Jonathan Broxton got Gomes this time, hitting him on the first pitch he threw with the bases loaded in the 12th inning and forcing Jemile Weeks home for the winning run in the Oakland Athletics' 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday. Moments earlier, Broxton (0-1) plunked new A's cleanup hitter Yoenis Cespedes on the first pitch to load the bases and the closer received a mound visit from pitching coach Dave Eiland. Coco Crisp's RBI groundout earlier in the 12th tied it at 4 after Billy Butler doubled home the go-ahead run in top half of the inning against Andrew Carignan (1-1). A day after rain shortened the Royals' 3-0 win following seven-plus innings, fans got their share of baseball in the finale. The A's now head out for their first real road trip ? a seven-gamer ? considering the two matchups with the Mariners in Tokyo two weeks ago counted as Oakland home games. Gomes hit a two-run homer in the fourth to put the A's ahead and McCarthy in position for his first victory of the season before Fuentes gave it up. Cespedes doubled, swiped third for his first steal and scored on catcher Brayan Pena's throwing error to make it 1-0 in the second. The lanky right-hander retired his first seven batters and looked more in sync than he did in going only five innings his last time out, a 7-3 loss to Seattle in the A's home opener last Friday.
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