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Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals

1992-08-01 · Day game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 30892 · 79°F, sunny · Wind 5 mph to LF · 3:09

Kansas City Royals defeated Oakland Athletics 8–4. Kansas City Royals put up 4 in the 4th. Tom Gordon earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9
KCA	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	0		8	12

W: Tom Gordon L: Kelly Downs SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Joyce · 1B: Terry Craft · 2B: Dave Phillips · 3B: Rocky Roe · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rickey Henderson	3	1	0	0	0	0
Jerry Browne	5	1	2	1	0	1
Harold Baines	5	0	1	1	0	1
Mark McGwire	4	0	1	0	0	0
Terry Steinbach	3	1	1	1	1	0
Willie Wilson	4	0	1	0	0	1
Randy Ready	3	1	2	1	1	1
Walt Weiss	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mike Bordick	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jamie Quirk	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gregg Jefferies	3	1	2	1	1	0
Wally Joyner	4	0	1	1	0	0
George Brett	4	0	1	2	0	0
Kevin McReynolds	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jim Eisenreich	4	1	1	0	0	0
Brent Mayne	3	2	1	0	1	0
Kevin Koslofski	4	3	3	1	0	0
Curt Wilkerson	3	1	2	2	0	1
David Howard	3	0	1	1	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kelly Downs	3.0	6	2	0
Gene Nelson	2.2	4	1	0
Rick Honeycutt	2.1	2	0	2

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hipolito Pichardo	1.0	3	1	0
Steve Shifflett	0.1	0	1	0
Tom Gordon	2.2	4	1	2
Mike Magnante	3.0	1	0	1
Jeff Montgomery	2.0	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rickey Henderson: HP
Jerry Browne: S/L56.1-3
Harold Baines: S/L78S.3-H;1-2
Mark McGwire: 64(1)3/GDP/G6M.2-3
Terry Steinbach: S2/G2L.3-H
Willie Wilson: 8/F89M

Bot 1

Gregg Jefferies: HP
Wally Joyner: S9/G34D.1-3
George Brett: 46(1)/FO/G4.3-H(RBI);B-1
Kevin McReynolds: CS2(24)
Kevin McReynolds: W
Jim Eisenreich: WP.1-2
Jim Eisenreich: 3/P23F

Top 2

Randy Ready: W
Walt Weiss: WP.1-2
Walt Weiss: 3/G34.2-3
Mike Bordick: W
Rickey Henderson: HP.1-2
Jerry Browne: S9/F9LD.3-H;2-3;1-2
Harold Baines: 64(1)3/GDP/G6M

Bot 2

Brent Mayne: 8/F78M
Kevin Koslofski: T9/L9D
Curt Wilkerson: S4/L4.3-H
David Howard: 64(1)/FO/G56.B-1
Gregg Jefferies: D7/F7S.1XH(7425)

Top 3

Mark McGwire: 8/F8RD
Terry Steinbach: W
Willie Wilson: S6/G6S.1-2
Randy Ready: D5/L5L.2-H;1-3
Walt Weiss: K
Mike Bordick: HP
Rickey Henderson: 7/F7LD

Bot 3

Wally Joyner: 7/F8LM
George Brett: 3/L34
Kevin McReynolds: 8/F8RD

Top 4

Jerry Browne: K
Harold Baines: 8/F8LM
Mark McGwire: S/L56
Terry Steinbach: 8/F8LXD

Bot 4

Jim Eisenreich: S/L34
Brent Mayne: W.1-2
Kevin Koslofski: S8/L8LM.2-H;1-2
Curt Wilkerson: S9/L9M.2-H;1-3
David Howard: 7/SF/F7M.3-H(RBI);1-2
Gregg Jefferies: S6/L6D.2-H;BX2(754)
Wally Joyner: 9/F9D

Top 5

Willie Wilson: K
Randy Ready: S5/G5L
Walt Weiss: 16(1)3/GDP/G13

Bot 5

George Brett: 3/G3
Kevin McReynolds: 43/G4
Jim Eisenreich: 13/G13S

Top 6

Mike Bordick: 9/F9M
Rickey Henderson: 43/G4M
Jerry Browne: 4/P4

Bot 6

Brent Mayne: S6/L6MD
Kevin Koslofski: S9/G34D.1-2
Curt Wilkerson: 14/SH/B15S.2-3;1-2
David Howard: 5/P5F
Gregg Jefferies: IW
Wally Joyner: HP.3-H(RBI);2-3;1-2
George Brett: S6/L6.3-H;2-3;1-2
Kevin McReynolds: K

Top 7

Harold Baines: 43/G4
Mark McGwire: 43/G4M
Terry Steinbach: 8/F8RD

Bot 7

Jim Eisenreich: 7/F7LM
Brent Mayne: 8/F8LD
Kevin Koslofski: 8/F78D

Top 8

Willie Wilson: 7/F7LM
Randy Ready: K
Walt Weiss: S/L56D
Jamie Quirk: DI.1-2
Jamie Quirk: 63/G6

Bot 8

Curt Wilkerson: K
David Howard: S7/G56D
Gregg Jefferies: 7/F78D
Wally Joyner: 2/P2LF

Top 9

Rickey Henderson: 13/G15
Jerry Browne: 6/F7LSF
Harold Baines: K

Notes & reviews

apparent retaliation for Rickey Henderson being hit in the top of the inning; both teams warned
Hipolito Pichardo ejected by HP umpire Jim Joyce for throwing too close to Randy Ready
Steve Shifflett ejected by HP umpire Jim Joyce, the second Royals pitcher ejected in the inning

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