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Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals

2016-09-12 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 31061 · 81°F, cloudy · Wind 11 mph R to L · 3:23

Oakland Athletics defeated Kansas City Royals 16–3. Oakland Athletics opened the scoring in the 3rd — Khris Davis homers (36) on a fly ball to center field. Danny Valencia scores. Stephen Vogt scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Khris Davis homers (36) on a fly ball to center field. Danny Valencia scores. Stephen Vogt scores — worth 24% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	3	3	1	5	0	0	4	16	17
KCA	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7

W: Daniel Coulombe L: Dillon Gee SV: Zach Neal

Umpires — HP: Greg Gibson · 1B: Dana DeMuth · 2B: Adam Hamari · 3B: Mike Estabrook · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joey Wendle	5	0	2	2	0	2
Danny Valencia	4	2	2	1	0	0
Stephen Vogt	3	2	3	2	2	0
Khris Davis	4	2	1	3	1	1
Yonder Alonso	5	1	1	1	0	0
Ryon Healy	4	0	2	2	2	1
Marcus Semien	6	1	1	3	0	1
Bruce Maxwell	4	2	2	0	1	1
Brett Eibner	3	3	2	0	2	0
Matt Olson	0	1	0	0	1	0
Renato Nunez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Arismendy Alcantara	1	1	1	2	0	0
Max Muncy	0	1	0	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	3	1	0	0	1	0
Paulo Orlando	4	1	1	2	0	1
Eric Hosmer	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kendrys Morales	4	0	1	1	0	1
Alex Gordon	2	0	0	0	1	1
Cheslor Cuthbert	3	0	1	0	0	1
Alcides Escobar	3	0	1	0	0	1
Christian Colon	4	0	1	0	0	0
Drew Butera	3	1	1	0	0	0
Daniel Nava	1	0	1	0	0	0
Billy Burns	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hunter Dozier	1	0	0	0	0	1
Adalberto Mondesi	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ross Detwiler	4.0	6	2	0
Danny Coulombe	2.0	0	0	5
Zach Neal	3.0	1	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dillon Gee	3.1	5	4	1
Brooks Pounders	0.0	1	0	0
Scott Alexander	0.0	1	0	0
Chris Young	2.0	5	2	2
Brian Flynn	2.2	3	1	2
Alec Mills	1.0	2	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joey Wendle: 63/G6
Danny Valencia: 43/G6
Stephen Vogt: W
Khris Davis: 43/G6MD

Bot 1

Whit Merrifield: 63/G6
Paulo Orlando: 563/G56
Eric Hosmer: 5/F5S-

Top 2

Yonder Alonso: 43/G34
Ryon Healy: S7/G56+
Marcus Semien: 7/L78M
Bruce Maxwell: W.1-2
Brett Eibner: 4/F34D-

Bot 2

Kendrys Morales: 53/G56-
Alex Gordon: W
Cheslor Cuthbert: S7/G6+.1-2
Alcides Escobar: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M

Top 3

Joey Wendle: K
Danny Valencia: S9/L9S
Stephen Vogt: W.1-2
Khris Davis: HR/F8LXD+.2-H;1-H
Yonder Alonso: 63/G6-
Ryon Healy: W
Marcus Semien: 4/F4D-

Bot 3

Christian Colon: 63/G6
Drew Butera: D7/L5
Whit Merrifield: W
Paulo Orlando: D7/L7LD+.2-H;1-H
Eric Hosmer: 7/L78M
Kendrys Morales: S9/L89M.2-H
Alex Gordon: 53/G6S-

Top 4

Bruce Maxwell: S9/L4D
Brett Eibner: S7/L6D+.1-3
Joey Wendle: 8/SF/F8RXD+.3-H
Danny Valencia: D7/L78D+.1-3
Stephen Vogt: S9/L4D.3-H;2-H
Khris Davis: W.1-2
Yonder Alonso: 46(1)/FO/MREV/G34.2-3
Ryon Healy: W.1-2
Marcus Semien: 4/F3D

Bot 4

Cheslor Cuthbert: 7/L7D+
Alcides Escobar: S6/G6MD
Christian Colon: S9/L9LM+.1-3
Drew Butera: 9/L89S
Whit Merrifield: 3/F3-

Top 5

Bruce Maxwell: K
Brett Eibner: S9/L34D
Joey Wendle: S9/L34D+.1-3
Danny Valencia: SB2
Danny Valencia: 9/DP/SF.3-H;2X3(95)

Bot 5

Paulo Orlando: K
Eric Hosmer: 43/G4+
Kendrys Morales: K

Top 6

Stephen Vogt: D9/F9LD+
Khris Davis: E5/TH.2-3
Yonder Alonso: S8/G4.3-H;1-3
Ryon Healy: K+SB2
Marcus Semien: HR/F7LD+.3-H(UR);2-H
Bruce Maxwell: S9/L4D-
Brett Eibner: W.1-2
Joey Wendle: S8/G4M+.2-H;1-3
Danny Valencia: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 6

Alex Gordon: K
Cheslor Cuthbert: K
Alcides Escobar: K

Top 7

Stephen Vogt: S68/L4D
Khris Davis: K
Yonder Alonso: 46(1)3/GDP/G4-

Bot 7

Christian Colon: 63/G6
Drew Butera: 9/F9LM
Whit Merrifield: 6/F6MD

Top 8

Ryon Healy: 13/G15
Marcus Semien: K
Bruce Maxwell: 13/G4MS-

Bot 8

Paulo Orlando: 53/G5
Daniel Nava: D8/F78XD+
Kendrys Morales: 13/G13-.2-3
Billy Burns: 43/G4M

Top 9

Brett Eibner: W
Joey Wendle: K
Matt Olson: W.1-2
Renato Nunez: 31/G34S-.2-3;1-2
Arismendy Alcantara: D7/F78D+.3-H;2-H
Max Muncy: W
Ryon Healy: D89/F8RXD+.2-H;1-H
Marcus Semien: 7/F7D

Bot 9

Hunter Dozier: K
Adalberto Mondesi: 43/G4
Christian Colon: 9/F9LM

Notes & reviews

replay,4,alony001,OAK,demud901,KAN06,,Y,M,OAK,C $when Yonder Alonso was called out at 1B, Athletics manager Bob Melvin challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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