Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals
3
Oakland Athletics
8
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| OAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Jon Lester won his Oakland debut while pitching into the seventh inning and Jonny Gomes got two hits during an eight-run burst in his return to the Athletics as they beat the Kansas City Royals 8-3 Saturday.
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: in play
C Colon singled to center, N Aoki scored.
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
N Aoki singled to left, L Cain scored, N Aoki to second advancing on throw.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
J Gomes singled to left, S Fuld and J Lowrie scored, J Donaldson to second, J Donaldson scored, J Gomes to third on error by left fielder A Gordon.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
J Donaldson walked, E Sogard scored, S Fuld to third, J Lowrie to second.
J Lowrie reached on force attempt, fielding error by M Moustakas at third, J Reddick scored, N Punto to third, S Fuld to second.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
N Punto singled to right, A Callaspo scored, J Reddick to second.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
J Reddick singled to right, S Vogt scored, A Callaspo to third.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
A Callaspo singled to center, J Gomes scored, S Vogt to third.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Middle of the 9th
C Colon grounded out to shortstop.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
C Colon batting
N Aoki walked, L Cain to second.
Pitch 5: ball 4
Pitch 4: ball 3
Pitch 3: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
N Aoki batting
A Escobar flied out to right.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
A Escobar batting
M Moustakas flied out to center.
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: ball 1
M Moustakas batting
L Cain reached on infield single to pitcher.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (looking)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
L Cain batting
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KC wins series 2-1
Sam FuldCF23
Jed LowrieSS8
Josh Donaldson3B3
Derek NorrisC33
Jonny GomesLF31
Stephen Vogt1B21
Alberto CallaspoDH5
Josh ReddickRF22
Nick Punto2B1
Eric Sogard2B4
Norichika AokiLF11
Omar Rafael Infante2B14
Salvador PerezDH13
Billy Butler1B36
Alex GordonLF4
Erik KratzC38
Lorenzo CainRF6
Mike Moustakas3B18
Alcides EscobarSS3
Christian Colon2B29
Jarrod DysonCF1
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