Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Oakland Athletics
1. DeJesus cf Kotsay cf
2. Randa 3b McLemore 3b
3. Sweeney dh Hatteberg 1b
4. Harvey 1b Dye rf
5. Nunez rf Durazo dh
6. Guiel lf Melhuse c
7. Castillo c Byrnes lf
8. Gotay 2b Scutaro 2b
9. Blanco ss Crosby ss
Greinke p Zito p
ROYALS 1ST: DeJesus was called out on strikes; Randa struck out;
Sweeney lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0,
Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 1ST: Kotsay grounded out (first unassisted); McLemore
singled to right; Hatteberg singled to right [McLemore to
second]; Dye struck out; Durazo flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Harvey struck out; Nunez lined to shortstop; Guiel
walked; Castillo singled to center [Guiel to third]; Gotay
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Melhuse was called out on strikes; Byrnes popped
to third; Scutaro grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Blanco singled to right; DeJesus struck out; Randa
forced Blanco (third to second); Sweeney flied to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Crosby struck out; Kotsay flied to left; McLemore
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Harvey flied to center; Nunez grounded out (second
to first); Guiel was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Hatteberg flied to center; Dye grounded out
(third to first); Durazo walked; Melhuse singled to center
[Durazo to second]; Byrnes singled to center [Durazo scored,
Melhuse to second]; Scutaro flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Castillo popped to catcher; Gotay struck out; Blanco
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0,
Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Crosby flied to right; Kotsay doubled to right;
McLemore flied to center [Kotsay to third]; Hatteberg grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0,
Athletics 1.
ROYALS 6TH: DeJesus walked; Randa struck out while DeJesus stole
second; Sweeney grounded out (shortstop to first); Harvey
singled to shortstop [DeJesus to third]; Nunez flied to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Dye popped to catcher; Durazo singled to center;
Melhuse grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Durazo out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0,
Athletics 1.
ROYALS 7TH: Guiel was called out on strikes; Castillo walked;
Gotay forced Castillo (shortstop to second); Blanco doubled to
left [Gotay to third]; RINCON REPLACED ZITO (PITCHING); DeJesus
was hit by a pitch; DUCHSCHERER REPLACED RINCON (PITCHING);
Randa doubled to left [Gotay scored, Blanco scored, DeJesus
scored]; Sweeney grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 7TH: Byrnes grounded out (shortstop to first); Scutaro
grounded out (third to first); Crosby grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 1.
ROYALS 8TH: Harvey singled to left; Nunez was called out on
strikes; Guiel walked [Harvey to second]; Castillo walked
[Harvey to third, Guiel to second]; LEHR REPLACED DUCHSCHERER
(PITCHING); Gotay singled to right [Harvey scored, Guiel scored,
Castillo to third]; Castillo was picked off and caught stealing
home (catcher to third to pitcher) [Gotay to second]; Blanco
flied to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 8TH: REYES REPLACED GREINKE (PITCHING); Kotsay was
called out on strikes; McLemore grounded out (shortstop to
first); Hatteberg singled to left; Dye forced Hatteberg (third
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 1.
ROYALS 9TH: HAMMOND REPLACED LEHR (PITCHING); DeJesus singled to
center; Randa popped to first; Sweeney singled to right [DeJesus
to second]; Harvey struck out; Nunez singled to left [DeJesus
scored, Sweeney to second]; Guiel flied to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Royals 6, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 9TH: Durazo struck out; Melhuse grounded out (second
to first); Byrnes popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals
6, Athletics 1.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 6 10 0 9
Athletics 1 7 0 6
