals and scored Washington's only run.

Oakland Athletics 6, New York Yankees 1
The A's raised their Area Code Games record to 2-1 with a 6-1 win in the final game on Monday. Oakland scored all of its runs in the first two innings, including two in the first inning and four in the second.

Zach Green of Jesuit (Carmichael, Calif.) had the game's biggest hit with a two-run double in the first inning. The A's also received RBI singles from Braden Bishop of St. Francis (Mountain View, Calif.) and Max Dutto of San Ramon Valley (Danville, Calif.).

Gabe Cramer of Santa Rosa (Calif.) struck out three batters in his two innings on the mound for the A's.