Oakland Athletics vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - September 04, 2008 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 4, 2008

Final in 10

Series: Game 2 of 3

Kansas City leads 2-0 (as of 9/4)

Game 1: Tuesday, September 2
Oakland	2	Final
Kansas City	5	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, September 3
Oakland		Postponed
Kansas City		Postponed

Game 2: Thursday, September 4
Oakland	4	Final in 10
Kansas City	5	Final in 10
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Game 3: Thursday, September 4
Oakland	6	Final
Kansas City	9	Final
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Athletics 4

(63-76, 27-41 away)

Royals 5

(59-79, 31-39 home)

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5:10 PM ET, September 4, 2008

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	4	9	1
KC	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	12	1

W: J. Soria (2-3)

L: J. Devine (4-1)

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
R Sweeney CF	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	.281
B Crosby SS	5	1	1	1	0	1	1	.246
M Sweeney DH	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	.280
J Cust LF	5	0	1	2	0	1	0	.228
K Suzuki C	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	.286
D Barton 1B	4	1	2	1	0	1	2	.226
J Hannahan 3B	5	0	1	0	0	2	3	.220
A Cunningham RF	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	.300
E Patterson 2B	3	1	1	0	1	0	3	.197
Totals	39	4	9	4	3	5	17
BATTING 2B: J Cust (14, B Bannister) 3B: A Cunningham (1, B Bannister) HR: D Barton (9, 6th inning off B Bannister 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: B Crosby (56), J Cust 2 (61), D Barton (41) S: D Barton 2-out RBI: J Cust 2 Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: A Cunningham 1, E Patterson 1, J Hannahan 1, K Suzuki 1, R Sweeney 1 Team LOB: 9
FIELDING E: B Crosby (16, throw) DP: 2 (E Patterson-B Crosby, E Patterson-B Crosby-D Barton).

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Eveland	6.0	10	4	4	0	5	0	83-57	4.28
H Street	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	21-15	3.94
J Devine (L, 4-1)	1.1	1	1	0	1	1	0	25-15	0.75
Totals	9.1	12	5	4	1	8	0	129-87
PITCHING WP: D Eveland IBB: M Aviles (By J Devine) Batters faced: D Eveland 26; H Street 6; J Devine 7 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Eveland 6-5; H Street 4-0; J Devine 2-1 Game Scores: D Eveland 41

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
D DeJesus CF-RF	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	.293
M Aviles SS	4	1	1	0	1	1	2	.329
J Guillen RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.248
J Gathright CF	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.250
B Butler DH	4	1	1	2	0	2	1	.280
R Shealy 1B	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	.250
M Olivo C	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.260
M Teahen 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.240
A Callaspo 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.301
E German LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.240
Totals	37	5	12	4	1	8	10
BATTING 2B: B Butler (20, D Eveland); A Callaspo (4, D Eveland) RBI: B Butler 2 (52), R Shealy (2), J Gathright (19) S: D DeJesus GIDP: D DeJesus Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: A Callaspo 1, B Butler 1 Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING SB: M Olivo (6, 2nd base off D Eveland/K Suzuki) CS: E German (3, 2nd base by D Eveland)
FIELDING E: M Aviles (9, ground ball)

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Bannister	7.0	7	4	1	2	3	1	108-69	5.56
R Ramirez	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	14-7	2.81
J Soria (W, 2-3)	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	25-19	1.80
Totals	10.0	9	4	1	3	5	1	147-95
PITCHING IBB: A Cunningham (By R Ramirez) Balk: J Soria Batters faced: B Bannister 31; R Ramirez 5; J Soria 7 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Bannister 5-13; R Ramirez 1-1; J Soria 3-2 Game Scores: B Bannister 54

Scoring Summary

			OAK	KC
	3rd	B Butler doubled to right, D DeJesus and M Aviles scored, J Guillen to third.	0	2
	3rd	J Guillen scored, B Butler to third on wild pitch by D Eveland.	0	3
	3rd	R Shealy singled to left, B Butler scored.	0	4
	5th	B Crosby singled to center, E Patterson scored, R Sweeney to third.	1	4
	5th	J Cust doubled to deep center, R Sweeney and B Crosby scored.	3	4
	6th	D Barton homered to right.	4	4
	10th	J Gathright singled to left, E German scored, M Aviles to second.	4	5
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