Oakland Athletics vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - September 04, 2008 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 4, 2008

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Kansas City won 3-0

Game 1: Tuesday, September 2
Oakland	2	Final
Kansas City	5	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, September 3
Oakland		Postponed
Kansas City		Postponed

Game 2: Thursday, September 4
Oakland	4	Final in 10
Kansas City	5	Final in 10
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Game 3: Thursday, September 4
Oakland	6	Final
Kansas City	9	Final
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Athletics 6

(63-77, 27-42 away)

Royals 9

(60-79, 32-39 home)

Alerts

8:25 PM ET, September 4, 2008

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	6	8	2
KC	4	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	-	9	15	0

W: K. Davies (6-6)

L: D. Meyer (0-4)

S: R. Ramirez (1)

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
R Davis CF	4	2	1	0	1	0	1	.265
R Sweeney RF	4	2	3	3	1	0	0	.287
K Suzuki DH	3	1	1	0	2	0	1	.287
J Cust LF	3	0	1	1	2	1	2	.228
D Barton 1B	4	0	0	2	0	0	2	.224
J Hannahan 3B	3	0	0	0	2	3	4	.219
E Patterson 2B	5	0	1	0	0	1	4	.197
R Bowen C	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.158
C Pennington SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.171
Totals	34	6	8	6	8	8	17
BATTING 2B: R Sweeney 3 (14, K Davies 2, R Tejeda); C Pennington (3, R Tejeda); J Cust (15, K Wells) RBI: R Sweeney 3 (40), D Barton 2 (43), J Cust (62) SF: D Barton 2-out RBI: R Sweeney Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: E Patterson 2, J Cust 1, J Hannahan 1, K Suzuki 1 Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING SB: R Davis (21, 2nd base off K Davies/J Buck)
FIELDING E: J Cust (4, fly ball); E Patterson (4, catch) DP: 3 (J Hannahan-E Patterson-D Barton 2, J Blevins-C Pennington-D Barton).

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Meyer (L, 0-4)	3.1	9	8	7	2	1	0	71-43	8.03
K Saarloos	1.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	21-14	4.95
A Embree	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	15-9	4.72
K Foulke	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12-6	3.54
J Blevins	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	12-8	2.83
Totals	8.0	15	9	8	2	2	0	131-80
PITCHING Batters faced: D Meyer 21; K Saarloos 7; A Embree 5; K Foulke 3; J Blevins 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Meyer 4-5; K Saarloos 3-2; A Embree 3-0; K Foulke 0-3; J Blevins 2-0 Game Scores: D Meyer 11

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
D DeJesus RF	5	2	3	0	0	0	2	.296
E German LF	5	2	2	1	0	1	2	.245
M Aviles 3B	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	.334
J Smith PR-3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200
J Guillen DH	4	1	2	3	0	0	0	.250
K Ka'aihue PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
B Butler 1B	4	2	2	1	0	0	3	.282
R Gload 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272
A Callaspo 2B	3	0	1	2	0	0	2	.302
J Buck C	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	.221
T Pena SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	.165
J Gathright CF	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.251
Totals	35	9	15	9	2	2	13
BATTING 2B: B Butler 2 (22, D Meyer 2); D DeJesus (21, D Meyer) 3B: E German (3, D Meyer); M Aviles (3, D Meyer) RBI: J Guillen 3 (84), B Butler (53), A Callaspo 2 (9), J Buck (43), E German (20), M Aviles (39) SF: A Callaspo, J Buck 2-out RBI: A Callaspo GIDP: T Pena, B Butler, E German Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: T Pena 2, A Callaspo 1 Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING Picked Off: J Gathright (1st base by D Meyer)

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
K Davies (W, 6-6)	5.0	3	1	1	3	2	0	101-61	4.59
J Bale	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	15-9	7.16
R Tejeda	0.1	3	3	3	1	1	0	25-15	4.46
R Mahay	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	15-7	2.88
L Nunez	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	15-11	3.00
K Wells	0.0	1	2	2	2	0	0	13-4	6.75
R Ramirez (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13-8	2.77
Totals	9.0	8	6	6	8	8	0	197-115
PITCHING Batters faced: K Davies 21; J Bale 4; R Tejeda 5; R Mahay 3; L Nunez 4; K Wells 3; R Ramirez 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: K Davies 6-7; J Bale 2-0; R Tejeda 0-0; R Mahay 0-1; L Nunez 0-2; K Wells 0-0; R Ramirez 1-0 Game Scores: K Davies 56

Scoring Summary

			OAK	KC
	1st	J Guillen singled to left, D DeJesus scored, M Aviles to third.	0	1
	1st	B Butler doubled to deep center, M Aviles scored, J Guillen to third.	0	2
	1st	A Callaspo hit sacrifice fly to line left, J Guillen scored, B Butler to third, A Callaspo to second on error by left fielder J Cust.	0	3
	1st	J Buck hit sacrifice fly to center, B Butler scored, A Callaspo to third.	0	4
	3rd	R Sweeney doubled to deep left center, R Davis scored.	1	4
	3rd	A Callaspo singled to right center, B Butler scored.	1	5
	4th	E German tripled to deep left center, D DeJesus scored.	1	6
	4th	M Aviles tripled to deep right, E German scored.	1	7
	4th	J Guillen singled to left center, M Aviles scored.	1	8
	6th	J Guillen grounded into fielder's choice to third, E German scored, J Smith safe at second on error by second baseman E Patterson.	1	9
	7th	R Sweeney doubled to deep left center, C Pennington and R Davis scored.	3	9
	7th	D Barton hit sacrifice fly to left, R Sweeney scored.	4	9
	9th	J Cust doubled to deep right, R Sweeney scored, K Suzuki to third.	5	9
	9th	D Barton grounded out to shortstop, K Suzuki scored, J Cust to third.	6	9
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