Oakland Athletics vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - June 02, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Jun 2, 2012

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Series tied 1-1 (as of 6/2)

Game 1: Friday, June 1
Oakland	0	Final
Kansas City	2	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, June 2
Oakland	9	Final
Kansas City	3	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, June 3
Oakland	0	Final
Kansas City	2	Final
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Athletics 9

(23-30, 13-15 away)

Royals 3

(22-29, 6-18 home)

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2:10 PM ET, June 2, 2012

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	0	9	10	0
KC	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	11	3

W: B. McCarthy (4-3)

L: L. Hochevar (3-6)

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Weeks 2B	2	2	2	0	2	0	20	.229	.315	.339
A Rosales PR-2B	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	.273	.500	.273
C Cowgill RF	4	0	1	1	1	2	24	.246	.338	.263
J Reddick DH	4	1	1	2	1	1	25	.265	.333	.545
Y Cespedes LF	5	2	3	1	0	0	13	.252	.320	.435
K Ka'aihue 1B	5	0	1	1	0	1	19	.231	.291	.385
B Inge 3B	5	0	0	0	0	1	19	.167	.241	.397
C Crisp CF	4	0	0	0	1	1	25	.167	.224	.185
K Suzuki C	4	2	1	0	1	2	27	.206	.250	.256
C Pennington SS	4	1	0	0	0	1	17	.192	.250	.264
Totals	38	9	10	7	6	9	191
BATTING 2B: Y Cespedes (6, L Hochevar); K Ka'aihue (9, T Collins) 3B: J Weeks (4, L Hochevar); J Reddick (3, L Hochevar) RBI: C Cowgill (4), J Reddick 2 (29), Y Cespedes (22), K Ka'aihue (12), A Rosales 2 (2) S: C Pennington 2-out RBI: J Reddick 2, Y Cespedes, K Ka'aihue, A Rosales 2 Athletics RISP: 4-12 (Y Cespedes 2-3, K Ka'aihue 0-2, C Cowgill 0-2, A Rosales 1-1, B Inge 0-1, J Reddick 1-3) Team LOB: 9
FIELDING DP: 3 (B Inge-J Weeks-K Ka'aihue, C Pennington-K Ka'aihue, C Cowgill-K Suzuki). Outfield Assist: C Cowgill (J Francoeur at Home).

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B McCarthy (W, 4-3)	6.0	8	2	2	2	2	0	71-54	2.95
G Balfour	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	23-15	3.76
R Cook	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	18-8	0.72
J Blevins	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	12-9	1.85
Totals	9.0	11	3	3	3	6	0	124-86
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B McCarthy 19/25; G Balfour 3/5; R Cook 1/4; J Blevins 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B McCarthy 16-2-17-19; G Balfour 6-2-4-3; R Cook 1-2-4-1; J Blevins 2-4-1-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B McCarthy 8-7; G Balfour 0-1; R Cook 0-2; J Blevins 1-1 Game Scores: B McCarthy 48

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Gordon LF	5	1	2	0	0	1	16	.243	.335	.376
Y Betancourt 2B	3	0	1	1	0	1	13	.281	.323	.421
B Butler DH	3	1	0	0	1	2	16	.284	.349	.508
M Moustakas 3B	3	0	0	0	1	1	16	.270	.342	.477
J Francoeur RF	4	0	2	1	0	0	8	.284	.329	.447
M Maier RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.290	.364
E Hosmer 1B	3	0	1	1	1	0	14	.207	.271	.352
A Escobar SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	14	.303	.342	.400
J Dyson CF	4	1	3	0	0	0	10	.263	.328	.314
H Quintero C	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	.240	.273	.375
B Pena C	2	0	1	0	0	0	11	.276	.292	.391
Totals	33	3	11	3	3	6	124
BATTING 2B: A Gordon (15, B McCarthy); E Hosmer (8, B McCarthy); B Pena (7, G Balfour) RBI: J Francoeur (16), E Hosmer (26), Y Betancourt (5) S: Y Betancourt SF: Y Betancourt 2-out RBI: J Francoeur GIDP: B Butler, H Quintero Royals RISP: 2-11 (Y Betancourt 0-1, M Moustakas 0-1, A Gordon 0-1, A Escobar 0-1, J Dyson 0-1, E Hosmer 1-2, J Francoeur 1-1, B Butler 0-3) Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: A Escobar (9, 2nd base off B McCarthy/K Suzuki)
FIELDING E: J Dyson (4, bobble); Y Betancourt (2, ground ball); A Escobar (5, ground ball) PB: H Quintero.

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
L Hochevar (L, 3-6)	4.2	5	6	6	3	3	0	90-50	6.63
T Collins	1.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	21-14	2.30
L Coleman	1.2	1	2	0	2	2	0	45-26	3.12
A Crow	0.1	3	1	0	0	0	0	16-11	2.78
J Mijares	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	19-11	2.38
Totals	9.0	10	9	6	6	9	0	191-112
PITCHING WP: L Hochevar First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: L Hochevar 9/22; T Collins 3/5; L Coleman 1/9; A Crow 4/5; J Mijares 3/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: L Hochevar 12-7-16-15; T Collins 3-5-5-1; L Coleman 9-3-9-5; A Crow 3-0-3-5; J Mijares 4-3-2-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L Hochevar 5-6; T Collins 0-1; L Coleman 1-2; A Crow 0-1; J Mijares 1-1 Game Scores: L Hochevar 30

Scoring Summary

			OAK	KC
	1st	C Cowgill grounded out to shortstop, J Weeks scored.	1	0
	1st	J Francoeur singled to left, A Gordon scored, M Moustakas to second.	1	1
	4th	Y Cespedes scored on L Hochevar's wild pitch.	2	1
	5th	J Reddick tripled to deep right, K Suzuki and J Weeks scored.	4	1
	5th	Y Cespedes singled to right, J Reddick scored.	5	1
	5th	K Ka'aihue doubled to deep right center, Y Cespedes scored.	6	1
	6th	E Hosmer doubled to deep left, B Butler scored, J Francoeur to third.	6	2
	7th	Y Betancourt hit sacrifice fly to center, J Dyson scored.	6	3
	8th	A Rosales singled to right center, K Suzuki and C Pennington scored.	8	3
	8th	J Reddick safe at first on error by shortstop A Escobar, A Rosales scored, C Cowgill to second.	9	3
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Game Notes

ROYALS CATCHER HUMBERTO QUINTERO WAS EJECTED FOR ARGUING IN THE TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE PAUL SCHRIEBER.
ATHLETICS SECOND BASEMAN JEMILE WEEKS LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING WITH AN INJURED LEFT HAND.

Game Information

Stadium	Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Attendance	26,276 (69.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:09
Weather	76 degrees, sunny
Wind	5 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Paul Schrieber, First Base - Tim Welke, Second Base - Laz Diaz, Third Base - Mike Everitt