Kansas City Royals vs. Oakland Athletics - Box Score - July 29, 2008 - ESPN

Scores for Jul 29, 2008

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Kansas City leads 2-0 (as of 7/29)

Game 1: Monday, July 28
Kansas City	4	Final
Oakland	2	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, July 29
Kansas City	5	Final
Oakland	2	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, July 30
Kansas City	4	Final in 10
Oakland	3	Final in 10
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Royals 5

(49-59, 25-30 away)

Athletics 2

(53-53, 32-28 home)

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10:05 PM ET, July 29, 2008

O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	5	5	0
OAK	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	1

W: G. Meche (9-9)

L: G. Smith (5-10)

S: J. Soria (29)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
D DeJesus CF-LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301
M Aviles SS	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	.318
M Grudzielanek 2B	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	.300
J Guillen RF	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	.259
M Maier PR-CF	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.091
B Butler DH	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.259
A Gordon 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.253
M Teahen LF-RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	.248
J Buck C	4	1	1	3	0	1	1	.247
R Gload 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266
Totals	31	5	5	5	2	7	9
BATTING 2B: A Gordon (25, G Smith) 3B: M Aviles (2, G Smith) HR: M Aviles (6, 6th inning off G Smith 0 on, 2 Out); J Buck (8, 7th inning off G Smith 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: M Grudzielanek (24), M Aviles (27), J Buck 3 (37) SF: M Grudzielanek 2-out RBI: M Aviles, J Buck 3 Team LOB: 3
BASERUNNING Picked Off: D DeJesus (1st base by G Smith)
FIELDING DP: 1 (M Grudzielanek-M Aviles-R Gload).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
G Meche (W, 9-9)	7.0	5	2	2	2	8	0	101-64	4.22
R Mahay (H, 18)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8-4	1.78
J Soria (S, 29)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	19-13	1.50
Totals	9.0	6	2	2	3	10	0	128-81
PITCHING Batters faced: G Meche 28; R Mahay 3; J Soria 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: G Meche 5-8; R Mahay 3-0; J Soria 0-1 Game Scores: G Meche 65

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
E Patterson LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000
W Bankston 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222
R Sweeney RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	.302
K Suzuki C	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.298
C Gonzalez CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	.274
J Cust DH	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	.222
M Ellis 2B	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	.230
J Hannahan 1B-3B	4	0	2	0	0	1	2	.238
B Crosby SS	4	0	1	1	0	1	2	.246
B Conrad 3B	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	.158
a-E Brown PH-LF	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.246
Totals	32	2	6	2	3	10	11
a-walked for B Conrad in the 7th
BATTING 2B: B Crosby (27, G Meche); J Cust (10, G Meche); M Ellis (19, G Meche) RBI: M Ellis (36), B Crosby (42) 2-out RBI: M Ellis GIDP: C Gonzalez Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: E Patterson 1, R Sweeney 1 Team LOB: 6
FIELDING E: J Hannahan (10, catch)

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
G Smith (L, 5-10)	7.0	4	5	5	2	5	2	95-63	4.04
J Blevins	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15-9	0.73
L DiNardo	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	19-12	7.31
Totals	9.0	5	5	5	2	7	2	129-84
PITCHING HBP: M Grudzielanek (By J Blevins) Batters faced: G Smith 27; J Blevins 4; L DiNardo 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: G Smith 6-9; J Blevins 2-0; L DiNardo 1-1 Game Scores: G Smith 52

Scoring Summary

			KC	OAK
	4th	M Grudzielanek hit sacrifice fly to left, M Aviles scored.	1	0
	4th	M Ellis singled to center, J Cust scored.	1	1
	6th	M Aviles homered to left.	2	1
	7th	J Buck homered to left center, A Gordon and M Teahen scored.	5	1
	7th	B Crosby grounded out to pitcher, M Ellis scored, J Hannahan to second.	5	2
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