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Kansas City Royals @ Oakland Athletics

1995-06-17 · Day game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 17064 · 60°F, sunny, dry · 2:52

Oakland Athletics defeated Kansas City Royals 7–5. Oakland Athletics put up 3 in the 2nd. Mike Harkey earned the win and Dennis Eckersley picked up the save. Gary Gaetti went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mike Harkey L: Dennis Rasmussen SV: Dennis Eckersley

Umpires — HP: John Hirschbeck · 1B: Jim Evans · 2B: Larry McCoy · 3B: Rick Reed · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Vince Coleman	4	1	0	0	1	1
Tom Goodwin	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Joyner	3	2	1	0	2	1
Gary Gaetti	5	1	2	3	0	0
Greg Gagne	3	1	0	1	1	0
Jeff Grotewold	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jon Nunnally	2	0	0	0	0	0
Edgar Caceres	3	0	3	1	1	0
Pat Borders	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Randa	1	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Hiatt	0	0	0	0	2	0
Les Norman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Lockhart	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brent Mayne	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rickey Henderson	2	0	0	0	2	0
Geronimo Berroa	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ruben Sierra	3	1	2	1	0	0
Mark McGwire	3	1	0	0	1	2
Terry Steinbach	4	1	1	3	0	0
Scott Brosius	2	1	0	0	2	1
Brent Gates	4	1	1	0	0	2
Craig Paquette	4	1	1	3	0	1
Mike Bordick	3	1	1	0	0	0
Andy Tomberlin	0	0	0	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dennis Rasmussen	3.2	6	4	3
Dilson Torres	3.1	0	2	3
Rusty Meacham	1.0	0	1	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Harkey	5.1	3	5	0
Dave Leiper	1.1	1	2	1
Carlos Reyes	1.1	2	1	1
Dennis Eckersley	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Vince Coleman: W
Tom Goodwin: SB2
Tom Goodwin: 43/G4
Wally Joyner: W
Gary Gaetti: DGR/F78XD.2-H;1-3
Greg Gagne: FC6/G6.3-H;2X3(65)
Jeff Grotewold: 43/G4

Bot 1

Rickey Henderson: 7/F7D
Geronimo Berroa: W
Ruben Sierra: 8/F8LD
Mark McGwire: 7/F7LD

Top 2

Jon Nunnally: 8/F89D
Edgar Caceres: W
Pat Borders: 64(1)/FO/G6.B-1
Vince Coleman: 46(1)/FO/G4M

Bot 2

Terry Steinbach: 8/F89D
Scott Brosius: W
Brent Gates: S8/L78M.1-3
Craig Paquette: HR/F78XD.3-H;1-H
Mike Bordick: 9/F9M
Rickey Henderson: W
Geronimo Berroa: 9/F9LSF

Top 3

Tom Goodwin: 63/G6M
Wally Joyner: S8/L78S
Gary Gaetti: 7/F7LMF
Greg Gagne: 9/F9M

Bot 3

Ruben Sierra: D7/F7D
Mark McGwire: W
Terry Steinbach: HR/F7D.2-H;1-H
Scott Brosius: K
Brent Gates: K
Craig Paquette: K

Top 4

Jeff Grotewold: W
Jon Nunnally: 8/F78M
Edgar Caceres: S1/G13.1-2
Pat Borders: 1(B)3(1)/LDP/L13

Bot 4

Mike Bordick: S8/L8RM
Rickey Henderson: 9/F9D
Geronimo Berroa: WP.1-2
Geronimo Berroa: 5/L5
Ruben Sierra: S7/G56.2-H
Mark McGwire: K

Top 5

Vince Coleman: 3/G3
Tom Goodwin: 8/F8LM
Wally Joyner: 7/F78D

Bot 5

Terry Steinbach: 63/G6
Scott Brosius: 63/G6
Brent Gates: K

Top 6

Gary Gaetti: 8/F8RS
Greg Gagne: W
Joe Randa: 7/F78M
Phil Hiatt: W.1-2
Edgar Caceres: D9/L9LM.2-H;1-3
Pat Borders: K

Bot 6

Craig Paquette: 53/G5
Mike Bordick: 9/F9D
Rickey Henderson: W
Geronimo Berroa: POCS2(134)

Top 7

Vince Coleman: 63/G6M
Les Norman: 9/F89M
Wally Joyner: W
Gary Gaetti: HR/F7D.1-H
Greg Gagne: E5/G5.B-1
Keith Lockhart: 3/G3S

Bot 7

Geronimo Berroa: 53/G5
Andy Tomberlin: W
Mark McGwire: K+CS2(24)/DP

Top 8

Phil Hiatt: W
Edgar Caceres: D9/F9LD.1-3
Pat Borders: 6(B)5(3)/LDP/L6
Vince Coleman: K

Bot 8

Terry Steinbach: 9/F9D
Scott Brosius: W
Brent Gates: 64(1)/FO/G6.B-1
Craig Paquette: 8/F8LM

Top 9

Brent Mayne: 3/G3
Wally Joyner: K
Gary Gaetti: 8/F78M