Starting Lineups:
Oakland Athletics Kansas City Royals
1. Crisp cf Blanco cf
2. Barton 1b Aviles 2b
3. Suzuki c Butler dh
4. Cust dh Betemit 3b
5. Ellis 2b Ka'aihue 1b
6. Hermida rf Pena c
7. Iwamura 3b Gordon lf
8. Davis lf Betancourt ss
9. Pennington ss Maier rf
Gonzalez p Greinke p
ATHLETICS 1ST: Crisp singled to center; Barton singled to left
[Crisp to third, Barton to second (on throw to 3b)]; Suzuki
struck out; Cust walked; Ellis grounded into a double play
(pitcher to catcher to first) [Crisp out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Blanco flied to right; Aviles walked; Butler was
called out on strikes; Aviles stole second; Betemit singled to
left [Aviles scored]; Ka'aihue homered to center [Betemit
scored]; Pena singled to right; Gordon flied to left; 3 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 3.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Hermida struck out; Iwamura struck out; Davis
singled to center; Davis was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 3.
ROYALS 2ND: Betancourt grounded out (shortstop to first); Maier
grounded out (first unassisted); Blanco walked; Aviles singled
to right [Blanco to third]; Butler singled to left [Blanco
scored, Aviles to second]; Betemit singled to center [Aviles
scored, Butler to second]; Ka'aihue singled to left [Butler
scored, Betemit to third (error by Davis), Ka'aihue to second];
Pena grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 6.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Pennington popped to shortstop; Crisp grounded
out (first unassisted); Barton grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 6.
ROYALS 3RD: Gordon walked; BONSER REPLACED GONZALEZ (PITCHING);
Betancourt flied to center; Maier struck out; Blanco walked
[Gordon to second]; Aviles homered to left [Gordon scored,
Blanco scored]; Butler singled to third; Betemit homered to
right [Butler scored]; Ka'aihue lined to left; 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 11.
ATHLETICS 4TH: POWELL BATTED FOR SUZUKI; Powell flied to right;
Cust flied to left; SOGARD BATTED FOR ELLIS; Sogard walked;
Debut game for Eric Sogard; Hermida grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 11.
ROYALS 4TH: POWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SOGARD STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 2B); Pena flied to center; Gordon grounded out
(first unassisted); Betancourt grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 11.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Iwamura grounded out (second to first); Davis
struck out; Pennington lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 11.
ROYALS 5TH: GROSS REPLACED CRISP (PLAYING LF); DAVIS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Maier struck out; Blanco grounded out
(shortstop to first); Aviles singled to left; Butler struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 11.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Gross doubled to center; LARISH BATTED FOR
BARTON; Larish walked; Powell singled to right [Gross scored,
Larish to second]; Cust singled to right [Larish scored, Powell
to third]; Sogard lined to third; Hermida walked [Cust to
second]; Iwamura forced Hermida (second to shortstop) [Powell
scored, Cust to third]; Davis grounded out (pitcher to first); 3
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Royals 11.
ROYALS 6TH: LARISH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Betemit lined to
center; Ka'aihue flied to right; Pena singled to right; Gordon
walked [Pena to second]; WOLF REPLACED BONSER (PITCHING);
Betancourt popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3,
Royals 11.
ATHLETICS 7TH: TOLLESON BATTED FOR PENNINGTON; Tolleson was
called out on strikes; Gross grounded out (first unassisted);
Larish grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Royals 11.
ROYALS 7TH: TOLLESON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Maier walked;
Blanco grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Maier out at second]; Aviles flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Royals 11.
ATHLETICS 8TH: HUGHES REPLACED GREINKE (PITCHING); Powell flied
to left; CARTER BATTED FOR CUST; Carter flied to center; Sogard
singled to center; CARSON BATTED FOR HERMIDA; Carson flied to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Royals 11.
ROYALS 8TH: CARTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); CARSON STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); JAMES REPLACED WOLF (PITCHING); Butler
walked; Betemit grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Butler out at second]; Ka'aihue struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Royals 11.
ATHLETICS 9TH: CHAVEZ REPLACED HUGHES (PITCHING); Iwamura flied
to right; Davis flied to center; Tolleson struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Royals 11.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Athletics 3 7 1 6
Royals 11 12 0 6
