Ejections: KC Manager Whitey Herzog by Ken Kaiser [Interference
call]
Time of Game: 3:00 Attendance: 38841
Starting Lineups:
Oakland Athletics Kansas City Royals
1. Dilone rf Patek ss
2. Fuentes 2b White 2b
3. Guerrero ss Brett 3b
4. Page dh McRae dh
5. Revering 1b Cowens rf
6. Duncan 3b Porter c
7. Alston lf Zdeb lf
8. Essian c Hurdle 1b
9. Armas cf Wilson cf
Conroy p Leonard p
ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone struck out; Debut game for Tim
Conroy; Fuentes struck out; Guerrero singled to center; Page
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled to center; Patek stole second; White
flied out to right; Brett grounded out (third to first); McRae
was hit by a pitch; Cowens lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering grounded out (pitcher to first); Duncan
struck out; Alston grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Porter flied out to right; Zdeb flied out to center;
Hurdle walked; Wilson forced Hurdle (second unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Essian singled to left; Armas out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Essian to second]; Dilone struck out;
Fuentes reached on an error by Hurdle [Essian scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Fuentes to second]; Guerrero singled to right [Fuentes
scored (unearned), Guerrero to second (on throw to home)]; Page
homered to right (unearned) [Guerrero scored (unearned)];
Revering singled to right; Duncan forced Revering (shortstop to
second); 4 R (0 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Patek walked; White made an out to catcher; Frank
White called for interference; Royals Manager Whitey Herzog
ejected by HP umpire Ken Kaiser; Patek stole second; Brett
grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae walked; Cowens popped
to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 4,
Royals 0.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Alston singled to right; Alston stole second
[Alston to third (error by Porter)]; Essian walked; Armas walked
[Essian to second]; Dilone singled to left [Alston scored,
Essian to third, Armas to second]; Fuentes popped to second;
Guerrero grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Dilone out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Porter singled to center; Zdeb forced Porter
(shortstop to second); Hurdle walked [Zdeb to second]; Wilson
walked [Zdeb to third, Hurdle to second]; BROBERG REPLACED
CONROY (PITCHING); Patek hit a sacrifice fly to center [Zdeb
scored, Hurdle to third, Wilson to second]; White struck out; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 1.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Page popped to second; Revering struck out;
Duncan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5,
Royals 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Brett flied out to center; McRae walked; Cowens
singled to left [McRae to second]; Porter popped to shortstop;
BRAUN BATTED FOR ZDEB; Braun popped to first in foul territory;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 1.
ATHLETICS 6TH: BRAUN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Alston lined
to center; Essian singled to left; Armas popped to catcher in
foul territory; On a bunt Dilone singled to third [Essian to
second]; Fuentes struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5,
Royals 1.
ROYALS 6TH: EDWARDS REPLACED FUENTES (PLAYING 2B); Hurdle
doubled to left [Hurdle to third (error by Alston)]; POQUETTE
BATTED FOR WILSON; Poquette reached on a fielder's choice
[Hurdle out at home (pitcher to third to catcher), Poquette to
second]; Patek popped to third; White flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 1.
ATHLETICS 7TH: POQUETTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); COWENS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Guerrero popped to first; Page
walked; Page was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Revering popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5,
Royals 1.
ROYALS 7TH: Brett grounded out (first unassisted); McRae doubled
to right; Cowens singled to center [McRae to third]; Porter
grounded out (first unassisted) [McRae scored, Cowens to
second]; Braun flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, Royals 2.
ATHLETICS 8TH: MINGORI REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Duncan
grounded out (second to first); Alston popped to shortstop;
Essian flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5,
Royals 2.
ROYALS 8TH: LACEY REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); GROSS REPLACED
DUNCAN (PLAYING 3B); Hurdle grounded out (pitcher to first);
TERRELL BATTED FOR POQUETTE; Terrell singled to left; Patek
singled to left [Terrell to second]; White singled to left
[Terrell scored, Patek to second]; Brett lined to second; SOSA
REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Patek was caught stealing third
(catcher to third); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 3.
ATHLETICS 9TH: LACOCK REPLACED TERRELL (PLAYING 1B); HURDLE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Armas popped to shortstop;
Dilone flied out to left; Edwards grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 3.
ROYALS 9TH: McRae doubled to right; Cowens singled to left
[McRae to third]; HEAVERLO REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Porter
lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [McRae scored]; Braun
singled to right [Cowens to third]; Hurdle grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Braun out at
second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Athletics 5 9 1 6
Royals 4 12 2 13
