Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Kansas City 6,
Oakland 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 66°
Umpires: Home - Brian Gorman, 1B - D.J. Reyburn, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Mike Muchlinski
Attendance: 11087
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 66°
Umpires: Home - Brian Gorman, 1B - D.J. Reyburn, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Mike Muchlinski
Attendance: 11087
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Oakland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
Oakland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Coco Crisp | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .278 |
| Daric Barton | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .277 |
| Mark Ellis | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .276 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .242 |
| Rajai Davis | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .267 |
| Jack Cust | PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .278 |
| Chris Carter | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 |
| Akinori Iwamura | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Matt Carson | RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .180 |
| Eric Sogard | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Cliff Pennington | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .244 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Coco Crisp (13) | |||||||||
| HR - Matt Carson (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Coco Crisp 3, Mark Ellis 2, Kurt Suzuki, Rajai Davis, Matt Carson 5 | |||||||||
| RBI - Mark Ellis (39), Kurt Suzuki (62), Matt Carson (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Daric Barton 2 (64), Kurt Suzuki (42) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Trevor Cahill (L 16-7) | 5.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2.84 |
| Jerry Blevins | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.70 |
| Henry Rodriguez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.57 |
| Vin Mazzaro | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.26 |
| HBP - Alex Gordon (by Cahill) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Trevor Cahill 100-58, Jerry Blevins 16-12, Henry Rodriguez 14-9, Vin Mazzaro 15-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Trevor Cahill 7-4, Jerry Blevins 1-0, Henry Rodriguez 0-1, Vin Mazzaro 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Trevor Cahill 24, Jerry Blevins 4, Henry Rodriguez 4, Vin Mazzaro 4 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
| Mike Aviles | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .300 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .312 |
| Wilson Betemit | 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .317 |
| Kila Ka'aihue | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .200 |
| Brayan Pena | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .269 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .237 |
| Yuniesky Betancourt | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .258 |
| Mitch Maier | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .260 |
| Totals | 31 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Mitch Maier (14) | |||||||||
| HR - Billy Butler (13), Wilson Betemit (12) | |||||||||
| TB - Jarrod Dyson, Mike Aviles, Billy Butler 4, Wilson Betemit 5, Brayan Pena, Yuniesky Betancourt 2, Mitch Maier 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Billy Butler 2 (70), Wilson Betemit 4 (39) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Wilson Betemit 4 (23) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Mitch Maier (37) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Yuniesky Betancourt (12) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Jarrod Dyson (2, 2nd off Cahill/Suzuki) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Mike Aviles (14) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Jarrod Dyson (Davis at 1st) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Bruce Chen (W 10-7) | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4.70 |
| Gil Meche (H 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.09 |
| Blake Wood (H 14) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.15 |
| Robinson Tejeda (H 9) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.06 |
| Joakim Soria (SV 38) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.65 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Bruce Chen 90-61, Gil Meche 10-5, Blake Wood 18-12, Robinson Tejeda 19-12, Joakim Soria 28-15 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Bruce Chen 4-9, Gil Meche 0-1, Blake Wood 1-0, Robinson Tejeda 0-2, Joakim Soria 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Bruce Chen 22, Gil Meche 3, Blake Wood 4, Robinson Tejeda 4, Joakim Soria 5 | ||||||||