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Kansas City Royals @ Oakland Athletics

2024-06-20 · Day game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 8753 · 63°F, cloudy · Wind 10 mph · 2:23

Kansas City Royals defeated Oakland Athletics 3–2. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 2nd — Freddy Fermin homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Zack Gelof homers (8) on a fly ball to center field. Lawrence Butler scores — worth 33% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Kyle McCann (P): Called third strike.

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Line score

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

W: James McArthur L: Vinny Nittoli SV: Chris Stratton

Umpires — HP: D.J. Reyburn · 1B: John Libka · 2B: James Hoye · 3B: Rob Drake · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nick Loftin	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Witt	4	1	1	1	0	1
Vinnie Pasquantino	4	0	0	0	0	0
Salvador Perez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Freddy Fermin	4	2	3	2	0	0
MJ Melendez	3	0	2	0	1	0
Dairon Blanco	4	0	1	0	0	1
Garrett Hampson	2	0	0	0	0	1
Kyle Isbel	3	0	0	0	0	3
Adam Frazier	1	0	0	0	0	1
Maikel Garcia	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Max Schuemann	4	0	1	0	1	1
JJ Bleday	2	0	0	0	2	0
Miguel Andujar	3	0	1	0	1	0
Brent Rooker	4	0	1	0	0	1
Tyler Soderstrom	3	0	0	0	0	2
Lawrence Butler	4	1	1	0	0	1
Zack Gelof	4	1	2	2	0	2
Kyle McCann	2	0	0	0	1	1
Aledmys Diaz	2	0	1	0	0	1
Abraham Toro	1	0	1	0	0	0
Tyler Nevin	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shea Langeliers	1	0	1	0	0	0
Daz Cameron	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Seth Lugo	6.2	6	3	8
James McArthur	1.0	2	2	0
Angel Zerpa	0.2	1	0	1
Chris Stratton	0.2	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mitch Spence	6.0	6	1	7
Vinny Nittoli	2.0	1	0	2
T. J. McFarland	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Nick Loftin: 63/G56
Bobby Witt: K
Vinnie Pasquantino: 3/G34

Bot 1

Max Schuemann: K
JJ Bleday: W
Miguel Andujar: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 2

Salvador Perez: 7/F78D+
Freddy Fermin: HR/F78XD
MJ Melendez: D7/L7D
Dairon Blanco: S1/L4S.2-2
Garrett Hampson: 4/P4
Kyle Isbel: K

Bot 2

Brent Rooker: 8/L8D
Tyler Soderstrom: 13/G4S
Lawrence Butler: K

Top 3

Nick Loftin: 13/G4MS
Bobby Witt: 43/G6M
Vinnie Pasquantino: 5/P56S

Bot 3

Zack Gelof: S8/L8+
Kyle McCann: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Aledmys Diaz: S8/G6M
Max Schuemann: 64(1)/FO/G6.B-1

Top 4

Salvador Perez: K
Freddy Fermin: HR/F7LD
MJ Melendez: D9/G3
Dairon Blanco: 7/F78D
Garrett Hampson: K

Bot 4

JJ Bleday: 8/F89XD+
Miguel Andujar: S7/L7
Brent Rooker: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 5

Kyle Isbel: K
Nick Loftin: K
Bobby Witt: 63/G6

Bot 5

Tyler Soderstrom: K
Lawrence Butler: 43/G34
Zack Gelof: K

Top 6

Vinnie Pasquantino: 2/P23F-/FL
Salvador Perez: 9/F9LF/FL
Freddy Fermin: S9/G4
MJ Melendez: W.1-2
Dairon Blanco: K

Bot 6

Kyle McCann: K
Aledmys Diaz: K
Max Schuemann: S8/L8
JJ Bleday: W.1-2
Miguel Andujar: 7/F7L

Top 7

Adam Frazier: K
Kyle Isbel: K
Nick Loftin: 8/F89S

Bot 7

Brent Rooker: K
Tyler Soderstrom: K
Lawrence Butler: D9/L9LS+
Zack Gelof: HR/F8XD.2-H
Kyle McCann: W
Abraham Toro: D9/G3.1XH(942)

Top 8

Bobby Witt: HR/F7D
Vinnie Pasquantino: 8/F8
Salvador Perez: 63/G56
Freddy Fermin: 7/F78D+

Bot 8

Max Schuemann: W
JJ Bleday: PO1(13)
JJ Bleday: 31/G34
Miguel Andujar: W
Brent Rooker: S8/L89.1-3
Tyler Nevin: 64(1)/FO/G6.B-1

Top 9

MJ Melendez: 53/G56
Dairon Blanco: 3/G34
Maikel Garcia: 8/F8D

Bot 9

Lawrence Butler: E6/G6.B-1
Zack Gelof: K
Shea Langeliers: S9/L89S.1-2
Daz Cameron: 9/F9D.2-3
Max Schuemann: 8/F8

Notes & reviews

Athletics challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld.
Kyle McCann, no longer in game, ejected by HP umpire D.J. Reyburn for arguing called third strike $on Zack Gelof

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