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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Stephen Vogt drove in five runs, Ryon Healy hit a mammoth three-run homer and the Oakland Athletics routed the Kansas City Royals 14-5 on Thursday night.The As continued to wreck the Royals diminishing playoff chances, sweeping a four-game road series at Kansas City for the first time in their history. The As outscored the Royals 43-12, the largest Oakland run differential in a four-game series in franchise history.Vogt had a two-run double in a five-run third, walked with the bases loaded in the fourth and hit a two-run homer in the sixth. The five RBI matched a career high.Healy, who had three hits, homered in the third with Khris Davis and Yonder Alonso on base. The ball traveled an estimated 480 feet, landing above the left-field fountains.Healy went 9 for 17 (.529) with two doubles, two home runs and seven RBI in the series.Joey Wendle had his first career four-hit game and scored three runs as the As banged out 16 hits.Rookie right-hander Daniel Mengden (2-7), who was 0-4 with a 9.39 ERA in his previous seven starts, was the beneficiary of the offensive outburst. He held the Royals to three hits over seven scoreless innings to pick up the victory, striking out six with no walks.Royals starter Edinson Volquez (10-11) faced 22 batters and nine scored in 3 1/3 innings. He allowed nine runs and seven hits with four walks. In his past four starts, Volquez has yielded 20 earned runs on 32 hits and nine walks in 18 1/3 innings for a 9.82 ERA.Chris Young, the third Royals pitcher, gave up the home run to Vogt and has allowed 28 home runs in 85 innings.Marcus Semien hit his 25th home run, a three-run shot in the eighth off rookie Brooks Pounders.Christian Colon hit a three-run homer in a five-run ninth as the Royals avoided being shut out for the second straight game.The Royals have lost eight of their past nine home games.VARGAS TO STARTRoyals LHP Jason Vargas, who has not pitched in the majors since July 21, 2015, and needed reconstructive elbow surgery, will start Saturday against the White Sox. Vargas will be on a 45-pitch limit over three innings. Manager Ned Yost said the goal is for Vargas to pitch 10-15 innings before the season ends. Vargas was 5-2 with a 3.98 ERA in nine starts before the injury last year.OVERTON RETURNSThe As recalled LHP Dillon Overton from Triple-A Nashville and he will be used out of the bullpen. Overton gave up all five runs in the ninth.TRAINERS ROOMAthletics: RHP Henderson Alvarez will undergo another shoulder surgery Tuesday and wont pitch this season. Dr. James Andrews will perform arthroscopic surgery. Alvarez was a 2014 All-Star while with the Marlins, but made only four starts last season before needing shoulder surgery on July 28.Royals: OF Lorenzo Cain, who has appeared in only one September game because of a sore left wrist, probably wont return this season. Hes not making great progress, Yost said. Hes getting a little bit better, but were starting to run out of time.UP NEXTAthletics: RHP Kendall Graveman, who is 9-4 with a 3.64 ERA in his past 19 starts, will start the series opener Friday at Texas.Royals: RHP Ian Kennedy, who is 5-0 with a 2.16 ERA since the start of August, will start Friday against the White Sox. Cheap Shoes NX . -- Team after team passed on Andre Ellington in the draft. Air Jordan NZ Outlet . Thousands of fans at Mosaic Stadium will be cozying up to each other in an effort to stay warm in chilly temperatures and block the Prairie wind that locals say can knock your socks off. http://www.airjordanoutletnz.com/ . The home side created most of the chances but struggled to break down Braunschweigs resilient defence, resulting in the Bundesligas 1,000th scoreless draw. Wholesale Air Jordan NZ For Sale . -- Jonathan Drouin gave Halifax the boost it needed to edge host Sherbrooke Phoenix 3-2 in a shootout in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Clearance Jordans Shoes NZ . The news was first reported on Gonzalezs Twitter account and confirmed by the Rockies. Gonzalez has a six-week window before position players have their first workout at spring training in Arizona. Parx Racing has canceled its Monday card in anticipation of hot weather that could prove dangerous for horses and riders as the weekends Northeast heat wave continues.According to Sam Elliott, the tracks director of racing, the Monday forecast calls for a temperature of about 95 and a heat index of 104 in early afternoon, with the heat index crawling up to 106 later in the day.I thought we could be in trouble yesterday, but the humidity stayed in the 30s and it really wasnt too bad, Elliott saaid.dddddddddddd The humidity is supposed to be up over 50 percent Monday, which will make it feel much warmer.Elliott said the early cancellation was made to alert trainers with horses entered on the card. Temperatures are supposed to moderate Tuesday; Parx is planning to run that day.Elliott said the nine canceled races would be brought back over the coming week. ' ' '