Jemile Weeks played through some nerves, Gio Gonzalez played through an illness and the Oakland Athletics played well enough for their first series win under interim manager Bob Melvin. Weeks had two hits and drove in three runs, and Hideki Matsui homered to lead the Oakland Athletics to an 8-4 win over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday. Read more: http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=310616111&teams=kansas-city-royals-vs-oakland-athletics
