Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Oakland 7,
Kansas City 2
When: 2:10 PM ET, Thursday, September 16, 2021
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Nestor Ceja, 1B - Scott Barry, 2B - Chad Whitson, 3B - Tony Randazzo
Attendance: 11729
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Nestor Ceja, 1B - Scott Barry, 2B - Chad Whitson, 3B - Tony Randazzo
Attendance: 11729
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Oakland | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
Oakland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Josh Harrison | 3B | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .299 |
| Starling Marte | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .343 |
| Matt Olson | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .275 |
| Mark Canha | LF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .237 |
| Khris Davis | DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .187 |
| Jed Lowrie | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .245 |
| Yan Gomes | PH-DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .211 |
| Chad Pinder | RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .229 |
| Sean Murphy | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .215 |
| Elvis Andrus | SS | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| Tony Kemp | 2B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .267 |
| Totals | 34 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Josh Harrison (9), Matt Olson (33) | |||||||||
| TB - Josh Harrison 5, Starling Marte, Matt Olson 2, Chad Pinder 2, Elvis Andrus | |||||||||
| RBI - Josh Harrison 2 (18), Mark Canha (57), Chad Pinder 2 (18) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Chad Pinder 2 (8) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Mark Canha 2 (41), Jed Lowrie (48), Sean Murphy (30), Tony Kemp (29) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Starling Marte (3), Matt Olson (17) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Starling Marte (2, 2nd by Speier/Rivero) | |||||||||
| PO - Starling Marte (1st by Speier) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Paul Blackburn (W 1-2) | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4.94 |
| Deolis Guerra (H 2) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.34 |
| Andrew Chafin (H 5) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.52 |
| Sergio Romo | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.37 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Paul Blackburn 79-51, Deolis Guerra 25-16, Andrew Chafin 15-10, Sergio Romo 9-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Paul Blackburn 6-2, Deolis Guerra 2-1, Andrew Chafin 0-1, Sergio Romo 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Paul Blackburn 22, Deolis Guerra 8, Andrew Chafin 5, Sergio Romo 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Deolis Guerra 2-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B-RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .278 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .300 |
| Salvador Perez | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .278 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .266 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .220 |
| Hanser Alberto | PH-2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
| Hunter Dozier | RF-1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .209 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .283 |
| Edward Olivares | PH-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .224 |
| Sebastian Rivero | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .194 |
| Carlos Santana | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .218 |
| Totals | 35 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Hanser Alberto (17), Hunter Dozier (26) | |||||||||
| HR - Salvador Perez (45) | |||||||||
| TB - Salvador Perez 5, Adalberto Mondesi 2, Ryan O'Hearn, Hanser Alberto 2, Hunter Dozier 2, Sebastian Rivero 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Salvador Perez 2 (112) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Salvador Perez (42), Hunter Dozier 2 (50), Kyle Isbel (4), Edward Olivares 2 (11) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Nicky Lopez (8) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Ryan O'Hearn (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Daniel Lynch (L 4-5) | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.34 |
| Joel Payamps | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.09 |
| Gabe Speier | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Domingo Tapia | 1.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.65 |
| Josh Staumont | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.20 |
| Jake Brentz | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.56 |
| Tyler Zuber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.92 |
| WP - Jake Brentz 3, Tyler Zuber | ||||||||
| HBP - Starling Marte (by Lynch), Tony Kemp (by Lynch), Elvis Andrus (by Brentz) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Daniel Lynch 53-31, Joel Payamps 26-17, Gabe Speier 22-14, Domingo Tapia 14-11, Josh Staumont 16-8, Jake Brentz 10-2, Tyler Zuber 14-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Daniel Lynch 3-1, Joel Payamps 3-2, Gabe Speier 0-1, Domingo Tapia 2-1, Josh Staumont 1-0, Jake Brentz 0-0, Tyler Zuber 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Daniel Lynch 11, Joel Payamps 8, Gabe Speier 5, Domingo Tapia 7, Josh Staumont 3, Jake Brentz 3, Tyler Zuber 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Joel Payamps 3-2, Domingo Tapia 1-0, Tyler Zuber 1-1 | ||||||||