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Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals

2012-08-16 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 14345 · 73°F · Wind 10 mph L to R · 2:57

Oakland Athletics defeated Kansas City Royals 3–0. Dan Straily earned the win and Grant Balfour picked up the save. Yoenis Cespedes went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Dan Straily L: Luke Hochevar SV: Grant Balfour

Umpires — HP: Doug Eddings · 1B: Lance Barrett · 2B: Paul Nauert · 3B: Dana DeMuth · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Coco Crisp	4	1	1	1	0	1
Jemile Weeks	3	0	1	1	1	2
Josh Reddick	4	0	1	0	0	2
Yoenis Cespedes	3	1	1	1	1	0
Chris Carter	3	0	0	0	1	2
Brandon Moss	4	0	1	0	0	1
Josh Donaldson	4	0	0	0	0	2
Derek Norris	2	1	0	0	1	0
Cliff Pennington	3	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Jarrod Dyson	4	0	0	1
Alcides Escobar	4	1	0	0
Alex Gordon	4	0	0	1
Billy Butler	4	1	0	0
Salvador Perez	4	1	0	0
Mike Moustakas	3	1	1	0
Jeff Francoeur	4	0	0	2
Eric Hosmer	2	2	1	0
Chris Getz	3	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dan Straily	6.1	3	2	2
Sean Doolittle	0.1	2	0	1
Jerry Blevins	0.2	0	0	1
Ryan Cook	0.2	1	0	0
Grant Balfour	1.0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Luke Hochevar	7.0	4	3	5
Tim Collins	1.0	1	0	3
Jeremy Jeffress	1.0	0	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Coco Crisp: 3/G3
Jemile Weeks: W
Josh Reddick: 7/F78D+
Yoenis Cespedes: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 1

Jarrod Dyson: 7/L7S
Alcides Escobar: 63/G6
Alex Gordon: 8/F8LM

Top 2

Chris Carter: W
Brandon Moss: 7/F7LS
Josh Donaldson: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 2

Billy Butler: 8/F8RXD+
Salvador Perez: S8/G6M+
Mike Moustakas: W.1-2
Jeff Francoeur: 6/IF/P56-
Eric Hosmer: W.2-3;1-2
Chris Getz: 3/G3

Top 3

Derek Norris: 5/F15-
Cliff Pennington: 53/G56
Coco Crisp: 9/L9D+

Bot 3

Jarrod Dyson: 8/F8LD
Alcides Escobar: 3/F3F-
Alex Gordon: 43/G4

Top 4

Jemile Weeks: K
Josh Reddick: S5/BG6S+
Yoenis Cespedes: 64(1)3/GDP/G6+

Bot 4

Billy Butler: 63/G6+
Salvador Perez: 53/G5
Mike Moustakas: 7/F7D+

Top 5

Chris Carter: 4/F4MD-
Brandon Moss: 8/F78XD+
Josh Donaldson: K

Bot 5

Jeff Francoeur: K
Eric Hosmer: S8/G4M+
Chris Getz: 46(1)/FO/G4
Jarrod Dyson: CS2(26)

Top 6

Derek Norris: 8/F8RD
Cliff Pennington: 43/G34-
Coco Crisp: HR/F9D+/UREV
Jemile Weeks: K23

Bot 6

Jarrod Dyson: 5/F6S-
Alcides Escobar: 8/F8LM
Alex Gordon: K

Top 7

Josh Reddick: K
Yoenis Cespedes: HR/F78XD+
Chris Carter: K
Brandon Moss: D9/L9D+
Josh Donaldson: 63/G6

Bot 7

Billy Butler: S8/L8LM
Salvador Perez: 9/F9D
Mike Moustakas: S7/F7LS-.1-2
Jeff Francoeur: K
Eric Hosmer: S7.2-3;1-2
Chris Getz: 8/F8LS

Top 8

Derek Norris: W
Cliff Pennington: K
Coco Crisp: SB2
Coco Crisp: K
Jemile Weeks: S48/G4MD+.2-H;B-2(THH)
Josh Reddick: K

Bot 8

Jarrod Dyson: K
Alcides Escobar: S9/L9S
Alex Gordon: 3/G3S.1-2
Billy Butler: 13/G15+

Top 9

Yoenis Cespedes: W
Chris Carter: K
Brandon Moss: K
Josh Donaldson: WP.1-2
Josh Donaldson: K

Bot 9

Salvador Perez: 8/L8RM
Mike Moustakas: 2/F23F-
Jeff Francoeur: 63/L6

Notes & reviews

replay,6,crisc001,OAK,demud901,KAN06,O,Y,I,,H $Coco Crisp's fly hit behind the green wall and caromed back onto the field; it was ruled in play but the Athletics asked about the call; crew chief Dana DeMuth watched the replay and overturned the call to a home run

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