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Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals

2015-04-17 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 39228 · 74°F · Wind 5 mph R to L · 2:33

Kansas City Royals defeated Oakland Athletics 6–4. Kansas City Royals put up 3 in the 3rd. Wade Davis earned the win and Greg Holland picked up the save. Stephen Vogt went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	8
KCA	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	2		6	15

W: Wade Davis L: Dan Otero SV: Greg Holland

Umpires — HP: Chad Fairchild · 1B: Jim Joyce · 2B: Greg Gibson · 3B: Marvin Hudson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sam Fuld	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mark Canha	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ben Zobrist	4	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Butler	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ike Davis	4	2	2	1	0	0
Stephen Vogt	4	2	3	2	0	0
Brett Lawrie	3	0	1	1	0	1
Josh Reddick	3	0	0	0	1	1
Marcus Semien	3	0	1	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alcides Escobar	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Moustakas	5	0	1	0	0	0
Lorenzo Cain	4	1	3	0	0	1
Eric Hosmer	4	1	3	1	0	0
Kendrys Morales	4	1	2	0	0	0
Alex Gordon	3	0	1	1	1	0
Salvador Perez	4	1	3	1	0	0
Paulo Orlando	4	1	1	1	0	2
Omar Infante	3	0	1	2	0	1
Christian Colon	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sonny Gray	6.0	11	1	5
Eric O'Flaherty	1.0	2	0	0
Dan Otero	1.0	2	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jeremy Guthrie	6.0	7	0	2
Kelvin Herrera	1.0	1	1	2
Wade Davis	1.0	0	0	0
Greg Holland	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Sam Fuld: 3/G34
Mark Canha: 13/G15S-
Ben Zobrist: 9/F9M

Bot 1

Alcides Escobar: 43/G4M-
Mike Moustakas: 13/G13S+
Lorenzo Cain: S8/L6D
Eric Hosmer: S6/G6.1-2
Kendrys Morales: 13/G13+

Top 2

Billy Butler: 53/G56
Ike Davis: S8/L8LM
Stephen Vogt: D9/G3+.1-3
Brett Lawrie: 13/SH/BG34S+.3-H;2-3
Josh Reddick: 8/F8LD

Bot 2

Alex Gordon: W
Salvador Perez: 16(1)/FO/G13S-
Paulo Orlando: K
Omar Infante: K23

Top 3

Marcus Semien: D7/L7LD+
Sam Fuld: 9/L9S
Mark Canha: 9/F89S
Ben Zobrist: 6/L6D

Bot 3

Alcides Escobar: 8/F8LM
Mike Moustakas: 8/F8LD
Lorenzo Cain: S9/G4
Eric Hosmer: SB2
Eric Hosmer: S7/F7LS.2-H
Kendrys Morales: S9/L9S.1-2
Alex Gordon: S9/G34.2-H;1-3
Salvador Perez: S49/G4.3-H;1-3
Paulo Orlando: K

Top 4

Billy Butler: 63/G56
Ike Davis: HR/F9D+
Stephen Vogt: HR/F9D+
Brett Lawrie: K
Josh Reddick: K

Bot 4

Omar Infante: 8/F78D
Alcides Escobar: K
Mike Moustakas: S9/G34
Lorenzo Cain: K

Top 5

Marcus Semien: 8/F78XD+
Sam Fuld: 8/F8RD
Mark Canha: 63/G6

Bot 5

Eric Hosmer: S39/G34
Kendrys Morales: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Alex Gordon: 8/F8LXD+

Top 6

Ben Zobrist: 9/F9LM
Billy Butler: S8/G6+
Ike Davis: 36(1)3/GDP/G34S-

Bot 6

Salvador Perez: D57/G5
Paulo Orlando: 63/G6.2-3
Omar Infante: S8/L78M.3-H
Alcides Escobar: 14(1)3/GDP/G13-

Top 7

Stephen Vogt: HR/F9LD+
Brett Lawrie: S9/L9S
Josh Reddick: 156(1)/FO/MREV/L15+
Marcus Semien: W.1-2
Sam Fuld: K
Mark Canha: SB3;SB2
Mark Canha: K

Bot 7

Mike Moustakas: 5/F56-
Lorenzo Cain: S9/G4
Eric Hosmer: 36(1)/FO/G34S
Kendrys Morales: S57/G56.1-3
Alex Gordon: 43/G34

Top 8

Ben Zobrist: 31/G34
Billy Butler: 9/F9M
Ike Davis: 8/L8LM

Bot 8

Salvador Perez: S8/G6M
Paulo Orlando: T9/L89M+.1-H
Omar Infante: 8/SF/F8RM.3-H
Christian Colon: 8/F8LD
Mike Moustakas: 7/L78M

Top 9

Stephen Vogt: 43/G4-
Brett Lawrie: 9/F89M
Josh Reddick: W
Marcus Semien: 2/F25F-

Notes & reviews

replay,7,reddj001,OAK,joycj901,KAN06,,N,M,OAK,C $Brett Lawrie slid into Alcides Escobar at 2B; both benches cleared; Escobar left the game due to an injured knee; when Lawrie was called out, Athletics manager Bob Melvin challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay

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