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Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals

1997-09-06 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 18853 · 83°F, night, dry · Wind 5 mph from CF · 3:00

Oakland Athletics defeated Kansas City Royals 9–3. Oakland Athletics put up 3 in the 4th. Andrew Lorraine earned the win and Don Wengert picked up the save. Scott Spiezio went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	1	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	9	15
KCA	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	12

W: Andrew Lorraine L: Kevin Appier SV: Don Wengert

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

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jason McDonald	4	1	2	0	1	0
Dave Magadan	5	0	2	2	0	0
Ben Grieve	4	0	0	0	1	1
Matt Stairs	5	0	0	0	0	2
Jason Giambi	5	1	2	0	0	1
Brent Mayne	5	1	2	1	0	0
Mark Bellhorn	3	3	2	0	1	1
Scott Spiezio	4	2	2	4	0	0
Miguel Tejada	4	1	3	2	0	0
Scott Brosius	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Offerman	5	0	1	0	0	1
Rod Myers	5	1	1	0	0	0
Jay Bell	5	0	3	0	0	0
Chili Davis	4	0	2	0	1	0
Jeff King	2	0	1	1	2	0
Yamil Benitez	5	0	0	0	0	0
Jermaine Dye	3	1	2	0	1	0
Mike Macfarlane	4	1	2	2	0	0
Felix Martinez	3	0	0	0	1	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Andrew Lorraine	6.0	8	4	2
Don Wengert	3.0	4	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kevin Appier	4.2	11	2	2
Jamie Walker	1.2	3	1	2
Ricky Bones	2.2	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jason McDonald: 13/BG3S
Dave Magadan: 63/G6M
Ben Grieve: 63/G6M

Bot 1

Jose Offerman: 53/G56S
Rod Myers: 43/G34
Jay Bell: D9/L89XDW
Chili Davis: S7/L7S.2XH(72)

Top 2

Matt Stairs: 7/F7S
Jason Giambi: D7/L7LS
Brent Mayne: S8/L4MD.2-H;B-2
Mark Bellhorn: K
Scott Spiezio: 9/F89S

Bot 2

Jeff King: W
Yamil Benitez: 8/F8LM
Jermaine Dye: W.1-2
Mike Macfarlane: 2/P23F
Felix Martinez: W.2-3;1-2
Jose Offerman: K

Top 3

Miguel Tejada: 43/G4MD
Jason McDonald: S9/G34
Dave Magadan: S9/L4D.1-3
Ben Grieve: W.1-2
Matt Stairs: K
Jason Giambi: 8/F8RD

Bot 3

Rod Myers: 6/P6MS
Jay Bell: 8/F8LD
Chili Davis: S9/G34
Jeff King: S8/L6MD.1-2
Yamil Benitez: 8/F8LXD

Top 4

Brent Mayne: 43/G4
Mark Bellhorn: D8/L8LXDW
Scott Spiezio: 43/G4.2-3
Miguel Tejada: S6/P6D.3-H
Jason McDonald: S7/P6D.1-2
Dave Magadan: D9/G3L.2-H;1-H
Ben Grieve: 6/L6M

Bot 4

Jermaine Dye: 63/G6M
Mike Macfarlane: 53/G5
Felix Martinez: 7/L7M

Top 5

Matt Stairs: 8/F8LD
Jason Giambi: 13/G13
Brent Mayne: D8/L78D
Mark Bellhorn: W
Scott Spiezio: D9/L7LDW+.2-H;1-H
Miguel Tejada: DGR/F89XDW.2-H
Jason McDonald: WP.2-3
Jason McDonald: W
Dave Magadan: 7/F7D

Bot 5

Jose Offerman: 8/F8LM
Rod Myers: S8/L4M
Jay Bell: D8/L78XDW+.1-3
Chili Davis: 4/P4MD
Jeff King: W
Yamil Benitez: 64(1)/FO/G6M

Top 6

Ben Grieve: 43/G4
Matt Stairs: K
Jason Giambi: K

Bot 6

Jermaine Dye: S8/L6MD
Mike Macfarlane: HR/F89XD.1-H
Felix Martinez: K
Jose Offerman: 63/G6D
Rod Myers: 8/F8RXD

Top 7

Brent Mayne: 63/G6
Mark Bellhorn: S6/G56
Scott Spiezio: HR/L7D.1-H
Miguel Tejada: S7/L78S
Jason McDonald: 5/L5/LDP.1X1(53)

Bot 7

Jay Bell: 43/G4MD
Chili Davis: 31/G3L
Jeff King: 63/G6D

Top 8

Dave Magadan: 31/G3
Ben Grieve: K
Matt Stairs: 31/G3

Bot 8

Yamil Benitez: 31/G3D
Jermaine Dye: S5/G5
Mike Macfarlane: S5/G5L.1-3(E5/TH)
Felix Martinez: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M

Top 9

Jason Giambi: S8/L8LS
Brent Mayne: 64(1)3/GDP/G6M
Scott Brosius: 53/G5

Bot 9

Jose Offerman: S7/L7S
Rod Myers: 54(1)/FO/G5
Jay Bell: DGR/L7LD.1-3
Chili Davis: W
Jeff King: 8/SF/F8RXD.3-H;2-3
Yamil Benitez: 2/P2F

Notes & reviews

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