Starting Lineups:
Oakland Athletics Kansas City Royals
1. Kemp lf Merrifield 2b
2. Bride 3b Benintendi lf
3. Laureano cf Witt ss
4. Brown rf Dozier 1b
5. Murphy c Melendez c
6. Vogt dh Santana dh
7. Neuse 1b Taylor cf
8. Andrus ss Olivares rf
9. N. Allen 2b Rivera 3b
Irvin p Greinke p
ATHLETICS 1ST: Kemp flied to left; Bride grounded out (third to
first); Laureano popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield lined to third; Benintendi flied to
center; Witt tripled to right; Dozier struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Brown lined to right; Murphy flied to center;
Vogt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Melendez grounded out (shortstop to first); Santana
grounded out (second to first); Taylor grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Neuse struck out; Andrus grounded out (third to
first); N. Allen lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Olivares homered to left; Rivera grounded out
(shortstop to first); Merrifield walked; Benintendi singled to
left [Merrifield to second]; Witt struck out; Dozier flied to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 1.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Kemp singled to left; Bride flied to left;
Laureano struck out while Kemp stole second; Brown singled to
center [Kemp scored]; Murphy singled to left [Brown to third];
Vogt grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 1, Royals 1.
ROYALS 4TH: Melendez flied to center; Santana was called out on
strikes; Taylor popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 1.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Neuse grounded out (shortstop to first); Andrus
flied to right; N. Allen flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Royals 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Olivares homered to left; Rivera grounded out (third
to first); Merrifield struck out; Benintendi singled to center;
Witt lined to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals
2.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Kemp lined to center; Bride flied to right;
Laureano struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals
2.
ROYALS 6TH: Dozier doubled; Melendez walked; Santana singled to
left [Dozier scored, Melendez to third, Santana out at second
(left to second)]; Athletics challenged (tag play), call on
the field was overturned; ACEVEDO REPLACED IRVIN (PITCHING);
Taylor struck out; Olivares grounded out (third to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 3.
ATHLETICS 7TH: COLEMAN REPLACED GREINKE (PITCHING); Brown struck
out; Murphy singled to left; Vogt flied to right; Neuse lined to
pitcher (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1,
Royals 3.
ROYALS 7TH: Rivera struck out; Merrifield popped to second;
Benintendi singled to right; Witt flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 3.
ATHLETICS 8TH: CUAS REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Andrus singled
to left; N. Allen walked [Andrus to second]; Kemp out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Andrus to third, N. Allen to
second]; Bride was called out on strikes; Laureano grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals
3.
ROYALS 8TH: PRUITT REPLACED ACEVEDO (PITCHING); Dozier grounded
out (pitcher to first); Melendez grounded out (first
unassisted); Santana flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Royals 3.
ATHLETICS 9TH: BARLOW REPLACED CUAS (PITCHING); Brown doubled to
center; Murphy struck out; Vogt struck out; LOWRIE BATTED FOR
NEUSE; Lowrie grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 3.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Athletics 1 6 0 6
Royals 3 8 0 6
