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Kansas City Royals @ Oakland Athletics

1996-06-03 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 6465 · 67°F, night, dry · Wind 12 mph to RF · 2:29

Oakland Athletics defeated Kansas City Royals 2–1. Oakland Athletics put up 2 in the 4th. John Wasdin earned the win and Billy Taylor picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: John Wasdin L: Kevin Appier SV: Billy Taylor

Umpires — HP: Ted Hendry · 1B: John Hirschbeck · 2B: Jim Joyce · 3B: Jim McKean · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bip Roberts	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Goodwin	4	0	1	0	0	0
Keith Lockhart	4	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Vitiello	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jose Offerman	1	0	0	0	2	0
Johnny Damon	2	0	1	0	1	0
Craig Paquette	4	1	1	0	0	0
Sal Fasano	1	0	0	0	0	0
David Howard	3	0	2	1	0	0
Bob Hamelin	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Macfarlane	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Ernie Young	4	0	1	0	1
Brent Gates	4	0	2	0	2
Geronimo Berroa	4	1	1	0	0
Phil Plantier	3	1	1	0	1
Torey Lovullo	2	0	0	0	0
George Williams	3	0	1	1	1
Jose Herrera	3	0	1	1	0
Mike Bordick	3	0	0	0	2
Tony Batista	3	0	0	0	2

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kevin Appier	8.0	7	0	9

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Wasdin	6.1	5	2	1
Jim Corsi	1.2	2	0	0
Mike Mohler	0.1	0	1	0
Billy Taylor	0.2	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bip Roberts: 7/F7D
Tom Goodwin: 5/P5F
Keith Lockhart: 8/F8LD

Bot 1

Ernie Young: 43/G4M
Brent Gates: D8/F8LXD
Geronimo Berroa: 63/G6
Phil Plantier: K

Top 2

Joe Vitiello: 4/P4
Jose Offerman: 9/L89M
Johnny Damon: 53/G56S

Bot 2

Torey Lovullo: 4/L34D
George Williams: 43/G34
Jose Herrera: S7/L7S
Mike Bordick: K

Top 3

Craig Paquette: D9/F89XD
Sal Fasano: 14/SH/BG13S.2-3
David Howard: S9/G34/R4.3-H
Bip Roberts: 7/F7LMF/R6
Tom Goodwin: CS2(26)

Bot 3

Tony Batista: K
Ernie Young: 53/G56
Brent Gates: K

Top 4

Tom Goodwin: 43/G34
Keith Lockhart: K
Joe Vitiello: 3/G3

Bot 4

Geronimo Berroa: S4/G4MS
Phil Plantier: S8/L8RS.1-2
Torey Lovullo: FC2/SH/BG2L.2-3;1-2;B-1
George Williams: S9/G34/R3.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jose Herrera: 46(1)/FO/G4M/R3.3-H;2-3;B-1
Mike Bordick: CSH(25)
Mike Bordick: 7/F7LM

Top 5

Jose Offerman: W
Johnny Damon: 23/SH/BG2L.1-2
Craig Paquette: 9/F9M/R4.2-3
Sal Fasano: 5/L5

Bot 5

Tony Batista: 13/BG13S
Ernie Young: S9/G34
Brent Gates: K+CS2(26)/DP

Top 6

David Howard: S4/G4M/R3
Bip Roberts: 8/F8LD
Tom Goodwin: S7/L7M.1-2
Keith Lockhart: 8/L8LM/R4
Joe Vitiello: 6/L6

Bot 6

Geronimo Berroa: 7/F78M
Phil Plantier: 6/P6D
Torey Lovullo: 3/G3

Top 7

Jose Offerman: W
Johnny Damon: S9/G34/R6.1-2
Craig Paquette: 7/F7D/R4
Bob Hamelin: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 7

George Williams: K
Jose Herrera: 3/G3
Mike Bordick: K

Top 8

David Howard: 43/G4
Bip Roberts: 3/G3
Tom Goodwin: 43/G4M

Bot 8

Tony Batista: K
Ernie Young: K
Brent Gates: S8/G4M
Geronimo Berroa: 6/P6S

Top 9

Keith Lockhart: S9/G34
Joe Vitiello: S7/G56/R6.1-2
Jose Offerman: 54/SH/BG25.2-3;1-2
Johnny Damon: IW
Craig Paquette: 52(3)/FO/G56S.2-3;1-2;B-1
Mike Macfarlane: 146(1)/FO/G4

Notes & reviews

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