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KANSAS CITY, Mo. Air Jordan Retro 5 Cheap . -- Christian Colon hit his first career home run, and top prospect Hunter Dozier doubled for his first major league hit.They both came way too late for the Kansas City Royals to avoid an embarrassing sweep.Stephen Vogt homered and drove in five runs, Ryon Healy hit a mammoth three-run homer and the Oakland Athletics routed the defending World Series champions 14-5 on Thursday night.Oakland put a huge dent in the Royals diminishing playoff chances, sweeping a four-game road series at Kansas City for the first time. The As outscored the Royals 43-12, the largest run differential for Oakland over a four-game series in franchise history.Kansas City has lost eight of its past nine home games.Its been tough, Colon said. Were not used to this, so its hard.Royals starter Edinson Volquez (10-11) faced 22 batters and nine scored in 3 1/3 innings. He allowed nine runs on seven hits and four walks.In his past four starts, Volquez has given up 20 earned runs on 32 hits and nine walks in 18 1/3 innings for a 9.82 ERA.I was inconsistent, Volquez said. Ive been getting hit with all my pitches. I think my changeup always gets me out of trouble, but Im still getting hit with that pitch, so thats a bad sign for me.Chris Young, the third Royals pitcher, yielded the home run to Vogt and has served up 28 in 85 innings.Colons three-run shot in a five-run ninth came in his 293rd major league at-bat.It felt good off the bat, he said. I wish it was under different circumstances, but it is what it is.A big monkey off my back, for sure. Hopefully theres many more.Dillon Overton gave up all the Kansas City runs in the ninth and has allowed 12 homers in 22 1/3 innings this season.I faced Overton a couple of times when we played (Triple-A) Nashville, so I knew he was a fastball/changeup guy, Dozier said. He has a good changeup, so I was just looking to hit a good fastball early and he gave me one.Those were the only Royals bright spots in the finale of a dismal series.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.Has he ever hit a ball farther?I really dont think so, Healy said. It was a changeup. I saw it well. I kept my hands back and tried to drive the ball to the outfield to score those runs.Marcus Semien, who knocked in four runs and hit a three-run shot in the eighth for his 25th homer, could not believe the distance on Healys drive.Ive never seen a ball hit up there, Semien said.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, striking out six without a walk.VARGAS TO STARTRoyals lefty Jason Vargas, who needed reconstructive elbow surgery and hasnt pitched since July 21, 2015, will start Saturday against the White Sox. Vargas will be on a 45-pitch limit over three innings. Kansas City 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.TRAINERS ROOMRoyals 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 NEXTRoyals RHP Ian Kennedy, who is 5-0 with a 2.16 ERA since the start of August, will pitch Friday against the White Sox. Cheap Jordan 5 Ireland . Laudrup revealed Thursday he was notified of his dismissal in "the briefest of letters which gave no reasons why such hasty and final action was deemed necessary. Wholesale Air Jordan 5 . Numbers Game examines the deal that sees Michael Del Zotto and Kevin Klein switch places. The Predators Get: D Michael Del Zotto. http://www.airjordan5ireland.com/ . Brett Kulak and Jackson Houck of the Vancouver Giants were each charged with assault causing bodily harm on Aug. 18, according to the B.C. court services. It seems speculation linking AFL club Gold Coast with Fremantle superstar Nat Fyfe isnt completely off the mark.News Corp Australia reported the Suns have offered two first-round picks and potentially a player to the Dockers in an effort to broker a deal for Fyfe.Gold Coast coach Rodney Eade suggested talk of a potential trade involving the reigning Brownlow medallist was fanciful.We havent thought about and discussed that, Eade said after a dismal 71-point loss to Collingwood.Wed be interested in any quality player. Im 100 per cent certain that we have not spoken to Fremantle.But Eade later conceded list managers talk to player managers all around, all over.Those conversations would be going on. Id imagine something has been flown, he said.But as a club we havent discussed it.Id imagine if were going to make a full-blown investigation or an appeal on one player, then yes we would know.Eade then added you can fantasise and dream, cheekily likening Fyfe to Gold Coast captain Gary Ablett.The Suns successfully convinced Ablett to leave Geelong at age 26, offering a million-dollar carrot andd the chance to help launch the expansion club. Jordan 5 For Sale Cheap. .Youd love to get Gary Ablett at 25 years of age, when he was playing well at Geelong, Eade said.Everyone would have fantasised bout that.Meanwhile, Eade was upbeat in-demand youngster Jaeger OMeara would decide to stay with the Suns.Were still hopeful, confident .. we havent had an answer, Eade said.Some indications are actually positive internally, so well just have to wait and see.Eade admitted he was looking forward to the end of the season, pointing to the clubs tired youngsters and a glut of injuries.About three weeks ago I was, yeah, Eade said.Thats a fact of life with the numbers weve got.I was talking to a coach the other week when we played against them and he said oh jeez, wed down to 31 or 32 players. I said well get down to 23 or 24 and see how it feels.Ive been really pleased with the mental character of the guys hanging in ... we should be resting about six or seven of them but we cant. ' ' '