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Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals

2011-05-07 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 25828 · 81°F, sunny · Wind 2 mph R to L · 2:18

Kansas City Royals defeated Oakland Athletics 4–3. Kansas City Royals put up 3 in the 6th. Joakim Soria earned the win. Cliff Pennington went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Joakim Soria L: Brandon McCarthy SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Miller · 1B: Alan Porter · 2B: James Hoye · 3B: Phil Cuzzi · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Coco Crisp	4	0	1	0	0
Daric Barton	4	0	0	0	1
David DeJesus	4	0	1	0	0
Josh Willingham	4	0	0	0	1
Hideki Matsui	4	0	2	0	0
Kurt Suzuki	4	0	1	0	0
Andy LaRoche	4	1	1	0	2
Kevin Kouzmanoff	2	0	0	0	0
Cliff Pennington	3	1	1	3	1
Ryan Sweeney	2	1	1	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chris Getz	3	0	0	0	0	0
Melky Cabrera	4	1	1	1	0	1
Alex Gordon	4	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Butler	3	0	1	1	0	0
Jeff Francoeur	4	0	1	0	0	1
Eric Hosmer	3	0	1	0	1	0
Mike Aviles	3	0	0	1	0	1
Matt Treanor	2	1	1	0	1	0
Alcides Escobar	3	1	1	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brandon McCarthy	8.1	7	2	3

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Luke Hochevar	7.0	4	3
Aaron Crow	1.0	3	1
Joakim Soria	1.0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Coco Crisp: 3/G3
Daric Barton: K
David DeJesus: 7/F78D

Bot 1

Chris Getz: 4/L4
Melky Cabrera: 63/G6-
Alex Gordon: 43/G4

Top 2

Josh Willingham: 8/F8LS
Hideki Matsui: 7/F78D+
Kurt Suzuki: 63/G6

Bot 2

Billy Butler: 4/F4MD-
Jeff Francoeur: K
Eric Hosmer: 7!/F78D

Top 3

Andy LaRoche: K
Kevin Kouzmanoff: 53/G5
Cliff Pennington: 63/G6

Bot 3

Mike Aviles: K
Matt Treanor: 8/F89M
Alcides Escobar: 63/G6

Top 4

Coco Crisp: 43/G4-
Daric Barton: 8/F78XD+
David DeJesus: T9/L8RM
Josh Willingham: 53/G56-

Bot 4

Chris Getz: 63/G56-
Melky Cabrera: 13/G15
Alex Gordon: 3/G3S-

Top 5

Hideki Matsui: D9/G3+
Kurt Suzuki: 1/G34S-.2-3
Andy LaRoche: FC6/G6S.3XH(625);B-1
Kevin Kouzmanoff: 64(1)/FO/G6+

Bot 5

Billy Butler: 5!3!/G56
Jeff Francoeur: 3/L3+
Eric Hosmer: S9/G34+
Mike Aviles: 7/F7D

Top 6

Cliff Pennington: K
Coco Crisp: 6/F4MD-
Daric Barton: 7/L7LD+

Bot 6

Matt Treanor: S9/L9S-
Alcides Escobar: S7/G56+.1-2
Chris Getz: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Melky Cabrera: S6/G56-.3-H;2-3
Alex Gordon: S9/G34.3-H;1-3
Billy Butler: 9/SF/F9LD+.3-H
Jeff Francoeur: SB2
Jeff Francoeur: 53/G5-

Top 7

David DeJesus: 43/G4
Josh Willingham: 9/F9LSF
Hideki Matsui: D8/L8RXD+
Kurt Suzuki: 53/G56S

Bot 7

Eric Hosmer: 8/L8LD+
Mike Aviles: 3/F3F-
Matt Treanor: W
Alcides Escobar: 6/F6MD-

Top 8

Andy LaRoche: S7/L5D+
Ryan Sweeney: S8/G6M-.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Cliff Pennington: HR/F9D+.3-H;2-H
Coco Crisp: D9/F9D+
Daric Barton: 13/G-
David DeJesus: 8/F8LXD+.2-3
Josh Willingham: K

Bot 8

Chris Getz: 9!/F9D+
Melky Cabrera: K
Alex Gordon: 7/F78D

Top 9

Hideki Matsui: 8/F89D+
Kurt Suzuki: S8/L8RS
Andy LaRoche: K
Ryan Sweeney: K

Bot 9

Billy Butler: S8/G6+
Jeff Francoeur: S7/G56.1-3
Eric Hosmer: IW.1-2
Mike Aviles: 7/SF/F7M.3-H

Notes & reviews

after Athletics left fielder Josh Willingham was called out on strikes, he threw his bat to the ground and then bounced his helmet off the ground as he yelled at HP umpire Bill Miller; Miller ejected Willingham, who then bumped Miller

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