Major League Baseball
Oakland Athletics
11
Kansas City Royals
3
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Jon Lester pitched six strong innings and Josh Donaldson homered twice and drove in four runs as the Oakland Athletics beat Kansas City 11-3 on Tuesday night, snapping the Royals' eight-game winning streak.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
J Donaldson homered to center (425 feet).
J Gomes hit sacrifice fly to left, E Sogard scored.
E Sogard singled to center, J Reddick and A Callaspo scored, E Sogard to second advancing on throw.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (bunted foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
J Donaldson homered to center (413 feet).
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
S Perez doubled to deep left, N Aoki scored.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
N Aoki reached on infield single to shortstop, L Cain scored, N Aoki to second on throwing error by shortstop E Sogard.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
A Escobar hit sacrifice fly to right, M Moustakas scored, L Cain to third.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
S Vogt singled to left, J Jaso scored, B Moss to second.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
J Donaldson hit sacrifice fly to center, S Fuld scored.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
End of the 9th
L Cain grounded out to third.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
L Cain batting
M Moustakas grounded out to second.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
M Moustakas batting
J Willingham struck out looking.
Pitch 3: strike 3 (looking)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Willingham batting
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
E Sogard grounded into double play, shortstop to first, A Callaspo out at second.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
E Sogard batting
A Callaspo singled to left, J Reddick to second.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: ball 1
A Callaspo batting
J Reddick singled to shallow right.
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: strike 2 (looking)
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Norichika AokiRF11
Omar Rafael Infante2B14
Salvador PerezC13
Billy Butler1B36
Alex GordonLF4
Josh WillinghamDH7
Mike Moustakas3B18
Lorenzo CainCF6
Alcides EscobarSS3
Christian Colon2B29
Erik KratzC38
Raul IbanezLF18
Sam FuldCF23
John JasoDH28
Josh Donaldson3B3
Brandon MossLF37
Derek NorrisC33
Stephen Vogt1B21
Josh ReddickRF22
Alberto Callaspo2B5
Eric SogardSS4
Jonny GomesDH31
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