Starting Lineups:
Oakland Athletics Kansas City Royals
1. Durham dh Knoblauch lf
2. Long cf Beltran cf
3. Tejada ss Sweeney 1b
4. Chavez 3b Ibanez rf
5. Dye rf Randa 3b
6. Justice lf Pellow dh
7. Mabry 1b Perez ss
8. Ellis 2b Ordaz 2b
9. Myers c Hinch c
Mulder p Runelvys Hernandez p
ATHLETICS 1ST: Durham struck out; Long flied to center; Tejada
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics
0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Knoblauch flied to center; Beltran grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sweeney struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Chavez struck out; Dye struck out; Justice
grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Ibanez grounded out (third to first); Randa grounded
out (shortstop to first); Pellow was hit by a pitch; Perez
forced Pellow (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Mabry singled to center; Ellis singled to left
[Mabry to second]; Myers walked [Mabry to third, Ellis to
second]; Durham flied to center; Long hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Mabry scored]; Tejada struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Ordaz struck out; Hinch singled to left; Knoblauch
struck out; Hinch was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Royals 0.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Chavez singled to center [Chavez out at second
(center to shortstop)]; Dye doubled to right; Justice singled to
left [Dye scored]; Mabry struck out while Justice stole second;
Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Beltran grounded out (third to first); Sweeney
grounded out (pitcher to first); Ibanez singled to left; Randa
singled to right [Ibanez to second]; Pellow forced Randa (third
to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Royals 0.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Myers grounded out (shortstop to first); Durham
homered to left; Long doubled to center; Tejada grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Long to third]; Chavez flied to center; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Royals 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Perez popped to first; Ordaz grounded out (shortstop
to first); Hinch struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Athletics 3, Royals 0.
ATHLETICS 6TH: GUIEL REPLACED KNOBLAUCH (PLAYING RF); IBANEZ
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Dye grounded out (shortstop to
first); Justice homered to right; Mabry flied to center; Ellis
flied to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Royals 0.
ROYALS 6TH: Guiel flied to center; Beltran grounded out (third
to first); Sweeney flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 4, Royals 0.
ATHLETICS 7TH: AFFELDT REPLACED RUNELVYS HERNANDEZ (PITCHING);
Myers singled to left; Durham was called out on strikes; Long
doubled to center [Myers scored, Long out at third (center to
second to third)]; Tejada flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Royals 0.
ROYALS 7TH: Ibanez popped to shortstop; Randa doubled to right;
Pellow singled to right [Randa scored]; Perez struck out [Pellow
to second on a wild pitch]; Ordaz flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 1.
ATHLETICS 8TH: Chavez doubled to left; Dye grounded out
(shortstop to first); Justice doubled to center [Chavez scored];
BYRNES RAN FOR JUSTICE; Mabry struck out; Ellis popped to first
in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 1.
ROYALS 8TH: BYRNES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Hinch singled to
center; Guiel was hit by a pitch [Hinch to second]; Beltran
singled to left [Hinch scored, Guiel to second]; MECIR REPLACED
MULDER (PITCHING); Sweeney flied to center [Guiel to third];
Ibanez was called out on strikes; Randa tripled to right [Guiel
scored, Beltran scored]; Pellow struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 4.
ATHLETICS 9TH: MULLEN REPLACED AFFELDT (PITCHING); Myers
grounded out (shortstop to first); Durham flied to right; Long
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 4.
ROYALS 9TH: HERNANDEZ REPLACED MYERS (PLAYING C ); KOCH REPLACED
MECIR (PITCHING); ALICEA BATTED FOR PEREZ; Alicea struck out;
Ordaz grounded out (third to first); TUCKER BATTED FOR HINCH;
Tucker singled to right; Guiel grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Athletics 6 12 0 5
Royals 4 9 0 6
