Starting Lineups:
Oakland Athletics Kansas City Royals
1. Ellis 2b DeJesus cf
2. Kotsay cf Long lf
3. Crosby ss Sweeney 1b
4. Chavez 3b Stairs dh
5. Johnson 1b Brown rf
6. Payton lf Teahen 3b
7. Swisher rf Berroa ss
8. Kielty dh Phillips c
9. Melhuse c Murphy 2b
Haren p Hernandez p
ATHLETICS 1ST: Ellis walked; Kotsay singled to right [Ellis to
second]; Crosby singled to left [Ellis scored, Kotsay to
second]; Chavez flied to right [Kotsay to third]; Johnson flied
to center; Payton homered to left-center [Kotsay scored, Crosby
scored]; Swisher struck out; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: DeJesus struck out; Long grounded out (shortstop to
first); Sweeney singled to left; Stairs walked [Sweeney to
second]; Brown struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 4,
Royals 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Kielty walked; Melhuse homered to right-center
[Kielty scored]; Ellis singled to center; Kotsay doubled to
right [Ellis scored]; CAMP REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); Crosby
grounded out (third to first); Chavez walked; Johnson lined into
a double play to shortstop [Kotsay out at second (shortstop
unassisted)]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 7, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Teahen grounded out (second to first); Berroa
singled to right; Phillips grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Berroa out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 7, Royals 0.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Payton grounded out (third to first); Swisher
flied to center; Kielty singled to left; Melhuse doubled to
center [Kielty scored]; Ellis grounded out (first unassisted); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 8, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: SCUTARO REPLACED KOTSAY (PLAYING LF); PAYTON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Murphy flied to left; DeJesus walked;
Long grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[DeJesus out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 8,
Royals 0.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Scutaro grounded out (second to first); Crosby
lined to shortstop; Chavez singled to right; Johnson was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 8, Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Sweeney flied to right; Stairs grounded out (first
to pitcher); Brown was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Athletics 8, Royals 0.
ATHLETICS 5TH: BURGOS REPLACED CAMP (PITCHING); Payton flied to
center; Swisher grounded out (shortstop to first); Kielty was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 8,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Teahen struck out; Berroa popped to catcher;
Phillips singled to third; Murphy doubled to right [Phillips to
third]; DeJesus lined to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 8, Royals 0.
ATHLETICS 6TH: SISCO REPLACED BURGOS (PITCHING); Melhuse walked;
Ellis singled to left [Melhuse to second]; Scutaro popped to
second; Crosby singled to center [Melhuse scored, Ellis to
third]; Chavez struck out; Johnson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Athletics 9, Royals 0.
ROYALS 6TH: Long flied to left; Sweeney struck out; Stairs
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 9, Royals 0.
ATHLETICS 7TH: BAYLISS REPLACED SISCO (PITCHING); Payton popped
to third; Swisher grounded out (third to first); Kielty grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 9,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 7TH: Brown grounded out (third to first); Teahen grounded
out (third to first); Berroa grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 9, Royals 0.
ATHLETICS 8TH: AFFELDT REPLACED BAYLISS (PITCHING); Melhuse
singled to left; Ellis tripled to center [Melhuse scored];
Scutaro lined to shortstop; Crosby singled to left [Ellis
scored]; GINTER BATTED FOR CHAVEZ; Ginter singled to left
[Crosby to second]; Johnson popped to shortstop; Payton struck
out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 11, Royals 0.
ROYALS 8TH: GINTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); CALERO REPLACED
HAREN (PITCHING); Phillips singled to left; Murphy singled to
right [Phillips to second]; DeJesus struck out; Long grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Murphy out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 11, Royals 0.
ATHLETICS 9TH: MACDOUGAL REPLACED AFFELDT (PITCHING); Swisher
struck out; Kielty grounded out (second to first); Melhuse
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 11, Royals 0.
ROYALS 9TH: DUCHSCHERER REPLACED CALERO (PITCHING); Sweeney
struck out; Stairs grounded out (second to first); Brown singled
to left; Duchscherer threw a wild pitch [Brown to second];
Teahen singled to pitcher [Brown to third]; Berroa forced Teahen
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 11,
Royals 0.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Athletics 11 15 0 7
Royals 0 8 0 7
