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Kansas City Royals @ Oakland Athletics

2011-06-14 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 11439 · 67°F, sunny · Wind 13 mph to LF · 3:25

Kansas City Royals defeated Oakland Athletics 7–4. Kansas City Royals put up 2 in the 5th. Danny Duffy earned the win and Joakim Soria picked up the save. Hideki Matsui went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	7	10
OAK	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	7

W: Danny Duffy L: Trevor Cahill SV: Joakim Soria

Umpires — HP: Bill Welke · 1B: Tim Tschida · 2B: Jeff Nelson · 3B: Mike Estabrook · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alex Gordon	6	0	1	0	0	0
Melky Cabrera	5	1	0	0	1	1
Eric Hosmer	4	1	2	1	1	0
Jeff Francoeur	2	2	0	1	2	0
Billy Butler	4	0	1	2	1	0
Mike Moustakas	3	2	2	0	1	0
Matt Treanor	2	0	1	1	2	0
Chris Getz	3	0	0	0	1	1
Alcides Escobar	5	1	3	2	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Coco Crisp	5	0	1	1	0	1
Cliff Pennington	3	0	0	0	2	2
Hideki Matsui	5	2	2	1	0	0
Josh Willingham	5	0	1	0	0	2
Conor Jackson	3	0	0	0	1	0
Scott Sizemore	3	1	2	1	1	0
Kurt Suzuki	3	0	0	0	1	0
Daric Barton	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jemile Weeks	4	1	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny Duffy	6.0	4	4	2
Greg Holland	1.2	3	0	1
Aaron Crow	0.1	0	1	0
Joakim Soria	1.0	0	1	2

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Trevor Cahill	4.1	4	7	0
Craig Breslow	1.2	2	0	2
Michael Wuertz	1.0	0	1	0
Joey Devine	1.0	2	0	0
Grant Balfour	1.0	2	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Alex Gordon: 43/G4S-
Melky Cabrera: 7/L7LM
Eric Hosmer: 3/G34

Bot 1

Coco Crisp: 8/F8LXD+
Cliff Pennington: K
Hideki Matsui: 63/G6MD+

Top 2

Jeff Francoeur: W
Billy Butler: SB2
Billy Butler: W
Mike Moustakas: 53/SH/BG56S.2-3;1-2
Matt Treanor: 63/G6-.3-H
Chris Getz: 8/F8LM

Bot 2

Josh Willingham: 9/F89S
Conor Jackson: E5/TH1/G5-.B-2
Scott Sizemore: S9/L4D-.2-3
Kurt Suzuki: 9/L9M/DP.3XH(92)

Top 3

Alcides Escobar: S9/L34D-
Alex Gordon: SB2
Alex Gordon: 8/F8RD
Melky Cabrera: W
Eric Hosmer: E3/TH2/FO/G34S-.2-3;1-2
Jeff Francoeur: 4/IF/P4-
Billy Butler: 9/F9D

Bot 3

Daric Barton: 3/F3F-
Jemile Weeks: 4/F34D-
Coco Crisp: 9/F9M

Top 4

Mike Moustakas: S8/L8LS+
Matt Treanor: W.1-2
Chris Getz: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Alcides Escobar: 53/G56S-.3-H;2-3
Alex Gordon: 8/F8LD

Bot 4

Cliff Pennington: 53/G56
Hideki Matsui: HR/F9LD+
Josh Willingham: K
Conor Jackson: W
Scott Sizemore: W.1-2
Kurt Suzuki: 5(2)/FO/G56.1-2

Top 5

Melky Cabrera: 9!/L89D+
Eric Hosmer: W
Jeff Francoeur: WP.1-2
Jeff Francoeur: WP.2-3
Jeff Francoeur: W
Billy Butler: SB2
Billy Butler: D7/L7D+.3-H;2-H
Mike Moustakas: W
Matt Treanor: S7/G56.2-3;1-2
Chris Getz: K
Alcides Escobar: 64(1)/FO/G6-

Bot 5

Daric Barton: 7/F78M
Jemile Weeks: T9/F8RXD+
Coco Crisp: S9/L89S.3-H
Cliff Pennington: W.1-2
Hideki Matsui: 36(1)/FO/G34.2-3
Josh Willingham: 54(1)/FO/G56

Top 6

Alex Gordon: S7/F7S-
Melky Cabrera: K+CS2(26)/DP
Eric Hosmer: S8/G6M
Jeff Francoeur: 3/F4-

Bot 6

Conor Jackson: 7/F78D
Scott Sizemore: 9/F89S
Kurt Suzuki: W
Daric Barton: 2/BINT

Top 7

Billy Butler: 43/G4
Mike Moustakas: 31/G34
Matt Treanor: W
Chris Getz: 8/F8LM

Bot 7

Jemile Weeks: 43/G4
Coco Crisp: 43/G4-
Cliff Pennington: K

Top 8

Alcides Escobar: S12
Alex Gordon: 9/F9D.1-2
Melky Cabrera: FC6/G6.2-3
Eric Hosmer: S8/L8RM.3-H;1-3
Jeff Francoeur: 8/SF/F8RD.3-H
Billy Butler: 53/G56+

Bot 8

Hideki Matsui: S8/F8RS-
Josh Willingham: S7/G56.1-2
Conor Jackson: 46(1)3/GDP/G4.2-3
Scott Sizemore: S5/G5.3-H
Kurt Suzuki: WP.1-2
Kurt Suzuki: E6/TH1/G6M-.2-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Daric Barton: W
Jemile Weeks: 9/F8RD

Top 9

Mike Moustakas: S8/G4M-
Matt Treanor: 34/SH/BG23.1-2
Chris Getz: W
Alcides Escobar: D9/L9LS.2-H;1-3
Alex Gordon: 3/L34S
Melky Cabrera: 7/F7LM

Bot 9

Coco Crisp: K
Cliff Pennington: W
Hideki Matsui: 2/F25F-
Josh Willingham: K

Notes & reviews

Daric Barton called out for interfering with catcher Matt treanor's ability to field the batted ball
Royals catcher Matt Treanor reached over the wall into the photographers well to catch the foul ball

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