Final

Athletics 12

(11-12, 5-8 away)

Royals 14

(11-10, 6-5 home)

4:05 PM ET, March 27, 2010

Surprise Stadium, Surprise, Arizona 

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OAK 330303000 12 - -
KC 20550002 - 14 - -
 

OAKLAND (12) AT KANSAS CITY (14)

 OAKLAND          AB  R  H BI  KANSAS CITY      AB  R  H BI
 C Crisp cf        3  2  2  1  D DeJesus rf      4  3  3  0 
 E Patterson cf    2  0  2  0  P Orlando rf      2  0  0  0 
 D Barton 1b       3  2  1  2  S Podsednik lf    2  0  0  0 
 S Kleen 1b        1  0  0  0  B Coats pr-lf     1  1  0  0 
 R Sweeney rf      4  1  1  1  M Aviles ss       5  2  3  1 
 G Gross rf        1  0  0  0  S Thorman dh      4  2  1  1 
 K Kouzmanoff 3b   3  1  2  3  B Pena c          4  1  2  3 
 A Rosales pr-ss   1  1  0  0  V Wilson c        1  0  0  0 
 K Suzuki c        1  1  0  1  K Ka'aihue 1b     4  2  3  3 
 L Powell c        1  0  0  0  M Maier cf        5  2  3  5 
 J Cust dh         4  1  0  0  J Fields 3b       4  0  0  0 
 M Ellis 2b        4  0  3  3  W Betemit 3b      1  0  1  0 
 Y Chen pr-2b      1  0  0  0  W Bloomquist 2b   3  1  0  0 
 T Buck lf         4  1  1  0  I Falu 2b         1  0  0  1 
 M Carson lf       0  0  0  0  
 C Pennington ss   4  2  3  0  
 D McPherson 3b    1  0  0  0  
 TOTALS           38 12 15 11  TOTALS           41 14 16 14

 OAKLAND                   330 303 000 -- 12
 KANSAS CITY               205 500 02x -- 14

 E--K Suzuki, D Barton, Y Chen, W Bloomquist. 
 DP--KANSAS CITY 1. LOB--OAKLAND 9, KANSAS CITY 8. 
 2B--M Ellis, E Patterson, D Barton, M Maier, D 
 DeJesus. 3B--B Pena. HR--K Kouzmanoff 1 (3) (off J
 Rupe), K Ka'aihue 1 (4) (off A Capra), M Maier 1 
 (3) (off J Duchscherer). SB--C Pennington 1 (6). 
 S--C Crisp, I Falu, S Podsednik. SF--D Barton, K 
 Suzuki.
                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
  OAKLAND
 J Duchscherer                      3   9  11   8   0   1   1
 E Ramirez                          2   2   1   1   1   3   0
 A Capra (L,0-1)                2 2-3   5   2   2   0   2   1
 S Demel                          1-3   0   0   0   0   0   0
  KANSAS CITY
 J Rupe                             2   6   6   5   0   1   1
 B Thompson                         3   5   3   3   2   0   0
 B Bullington (W,1-0)               3   3   3   3   3   2   0
 R Colon (S,1)                      1   1   0   0   1   2   0

 WP--J Rupe. HBP--K Suzuki by B Bullington, B 
 Coats by A Capra, S Thorman by J Duchscherer. 
 SO--OAK: J Cust 2, L Powell, S Kleen, D McPherson.
 KC: V Wilson, D DeJesus, J Fields, M Maier, B 
 Coats, S Thorman. BB--OAK: J Cust, G Gross, M 
 Carson, K Kouzmanoff, D Barton, K Suzuki. KC: K 
 Ka'aihue. T--3:07. A--7,436.

Game Information

StadiumSurprise Stadium, Surprise, AZ
Weather71 degrees, Fair
Wind9 mph, N
Umpires, Third Base - Manny Gonzalez