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Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals

2015-04-19 · Day game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 36755 · 65°F · Wind 11 mph L to R · 3:08

Kansas City Royals defeated Oakland Athletics 4–2. Kansas City Royals put up 3 in the 8th. Franklin Morales earned the win and Wade Davis picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Franklin Morales L: Eric O'Flaherty SV: Wade Davis

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

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Craig Gentry	3	0	0	0	0	2
Mark Canha	3	1	1	0	1	1
Ben Zobrist	2	0	2	2	1	0
Billy Butler	2	0	0	0	2	0
Cody Ross	2	0	0	0	1	0
Josh Phegley	4	0	0	0	0	0
Brett Lawrie	4	0	1	0	0	2
Josh Reddick	4	0	2	0	0	0
Marcus Semien	3	1	0	0	1	1
Sam Fuld	2	0	0	0	0	2
Eric Sogard	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ike Davis	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Paulo Orlando	3	1	0	0	1	1
Mike Moustakas	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lorenzo Cain	3	1	1	1	0	1
Eric Hosmer	3	1	1	0	1	0
Kendrys Morales	4	0	1	2	0	0
Omar Infante	2	0	2	0	0	0
Erik Kratz	3	0	0	0	0	2
Christian Colon	3	0	2	0	0	0
Jarrod Dyson	2	0	1	1	0	0
Orlando Calixte	2	1	0	0	0	0
Salvador Perez	1	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Gordon	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Scott Kazmir	7.1	6	1	5
Eric O'Flaherty	0.2	2	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny Duffy	5.0	4	5	5
Jason Frasor	1.0	2	1	0
Ryan Madson	1.0	1	0	1
Kelvin Herrera	0.2	0	0	0
Franklin Morales	0.1	0	0	0
Wade Davis	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Craig Gentry: K
Mark Canha: K
Ben Zobrist: W
Billy Butler: SB2
Billy Butler: W+WP.2-3
Cody Ross: 8/L8RD+

Bot 1

Paulo Orlando: 4/F34D
Mike Moustakas: 7/L78D+
Lorenzo Cain: HP
Eric Hosmer: 43/G4-

Top 2

Josh Phegley: 53/G5
Brett Lawrie: K
Josh Reddick: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 2

Kendrys Morales: 9/L9D+
Omar Infante: S5/G5
Erik Kratz: K
Christian Colon: 64(1)/FO/G6+

Top 3

Marcus Semien: W
Craig Gentry: 4/F4D-
Mark Canha: W.1-2
Ben Zobrist: S9/G4+.2-H;1-3;BX2(926)
Billy Butler: W
Cody Ross: 8/F8LD

Bot 3

Jarrod Dyson: S6/G6S-
Paulo Orlando: K
Mike Moustakas: 46(1)3/GDP/G4S

Top 4

Josh Phegley: 13/L13
Brett Lawrie: K
Josh Reddick: S9/G4+
Marcus Semien: 7/F78XD+

Bot 4

Lorenzo Cain: K
Eric Hosmer: 8/F8RXD+
Kendrys Morales: 53/G5

Top 5

Craig Gentry: K
Mark Canha: S7/L6D
Ben Zobrist: SB2
Ben Zobrist: S8/G4M.2-H
Billy Butler: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Bot 5

Omar Infante: D8/F78D
Erik Kratz: 13/G13
Christian Colon: S6/G56-.2-2
Jarrod Dyson: WP.2-3;1-2
Jarrod Dyson: 63/G6.3-H;2-3
Paulo Orlando: 53/G5S-

Top 6

Cody Ross: W
Josh Phegley: 14(1)3/GDP/G13-
Brett Lawrie: S6/G56
Josh Reddick: S7/G6.1-2
Marcus Semien: 9/L9D+

Bot 6

Mike Moustakas: 31/G34+
Lorenzo Cain: 4/F4D-
Eric Hosmer: S8/L8RS
Kendrys Morales: 53/G5

Top 7

Sam Fuld: K
Mark Canha: 43/G4
Eric Sogard: D9/F9LD+
Billy Butler: 63/G6

Bot 7

Orlando Calixte: 63/G6
Erik Kratz: K
Christian Colon: S87/F8LM
Salvador Perez: K

Top 8

Ike Davis: 63/G6MS-
Josh Phegley: 13/G13S-
Brett Lawrie: 4/F4MD

Bot 8

Paulo Orlando: W
Mike Moustakas: 43/G34.1-2
Lorenzo Cain: D8/L78D+.2-H
Eric Hosmer: SB3
Eric Hosmer: W
Kendrys Morales: D8/F8LXD+.3-H;1-H
Orlando Calixte: 53/G56S-
Alex Gordon: 6/L6MD-

Top 9

Josh Reddick: 31/G34
Marcus Semien: K
Sam Fuld: K23

Notes & reviews

both teams warned by HP umpire Greg Gibson; Royals pitching coach Dave Eiland ejected by Gibson; Royals manager Ned Yost came onto the field after being told not to do so and was ejected by Gibson
Royals second baseman Omar Infante left the game due to an injured groin
Royals Kelvin Herrera ejected by HP umpire Greg Gibson after throwing behind Brett Lawrie; Alcides Escobar ejected by Gibson from the bench; Escobar had been injured by a hard slide by Lawrie two days before; acting manager Don Wakamatsu automatically ejected by Gibson

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