Kansas City Royals vs. Oakland Athletics - Box Score - May 17, 2007 - ESPN

Scores for May 17, 2007

Final

Series: Game 4 of 4

Kansas City won 3-1

Game 1: Monday, May 14
Kansas City	2	Final
Oakland	1	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, May 15
Kansas City	4	Final in 11
Oakland	5	Final in 11
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Game 3: Wednesday, May 16
Kansas City	4	Final
Oakland	3	Final
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Game 4: Thursday, May 17
Kansas City	7	Final
Oakland	4	Final
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Royals 7

(15-27, 8-13 away)

Athletics 4

(20-20, 9-11 home)

Alerts

3:35 PM ET, May 17, 2007

O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	7	11	0
OAK	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	9	0

W: S. Elarton (1-0)

L: D. Braden (1-3)

S: J. Soria (8)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
E German 3B	4	0	0	1	1	1	3	.286
D DeJesus CF	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	.276
M Grudzielanek 2B	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	.250
M Teahen RF	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	.296
M Sweeney DH	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	.250
E Brown LF	5	1	1	1	0	1	5	.202
R Shealy 1B	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.148
P Phillips C	3	1	1	2	1	0	1	.250
A Berroa SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333
Totals	36	7	11	6	5	4	15
BATTING 2B: M Sweeney (6, D Braden); P Phillips (1, C Robertson); D DeJesus (9, C Robertson); M Teahen (9, C Robertson); M Grudzielanek (11, J Witasick) 3B: E Brown (1, D Braden) RBI: P Phillips 2 (2), M Sweeney (18), E Brown (9), M Teahen (19), E German (12) 2-out RBI: P Phillips, M Teahen Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: E German 1, D DeJesus 1, A Berroa 1, E Brown 1 Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING CS: M Teahen (2, 2nd base by J Witasick/A Melhuse)
FIELDING DP: 3 (M Grudzielanek-A Berroa-R Shealy, S Elarton-A Berroa-R Shealy, A Berroa-M Grudzielanek-R Shealy). Outfield Assist: D DeJesus (B Crosby at 3rd base).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
S Elarton (W, 2-4)	5.1	6	4	4	3	1	1	80-46	5.23
Z Greinke (H, 12)	1.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	24-15	5.01
J Gobble (H, 16)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12-5	2.70
D Riske (H, 16)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-4	3.79
J Soria (S, 17)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13-10	3.72
Totals	9.0	9	4	4	4	4	1	133-80
PITCHING HBP: S Stewart (By Z Greinke) Batters faced: S Elarton 23; Z Greinke 6; J Gobble 3; D Riske 2; J Soria 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Elarton 6-9; Z Greinke 0-1; J Gobble 2-1; D Riske 0-2; J Soria 1-0 Game Scores: S Elarton 38

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
S Stewart LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	4	.260
N Swisher CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.286
E Chavez 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	3	.252
D Johnson 1B	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	.352
J Cust DH	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	.270
B Crosby SS	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	.255
T Buck RF	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	.218
M Ellis 2B	4	0	3	1	0	1	0	.258
A Melhuse C	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	.158
Totals	31	4	9	4	4	4	14
BATTING 2B: S Stewart (7, S Elarton); M Ellis (7, S Elarton) HR: B Crosby (5, 2nd inning off S Elarton 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: B Crosby 2 (17), T Buck (13), M Ellis (18) SF: T Buck 2-out RBI: M Ellis GIDP: S Stewart 2, E Chavez Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: D Johnson 1 Team LOB: 6

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Braden (L, 1-8)	5.1	6	5	5	1	1	0	95-61	6.41
C Robertson	1.2	3	1	1	1	2	0	31-19	5.40
L DiNardo	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	20-9	2.70
J Witasick	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	13-5	3.65
Totals	9.0	11	7	7	5	4	0	159-94
PITCHING WP: D Braden IBB: M Sweeney (By C Robertson) HBP: A Berroa (By D Braden) Batters faced: D Braden 24; C Robertson 9; L DiNardo 5; J Witasick 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Braden 6-9; C Robertson 2-1; L DiNardo 1-1; J Witasick 0-1 Game Scores: D Braden 36

Scoring Summary

			KC	OAK
	2nd	M Teahen scored, M Sweeney to third, R Shealy to second on wild pitch by D Braden.	1	0
	2nd	P Phillips grounded out to shortstop, M Sweeney scored, R Shealy to third.	2	0
	2nd	B Crosby homered to left.	2	1
	6th	M Sweeney doubled to left, M Grudzielanek scored.	3	1
	6th	E Brown tripled to deep center, M Sweeney scored.	4	1
	6th	P Phillips doubled to right, E Brown scored.	5	1
	6th	B Crosby singled to shallow center, E Chavez scored, D Johnson to third, J Cust to second.	5	2
	6th	T Buck hit sacrifice fly to left, D Johnson scored.	5	3
	6th	M Ellis singled to center, J Cust scored, B Crosby thrown out at third.	5	4
	7th	M Teahen doubled to center, D DeJesus scored.	6	4
	8th	E German grounded out to pitcher, P Phillips scored, A Berroa to second.	7	4
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