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Kansas City Royals @ Oakland Athletics

2010-08-02 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 10047 · 60°F, sunny · Wind 14 mph to RF · 2:22

Oakland Athletics defeated Kansas City Royals 6–0. Oakland Athletics put up 2 in the 4th. Trevor Cahill earned the win. Rajai Davis went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Trevor Cahill L: Brian Bannister SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Hohn · 1B: Gary Darling · 2B: John Tumpane · 3B: Paul Emmel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Chris Getz	4	1	0	0
Jason Kendall	3	0	0	1
Billy Butler	2	0	1	0
Jose Guillen	3	0	0	1
Wilson Betemit	2	1	1	0
Alex Gordon	2	0	1	1
Mitch Maier	3	1	0	0
Yuniesky Betancourt	3	0	0	0
Gregor Blanco	2	0	1	0
Kila Ka'aihue	1	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Coco Crisp	4	0	1	1	1	1
Daric Barton	4	0	0	0	1	1
Kurt Suzuki	4	1	0	0	1	0
Jack Cust	2	1	2	0	2	0
Kevin Kouzmanoff	4	0	1	1	0	1
Adam Rosales	3	1	1	0	1	0
Rajai Davis	4	2	2	2	0	0
Matt Watson	3	0	1	1	0	0
Cliff Pennington	3	0	1	0	0	2
Gabe Gross	0	1	0	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brian Bannister	5.0	7	4	4
Bryan Bullington	2.0	0	1	1
Greg Holland	1.0	2	2	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Trevor Cahill	9.0	3	4	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chris Getz: 63/G6+
Jason Kendall: 8/F89D
Billy Butler: 13/G

Bot 1

Coco Crisp: K
Daric Barton: K
Kurt Suzuki: W
Jack Cust: W.1-2
Kevin Kouzmanoff: S9/L4D-.2-H;1-2
Adam Rosales: W.2-3;1-2
Rajai Davis: 8/F8RXD+

Top 2

Jose Guillen: K
Wilson Betemit: W
Alex Gordon: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 2

Matt Watson: 9/F9D
Cliff Pennington: K
Coco Crisp: 43/G4

Top 3

Mitch Maier: S9/L9S
Yuniesky Betancourt: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Gregor Blanco: 43/G4

Bot 3

Daric Barton: 7/F78D
Kurt Suzuki: 63/G6+
Jack Cust: S8/L8LD+
Kevin Kouzmanoff: 4/F3F-

Top 4

Chris Getz: 43/G4S
Jason Kendall: 9/F9LM
Billy Butler: W
Jose Guillen: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 4

Adam Rosales: S8/G6+
Rajai Davis: S7/G6+.1-2
Matt Watson: D7/R64/L78D+.2-H;1-H(NR)
Cliff Pennington: 13/SH.2-3
Coco Crisp: W
Daric Barton: SB2
Daric Barton: FC4/G13.3XH(42);2-3
Kurt Suzuki: SB2
Kurt Suzuki: 5/F56-

Top 5

Wilson Betemit: 43/G4
Alex Gordon: K
Mitch Maier: 7/F78M

Bot 5

Jack Cust: S9/G4+
Kevin Kouzmanoff: K
Adam Rosales: 8/L8LD
Rajai Davis: HR/F7D+.1-H
Matt Watson: 31/G34

Top 6

Yuniesky Betancourt: 4/L4
Gregor Blanco: W
Chris Getz: 6/LDP/L6M.1X2(6)

Bot 6

Cliff Pennington: K
Coco Crisp: 63/G6S
Daric Barton: 6/L6

Top 7

Jason Kendall: K
Billy Butler: 9/F9M
Jose Guillen: 9!/F8RD

Bot 7

Kurt Suzuki: 3/P3F
Jack Cust: W
Kevin Kouzmanoff: 7/F7D+
Adam Rosales: 8/F8LD

Top 8

Wilson Betemit: D8/L8RD+
Alex Gordon: W
Mitch Maier: 7/F78D
Yuniesky Betancourt: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 8

Rajai Davis: 63/G6
Gabe Gross: W
Cliff Pennington: S7/F78M.1-3
Coco Crisp: S49/L4+.3-H;1-2
Daric Barton: W.2-3;1-2
Kurt Suzuki: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 9

Gregor Blanco: 43/G4S
Chris Getz: S8/G4M+
Kila Ka'aihue: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Notes & reviews

Debut for umpire John Tumpane
Royals second baseman tagged Matt Watson and complained about the safe ruling; as Watson talked to 2B umpire John Tumpane, Rajai Davis scored from third
Debut game for Greg Holland

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