Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Oakland Athletics
1. Relaford 2b Byrnes lf
2. Randa 3b Hatteberg 1b
3. Sweeney dh Chavez 3b
4. Ibanez lf Tejada ss
5. Beltran cf Durazo dh
6. Harvey 1b Long rf
7. Tucker rf Ellis 2b
8. Berroa ss Singleton cf
9. Difelice c Johnson c
Wilson p Lilly p
ROYALS 1ST: Relaford grounded out (shortstop to first); Randa
struck out; Sweeney homered to left; Ibanez was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 1ST: Byrnes grounded out (first to pitcher); Hatteberg
grounded out (pitcher to first); Chavez singled to pitcher;
Tejada grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 1, Athletics 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Beltran grounded out (third to first); Harvey flied
to center; Tucker walked; Lilly balked [Tucker to second];
Berroa flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics
0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Durazo homered to right; Long singled to left;
Long stole second; Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first);
Singleton popped to third; Johnson flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 1.
ROYALS 3RD: Difelice popped to shortstop; Relaford flied to
center; Randa homered to left; Sweeney walked; Ibanez struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Byrnes grounded out (second to first); Hatteberg
struck out; Chavez flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals
2, Athletics 1.
ROYALS 4TH: Beltran struck out; Harvey struck out; Tucker
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2,
Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Tejada flied to right; Durazo flied to left; Long
doubled to right; Ellis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Berroa grounded out (shortstop to first); Difelice
reached on an error by Chavez; Relaford lined into a double play
to second [Difelice out at first (second to first)]; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Singleton grounded out (pitcher to first);
Johnson grounded out (first to pitcher); Byrnes grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 1.
ROYALS 6TH: Randa flied to right; Sweeney struck out (catcher to
first); Ibanez lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals
2, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 6TH: LOWE REPLACED WILSON (PITCHING); Hatteberg
grounded out (first to pitcher); Chavez walked; Tejada reached
on an error by Lowe [Chavez to second]; Durazo walked [Chavez to
third, Tejada to second]; Long flied to left; Ellis forced
Durazo (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Royals 2,
Athletics 1.
ROYALS 7TH: Beltran walked; Harvey struck out while Beltran
advanced to second on a wild pitch; Lilly threw a wild pitch
[Beltran to third]; Tucker singled to center [Beltran scored];
BRADFORD REPLACED LILLY (PITCHING); Tucker was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Berroa
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 7TH: Singleton struck out; MELHUSE BATTED FOR JOHNSON;
Melhuse flied to left; Byrnes singled to center; Hatteberg lined
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 1.
ROYALS 8TH: MELHUSE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Difelice was
called out on strikes; Relaford lined to left; Randa grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3,
Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 8TH: GRIMSLEY REPLACED LOWE (PITCHING); Chavez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Tejada singled to right;
Difelice allowed a passed ball [Tejada to second]; Durazo
grounded out (second to first) [Tejada to third]; Long popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 1.
ROYALS 9TH: FOULKE REPLACED BRADFORD (PITCHING); Sweeney walked;
Ibanez popped to second; Beltran struck out; Sweeney stole
second; Harvey lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3,
Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 9TH: MACDOUGAL REPLACED GRIMSLEY (PITCHING); Ellis
struck out; Singleton struck out; Melhuse walked; Byrnes singled
to shortstop [Melhuse to second]; Hatteberg grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 1.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 3 3 1 3
Athletics 1 7 1 10
