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Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals

1997-09-05 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 13299 · 78°F, night, dry · Wind 3 mph R to L · 3:17

Oakland Athletics defeated Kansas City Royals 9–6. Oakland Athletics put up 2 in the 3rd. Mike Oquist earned the win and Billy Taylor picked up the save. Brian Lesher went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	1	9	16
KCA	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	15

W: Mike Oquist L: Hector Carrasco SV: Billy Taylor

Umpires — HP: Dave Phillips · 1B: Rocky Roe · 2B: Durwood Merrill · 3B: Dale Scott · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Miguel Tejada	6	0	0	0	0	1
Scott Spiezio	4	2	2	0	2	0
Ben Grieve	5	1	2	0	0	3
Matt Stairs	5	1	2	0	0	2
Brian Lesher	4	3	3	3	1	0
Jason Giambi	4	1	3	2	0	0
Scott Brosius	5	0	1	1	0	1
Ernie Young	4	0	0	0	1	2
Izzy Molina	5	1	3	2	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rod Myers	4	1	2	2	1	0
Shane Halter	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jay Bell	4	1	3	1	1	0
Chili Davis	4	0	1	0	1	0
Jeff King	5	1	1	3	0	2
Scott Cooper	5	0	1	0	0	0
Jermaine Dye	5	0	1	0	0	2
Yamil Benitez	5	1	2	0	0	1
Mike Sweeney	4	1	2	0	0	0
Mike Macfarlane	1	0	0	0	0	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Oquist	6.1	8	3	5
Aaron Small	1.1	4	0	0
Tim Kubinski	0.1	0	0	1
Billy Taylor	1.0	3	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Glendon Rusch	4.2	9	4	4
Hector Carrasco	1.1	3	0	1
Scott Service	1.0	0	0	2
Matt Whisenant	0.2	3	0	1
Brian Bevil	1.1	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Miguel Tejada: 2/P2F
Scott Spiezio: W
Ben Grieve: S8/L4D.1-2
Matt Stairs: K
Brian Lesher: W.2-3;1-2
Jason Giambi: 43/G4

Bot 1

Rod Myers: 6/P5D
Shane Halter: D9/L89M
Jay Bell: W
Chili Davis: 8/F8LD
Jeff King: HR/F7LD.2-H;1-H
Scott Cooper: 63/G6MD

Top 2

Scott Brosius: 63/G6
Ernie Young: W
Izzy Molina: 54(1)/FO/G5
Miguel Tejada: 3/P3SF

Bot 2

Jermaine Dye: K
Yamil Benitez: 9/F9D
Mike Sweeney: S8/L8LS
Rod Myers: D9/F9DW+.1-H
Shane Halter: 53/G5

Top 3

Scott Spiezio: 9/L9M
Ben Grieve: S8/L8RS
Matt Stairs: K
Brian Lesher: HR/F8LD.1-H
Jason Giambi: D7/L5D
Scott Brosius: 3/G3S

Bot 3

Jay Bell: 63/G6M
Chili Davis: 6/P6D
Jeff King: K

Top 4

Ernie Young: 63/G6D
Izzy Molina: S8/G6M
Miguel Tejada: 9/F89D
Scott Spiezio: W.1-2
Ben Grieve: K

Bot 4

Scott Cooper: 8/F89D
Jermaine Dye: K
Yamil Benitez: S7/F7LS
Mike Sweeney: 46(1)/FO/G4M

Top 5

Matt Stairs: 7/F78M
Brian Lesher: S9/G34
Jason Giambi: S9/G34.1-2
Scott Brosius: S8/G6.2-H;1-2
Ernie Young: K
Izzy Molina: S7/G56.2-H;1-3;B-2
Miguel Tejada: 9/F9LM

Bot 5

Rod Myers: 7/F7LM
Shane Halter: S7/L5D
Jay Bell: D7/L7M.1-3
Chili Davis: I
Jeff King: K
Scott Cooper: 7/F7D

Top 6

Scott Spiezio: S8/G6M
Ben Grieve: K
Matt Stairs: S7/F7LS.1-2
Brian Lesher: S19/G13+.2-H;1-3
Jason Giambi: 9/SF/F9LM.3-H
Scott Brosius: 7/F7D

Bot 6

Jermaine Dye: 8/F8LD
Yamil Benitez: K
Mike Sweeney: 7/F7LM

Top 7

Ernie Young: 8/F89D
Izzy Molina: K
Miguel Tejada: K

Bot 7

Rod Myers: W
Shane Halter: 53/G5S.1-2
Jay Bell: S7/L7S.2-H
Chili Davis: S4/G4MD.1-2
Jeff King: 5(2)3/GDP/G5

Top 8

Scott Spiezio: S7/G56
Ben Grieve: K
Matt Stairs: S8/L8LS.1-2
Brian Lesher: FC4/G4.2-3;1X2(4)
Jason Giambi: WP.3-H;1-2
Jason Giambi: S8/G4M.2-H
Scott Brosius: K

Bot 8

Scott Cooper: 63/G6M
Jermaine Dye: 9/L9M
Yamil Benitez: S5/G5
Mike Sweeney: S7/G56.1-2
Rod Myers: S7/L56D.2-H;1-2
Mike Macfarlane: K

Top 9

Ernie Young: K
Izzy Molina: HR/F78XD
Miguel Tejada: 63/G6D
Scott Spiezio: 9/F9D

Bot 9

Jay Bell: S8/L8RS
Chili Davis: 46(1)/FO/G4
Jeff King: 7/F7M
Scott Cooper: S39/G3+.1-2
Jermaine Dye: S1/G15.2-3;1-2
Yamil Benitez: 43/G4M