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Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals

2016-09-15 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 32176 · 83°F, sunny · Wind 11 mph R to L · 3:19

Oakland Athletics defeated Kansas City Royals 14–5. Oakland Athletics opened the scoring in the 2nd — Marcus Semien doubles (24) on a line drive to left fielder Alex Gordon. Ryon Healy scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Stephen Vogt doubles (28) on a line drive to right fielder Billy Burns. Joey Wendle scores. Danny Valencia scores — worth 16% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	1	5	3	0	2	0	3	0	14	16
KCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	9

W: Daniel Mengden L: Edinson Volquez SV: (none)

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

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joey Wendle	6	3	4	0	0	1
Danny Valencia	4	2	0	0	1	0
Stephen Vogt	4	1	2	5	1	0
Khris Davis	4	1	2	2	0	0
Yonder Alonso	4	2	1	0	1	1
Ryon Healy	5	2	3	3	0	0
Marcus Semien	5	1	2	4	0	1
Matt Olson	3	0	0	0	2	1
Jake Smolinski	5	1	1	0	0	1
Max Muncy	2	1	1	0	0	1
Arismendy Alcantara	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chad Pinder	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jarrod Dyson	3	0	1	0	0	0
Whit Merrifield	4	0	0	0	0	1
Eric Hosmer	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kendrys Morales	4	1	2	0	0	0
Salvador Perez	2	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Gordon	2	0	0	0	0	1
Alcides Escobar	2	0	1	0	0	1
Christian Colon	4	1	1	3	0	1
Billy Burns	4	0	1	0	0	0
Daniel Nava	1	1	0	0	1	0
Tony Cruz	1	0	0	1	0	1
Hunter Dozier	2	1	1	0	0	1
Adalberto Mondesi	2	1	2	1	0	0
Terrance Gore	2	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Daniel Mengden	7.0	3	0	6
J. B. Wendelken	1.0	1	0	0
Dillon Overton	1.0	5	1	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Edinson Volquez	3.1	7	4	3
Peter Moylan	1.2	0	0	1
Chris Young	1.0	4	0	0
Brooks Pounders	1.1	5	1	0
Alec Mills	1.2	0	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joey Wendle: K23
Danny Valencia: 63/G6
Stephen Vogt: 43/G4-

Bot 1

Jarrod Dyson: S9/L9S
Whit Merrifield: 7/F7M
Eric Hosmer: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 2

Khris Davis: 53/G5+
Yonder Alonso: 3/G3
Ryon Healy: D7/L7LS
Marcus Semien: D7/F7LD+.2-H
Matt Olson: K

Bot 2

Kendrys Morales: 43/G4+
Salvador Perez: 63/G6
Alex Gordon: K

Top 3

Jake Smolinski: 4/F3D-
Joey Wendle: S8/G6M
Danny Valencia: W.1-2
Stephen Vogt: D9/L3D+.2-H;1-H
Khris Davis: FC6/G56.2X2(64)
Yonder Alonso: W.1-2
Ryon Healy: HR/F78D+.2-H;1-H
Marcus Semien: K

Bot 3

Alcides Escobar: K
Christian Colon: K
Billy Burns: 43/G4S-

Top 4

Matt Olson: W
Jake Smolinski: 14(1)/FO/G13-
Joey Wendle: S9/L34D+.1-2
Danny Valencia: E5/TH/G56.2-3;1-2
Stephen Vogt: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Khris Davis: D7/L7LD+.3-H;2-H(UR);1-3
Yonder Alonso: K
Ryon Healy: 53/G5S-

Bot 4

Jarrod Dyson: 8/F8RXD+
Whit Merrifield: 13/G13
Eric Hosmer: E7/F7D+.B-2
Kendrys Morales: 8/F8LXD+

Top 5

Marcus Semien: 9/L89M
Matt Olson: 9/F89S
Jake Smolinski: 43/G4

Bot 5

Salvador Perez: K
Alex Gordon: 63/G4
Alcides Escobar: T9/F89D+
Christian Colon: 4/F34D

Top 6

Joey Wendle: S8/L8RS
Danny Valencia: 2/F23F-
Stephen Vogt: HR/F9D+.1-H
Khris Davis: S8/L6D+
Yonder Alonso: 8/F8LXD+
Ryon Healy: S9/L4D-.1-2
Marcus Semien: 53/G5-

Bot 6

Billy Burns: 8/F78D+
Jarrod Dyson: 43/G4
Whit Merrifield: 9/F89D

Top 7

Matt Olson: 2/F2RF-
Jake Smolinski: S9/L34D+
Joey Wendle: S9/G34+.1-2
Danny Valencia: 8/F8RXD+
Stephen Vogt: 8/F8RD

Bot 7

Daniel Nava: 9/L89D+
Kendrys Morales: D7/F7D+
Tony Cruz: K
Hunter Dozier: K

Top 8

Max Muncy: S8/G4M
Yonder Alonso: S49/G34.1-2
Ryon Healy: 3/F3F-
Marcus Semien: HR/F7LD+.2-H;1-H
Matt Olson: W
Jake Smolinski: K
Joey Wendle: 13/G-

Bot 8

Adalberto Mondesi: S16/G15
Christian Colon: 64(1)/FO/MREV/G6
Billy Burns: 8/F8LD
Terrance Gore: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 9

Arismendy Alcantara: 7/F78D+
Chad Pinder: K
Max Muncy: K

Bot 9

Whit Merrifield: K
Daniel Nava: W
Kendrys Morales: S9/L89S.1-3
Tony Cruz: 9/SF/F9D.3-H
Hunter Dozier: D7/F7LD+.1-3
Adalberto Mondesi: S6/G6S.3-H;2-3
Christian Colon: HR/F78D+.3-H;1-H
Billy Burns: S8/L4MD
Terrance Gore: 8/F8LXD+

Notes & reviews

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