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Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals

2012-06-02 · Day game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 26276 · 76°F, sunny · Wind 5 mph L to R · 3:09

Oakland Athletics defeated Kansas City Royals 9–3. Oakland Athletics put up 4 in the 5th. Brandon McCarthy earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	0	9	10
KCA	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	11

W: Brandon McCarthy L: Luke Hochevar SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Paul Schrieber · 1B: Tim Welke · 2B: Laz Diaz · 3B: Mike Everitt · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jemile Weeks	2	2	2	0	2	0
Collin Cowgill	4	0	1	1	1	2
Josh Reddick	4	1	1	2	1	1
Yoenis Cespedes	5	2	3	1	0	0
Kila Ka'aihue	5	0	1	1	0	1
Brandon Inge	5	0	0	0	0	1
Coco Crisp	4	0	0	0	1	1
Kurt Suzuki	4	2	1	0	1	2
Cliff Pennington	4	1	0	0	0	1
Adam Rosales	1	1	1	2	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alex Gordon	5	1	2	0	0	1
Yuniesky Betancourt	3	0	1	1	0	1
Billy Butler	3	1	0	0	1	2
Mike Moustakas	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jeff Francoeur	4	0	2	1	0	0
Eric Hosmer	3	0	1	1	1	0
Alcides Escobar	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jarrod Dyson	4	1	3	0	0	0
Humberto Quintero	2	0	0	0	0	0
Brayan Pena	2	0	1	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brandon McCarthy	6.0	8	2	2
Grant Balfour	1.0	2	0	2
Ryan Cook	1.0	0	1	1
Jerry Blevins	1.0	1	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Luke Hochevar	4.2	5	3	3
Tim Collins	1.1	1	0	3
Louis Coleman	1.2	1	2	2
Aaron Crow	0.1	3	0	0
Jose Mijares	1.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jemile Weeks: T9/F8RXD+
Collin Cowgill: 63/G6S.3-H
Josh Reddick: K
Yoenis Cespedes: 63/G56

Bot 1

Alex Gordon: S9/G4+
Yuniesky Betancourt: S9/L9S.1-2
Billy Butler: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S-.2-3
Mike Moustakas: W
Jeff Francoeur: S7/G56.3-H;1-2
Eric Hosmer: 2/F2LF-

Top 2

Kila Ka'aihue: 3/F34S-
Brandon Inge: 4/F4-
Coco Crisp: K

Bot 2

Alcides Escobar: 9/L9S
Jarrod Dyson: S7
Humberto Quintero: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M-

Top 3

Kurt Suzuki: 63/G6
Cliff Pennington: 8/F78D
Jemile Weeks: W
Collin Cowgill: W.1-2
Josh Reddick: 6(1)/FO/G6M

Bot 3

Alex Gordon: D7/L78D+
Yuniesky Betancourt: 53/SH/BG25.2-3
Billy Butler: K
Mike Moustakas: K

Top 4

Yoenis Cespedes: D8/F8RXD+.B-3(E8)
Kila Ka'aihue: WP.3-H
Kila Ka'aihue: 5/F7LSF
Brandon Inge: 8/F8LD
Coco Crisp: 7/L7S

Bot 4

Jeff Francoeur: 7/F7M
Eric Hosmer: 1/G13
Alcides Escobar: S7/G56
Jarrod Dyson: SB2
Jarrod Dyson: 13/G13-

Top 5

Kurt Suzuki: S7
Cliff Pennington: 13/SH.1-2
Jemile Weeks: PB.2-3
Jemile Weeks: W
Collin Cowgill: K
Josh Reddick: T9/L89D+.3-H;1-H
Yoenis Cespedes: S9/L34D-.3-H
Kila Ka'aihue: D8/F8RXD+.1-H
Brandon Inge: K

Bot 5

Humberto Quintero: 8/F89XD+
Alex Gordon: 53/G56
Yuniesky Betancourt: 5/F25F-

Top 6

Coco Crisp: 5/F2LF-
Kurt Suzuki: K
Cliff Pennington: K

Bot 6

Billy Butler: W
Mike Moustakas: 9/F9S
Jeff Francoeur: S9/L34.1-2
Eric Hosmer: D7/L78D+.2-H;1-3
Alcides Escobar: 9/FDP/F9M.3XH(92)

Top 7

Jemile Weeks: S7/L78S-
Collin Cowgill: K
Josh Reddick: W.1-2
Yoenis Cespedes: 5!4(1)/FO.2-3
Kila Ka'aihue: K

Bot 7

Jarrod Dyson: S7/L7S
Brayan Pena: D7/L7LM+.1-3
Alex Gordon: K23
Yuniesky Betancourt: 8/SF/F8RM.3-H
Billy Butler: K

Top 8

Brandon Inge: 7/F7M
Coco Crisp: 7/L7M
Kurt Suzuki: W
Cliff Pennington: E4/G34.1-3;B-2
Adam Rosales: S8/L89M.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Collin Cowgill: S8/L89M.1-3
Josh Reddick: E6/G6.3-H(NR)(UR);1-2
Yoenis Cespedes: S6/G6.2-3;1-2
Kila Ka'aihue: 9/L9D+

Bot 8

Mike Moustakas: 5/P5F
Jeff Francoeur: 4/F34D
Eric Hosmer: W
Alcides Escobar: K

Top 9

Brandon Inge: 9/F9D+
Coco Crisp: W
Kurt Suzuki: K
Cliff Pennington: 63/G6S

Bot 9

Jarrod Dyson: S7
Brayan Pena: 3/F3DF-
Alex Gordon: 64(1)/FO/G6-
Yuniesky Betancourt: DI.1-2
Yuniesky Betancourt: K

Notes & reviews

Francoeur tried to flip up and over the tag by catcher Suzuki; he was called out by HP umpire Schrieber and the Royals objected to the call; Francoeur bruised his right heel when he landed on the plate
Catcher Quintero ejected by HP umpire Schrieber for arguing balls and strikes

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