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Kansas City Royals @ Oakland Athletics

2010-08-03 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 10670 · 63°F, sunny · Wind 14 mph to RF · 2:45

Kansas City Royals defeated Oakland Athletics 3–2. Jesse Chavez earned the win and Joakim Soria picked up the save. Alex Gordon went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jesse Chavez L: Craig Breslow SV: Joakim Soria

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

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chris Getz	5	0	0	1	0	1
Jason Kendall	4	0	0	0	0	2
Billy Butler	3	0	1	0	1	1
Jose Guillen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wilson Betemit	4	0	0	0	0	2
Alex Gordon	4	2	1	1	0	2
Mitch Maier	2	0	2	0	1	0
Yuniesky Betancourt	3	0	2	0	1	0
Gregor Blanco	4	1	1	1	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Coco Crisp	5	0	0	0	0	2
Daric Barton	4	1	1	0	1	0
Kurt Suzuki	3	0	1	1	1	0
Jack Cust	3	0	0	0	1	3
Kevin Kouzmanoff	4	0	2	0	0	1
Mark Ellis	3	0	1	0	0	1
Rajai Davis	3	1	0	0	1	0
Matt Watson	2	0	1	1	2	0
Cliff Pennington	4	0	0	0	0	3

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kyle Davies	5.0	5	5	6
Kanekoa Texeira	1.0	0	1	2
Jesse Chavez	2.0	1	0	1
Joakim Soria	1.0	0	0	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vin Mazzaro	6.0	5	2	5
Jerry Blevins	0.2	2	0	0
Michael Wuertz	1.1	0	0	2
Craig Breslow	1.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chris Getz: 63/G6
Jason Kendall: K
Billy Butler: W
Jose Guillen: 4/F34D-

Bot 1

Coco Crisp: 9/F9D
Daric Barton: 6/F6D-
Kurt Suzuki: W
Jack Cust: K

Top 2

Wilson Betemit: K
Alex Gordon: HR/F8LXD+
Mitch Maier: S9/L89S+
Yuniesky Betancourt: S9/L4+.1-2
Gregor Blanco: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 2

Kevin Kouzmanoff: S8/L8LM
Mark Ellis: S8/L6D.1-2
Rajai Davis: 64(1)3/GDP/G6S.2-3
Matt Watson: W
Cliff Pennington: K

Top 3

Chris Getz: 3/G34
Jason Kendall: 63/G6
Billy Butler: D9/L3D
Jose Guillen: 63/G56

Bot 3

Coco Crisp: K
Daric Barton: S9/L34D
Kurt Suzuki: 5/P
Jack Cust: K

Top 4

Wilson Betemit: 43/G4
Alex Gordon: K
Mitch Maier: W
Yuniesky Betancourt: 4/F4D-

Bot 4

Kevin Kouzmanoff: K
Mark Ellis: 7/F7D
Rajai Davis: W
Matt Watson: PO1(E1).1-3
Matt Watson: S9/L34D.3-H(UR)
Cliff Pennington: 46(1)/FO/G4-

Top 5

Gregor Blanco: S5/BG25-.B-3(E5/TH1)
Chris Getz: 43/G4.3-H(UR)
Jason Kendall: 43/G4
Billy Butler: 6/F6MD-

Bot 5

Coco Crisp: 63/G6
Daric Barton: W
Kurt Suzuki: D8/L78S+.1-H
Jack Cust: W
Kevin Kouzmanoff: 6/F6MD-
Mark Ellis: K

Top 6

Jose Guillen: 43/G4-
Wilson Betemit: K
Alex Gordon: K

Bot 6

Rajai Davis: 7/L78D+
Matt Watson: W
Cliff Pennington: K
Coco Crisp: K

Top 7

Mitch Maier: D9/L9LM+
Yuniesky Betancourt: S7/L6D+.2-3
Gregor Blanco: FC2/BG2R-.3XH(251);1-3;B-2
Chris Getz: 6/F56-
Jason Kendall: K

Bot 7

Daric Barton: 43/G4
Kurt Suzuki: 63/G6
Jack Cust: K

Top 8

Billy Butler: K
Jose Guillen: 3/P3F
Wilson Betemit: 5/F56-

Bot 8

Kevin Kouzmanoff: S4/G34D-
Mark Ellis: 34/SH.1-2
Rajai Davis: 43/G4.2-3
Matt Watson: 8/F8LXD+

Top 9

Alex Gordon: E3/G34.B-2
Mitch Maier: 53/SH/BG5S+.2-3
Yuniesky Betancourt: IW
Gregor Blanco: 64(1)/FO/G6S+.3-H(UR)
Chris Getz: SB2.1-3(E2/TH2)
Chris Getz: K

Bot 9

Cliff Pennington: K
Coco Crisp: 63/G6
Daric Barton: 6/L6D+

Notes & reviews

Athletics manager Geren ejected by HP umpire Darling for arguing there should have been a double play.; Maier was caught between third and home, Betancourt going to 3rd and Blanco to 2nd during rundown, putting two runners on 3rd; pitcher tagged Maier who was standing on base and then tagged Betancourt; 3B umpire Hohn called Maier safe and Betancourt out, but Maier stepped off bag after he was tagged and before Betancourt was tagged; umpires huddled, then ruled that Maier was out because he abandoned his effort per rule 7.08 and that Betancourt was now safe because he was the only runner on the bag when he was tagged; Geren argued that Betancourt was out as the trail runner when he was tagged and that Maier was out for leaving the base
originally scored as double, changed next day, makes run unearned

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