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Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals

2014-09-30 · 2014 Wild Card · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · 12 innings · Att: 40502 · 82°F, sunny · Wind 10 mph R to L · 4:45

Kansas City Royals defeated Oakland Athletics 9–8. Kansas City Royals put up 3 in the 8th. Jason Frasor earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
OAK	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	13
KCA	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	9	15

W: Jason Frasor L: Dan Otero SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Miller · 1B: Gerry Davis · 2B: Dan Iassogna · 3B: Bill Welke · LF: James Hoye · RF: Todd Tichenor

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Coco Crisp	6	1	2	1	0	3
Sam Fuld	5	1	2	0	1	1
Josh Donaldson	5	1	2	0	1	2
Brandon Moss	5	2	2	5	1	2
Josh Reddick	4	2	2	0	2	0
Jed Lowrie	5	0	0	0	0	0
Stephen Vogt	3	0	0	0	1	1
Geovany Soto	1	0	0	0	0	1
Eric Sogard	4	0	1	0	0	2
Derek Norris	5	1	1	1	0	2
Nate Freiman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Punto	2	0	0	0	0	1
Alberto Callaspo	1	0	1	1	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alcides Escobar	4	1	2	0	0	0
Nori Aoki	4	1	0	1	0	0
Lorenzo Cain	6	2	2	2	0	0
Eric Hosmer	4	2	3	1	2	0
Billy Butler	4	0	2	2	0	1
Alex Gordon	5	0	0	0	1	2
Salvador Perez	6	0	1	1	0	2
Omar Infante	5	0	2	0	0	2
Mike Moustakas	3	1	1	0	0	0
Josh Willingham	1	0	1	0	0	0
Christian Colon	1	1	1	1	0	0
Jarrod Dyson	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jayson Nix	1	0	0	0	0	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jon Lester	7.1	8	2	5
Luke Gregerson	0.2	1	1	2
Sean Doolittle	2.0	2	0	0
Dan Otero	1.1	3	0	1
Fernando Abad	0.1	0	0	0
Jason Hammel	0.0	1	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
James Shields	5.0	5	2	6
Yordano Ventura	0.1	2	0	0
Kelvin Herrera	1.2	4	0	3
Wade Davis	1.0	0	0	1
Greg Holland	1.0	0	3	1
Brandon Finnegan	2.1	1	1	3
Jason Frasor	0.2	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Coco Crisp: S7/L
Sam Fuld: 7/L
Josh Donaldson: K
Brandon Moss: HR/9/L.1-H
Josh Reddick: 7/L

Bot 1

Alcides Escobar: S64/G
Nori Aoki: 46(1)/FO/G
Lorenzo Cain: 9/F
Eric Hosmer: SB2
Eric Hosmer: W
Billy Butler: S7/L+.2-H;1-3
Alex Gordon: CSH(1632)

Top 2

Jed Lowrie: 31/G
Stephen Vogt: W
Geovany Soto: K
Eric Sogard: K

Bot 2

Alex Gordon: 7/F
Salvador Perez: 6/P
Omar Infante: K

Top 3

Coco Crisp: 31/G
Sam Fuld: S9/L-
Josh Donaldson: S7/G.1-2
Brandon Moss: 3/LDP.2X2(36)

Bot 3

Mike Moustakas: S7/L
Alcides Escobar: 53/SH/BG.1-2
Nori Aoki: 63/G.2-3
Lorenzo Cain: D7/L.3-H
Eric Hosmer: S7/F-.2-H
Billy Butler: 64(1)/FO/G

Top 4

Josh Reddick: 43/G
Jed Lowrie: 8/L
Stephen Vogt: K

Bot 4

Alex Gordon: K
Salvador Perez: K
Omar Infante: 63/G

Top 5

Derek Norris: K
Eric Sogard: 43/G
Coco Crisp: K

Bot 5

Mike Moustakas: 7/F
Alcides Escobar: 63/G
Nori Aoki: 5/L5F

Top 6

Sam Fuld: S9/L-
Josh Donaldson: W.1-2
Brandon Moss: HR/8/L.2-H;1-H
Josh Reddick: S9/L
Jed Lowrie: WP.1-2
Jed Lowrie: 9/F.2-3
Stephen Vogt: 2/P2F
Derek Norris: S8/G.3-H
Eric Sogard: S6/G.1-2
Coco Crisp: S8/L.2-H;1-2
Sam Fuld: K

Bot 6

Lorenzo Cain: 63/G
Eric Hosmer: 43/G
Billy Butler: K

Top 7

Josh Donaldson: K
Brandon Moss: K
Josh Reddick: S4/G
Jed Lowrie: 53/G

Bot 7

Alex Gordon: K
Salvador Perez: 53/G
Omar Infante: S1/BG-
Mike Moustakas: 7/L

Top 8

Stephen Vogt: 8/F
Derek Norris: 63/G
Eric Sogard: K

Bot 8

Alcides Escobar: S8/G
Nori Aoki: SB2
Nori Aoki: 43/G.2-3
Lorenzo Cain: S8/G.3-H
Eric Hosmer: SB2
Eric Hosmer: W
Billy Butler: S9/L.2-H;1-3
Alex Gordon: SB2
Alex Gordon: WP.3-H;2-3
Alex Gordon: W
Salvador Perez: K+SB2
Omar Infante: K

Top 9

Coco Crisp: K
Sam Fuld: W
Josh Donaldson: 7/L
Brandon Moss: PB.1-2
Brandon Moss: IW
Josh Reddick: W.2-3;1-2
Jed Lowrie: 9/L

Bot 9

Josh Willingham: S9/F-
Alcides Escobar: 13/SH/BG.1-2
Nori Aoki: SB3
Nori Aoki: 9/SF/F.3-H
Lorenzo Cain: 6/L+

Top 10

Nate Freiman: 8/F
Derek Norris: 43/G
Nick Punto: K

Bot 10

Eric Hosmer: S6/G
Christian Colon: 14/SH/BG.1-2
Alex Gordon: 63/G.2-3
Salvador Perez: 43/G

Top 11

Coco Crisp: K
Sam Fuld: 13/BG
Josh Donaldson: S78/L
Brandon Moss: K

Bot 11

Omar Infante: S9/L
Jarrod Dyson: 14/SH/BG.1-2
Alcides Escobar: 63/G.2-3
Jayson Nix: K

Top 12

Josh Reddick: W
Jed Lowrie: 53/SH/BG.1-2
Alberto Callaspo: WP.2-3
Alberto Callaspo: S7/L.3-H
Derek Norris: K
Nick Punto: 4/P3F

Bot 12

Lorenzo Cain: 31/G
Eric Hosmer: T7/F+
Christian Colon: S5/G-.3-H
Alex Gordon: 5/P5F
Salvador Perez: SB2
Salvador Perez: S7/G.2-H

Notes & reviews

American League Wild Card Game; the first post-season game for the Royals since 1985
Athletics catcher Geovany Soto left the game due to an injured thumb

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