Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Kansas City 11,
Oakland 6
When: 4:05 PM ET, Monday, September 5, 2011
Where: O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature: 62°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Layne, 1B - Bob Davidson, 2B - Hunter Wendelstedt, 3B - Brian Knight
Attendance: 14577
Where: O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature: 62°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Layne, 1B - Bob Davidson, 2B - Hunter Wendelstedt, 3B - Brian Knight
Attendance: 14577
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 0 |
| Oakland | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .303 |
| Melky Cabrera | CF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .303 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .303 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .287 |
| Jeff Francoeur | RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .281 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .228 |
| Johnny Giavotella | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .246 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .282 |
| Chris Getz | PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| Brayan Pena | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .247 |
| Totals | 40 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Gordon (42), Eric Hosmer 2 (23) | |||||||||
| HR - Billy Butler 2 (18) | |||||||||
| TB - Alex Gordon 2, Melky Cabrera 2, Billy Butler 9, Eric Hosmer 5, Jeff Francoeur, Mike Moustakas 2, Salvador Perez 2, Alcides Escobar | |||||||||
| RBI - Alex Gordon (76), Melky Cabrera (81), Billy Butler 3 (83), Eric Hosmer 2 (65), Jeff Francoeur 2 (76), Mike Moustakas 2 (22) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Billy Butler 2 (25), Mike Moustakas 2 (8) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Melky Cabrera 2 (65) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Eric Hosmer (5, 2nd by Harden/Suzuki) | |||||||||
| SB - Alcides Escobar 2 (22, 2nd off Breslow/Suzuki, 3rd off Breslow/Suzuki) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Felipe Paulino | 4.1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4.20 |
| Everett Teaford | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.21 |
| Greg Holland (W 4-1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.83 |
| Joakim Soria | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.24 |
| WP - Felipe Paulino 2 | ||||||||
| IBB - Ryan Sweeney (by Holland) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Felipe Paulino 96-51, Everett Teaford 32-19, Greg Holland 19-7, Joakim Soria 16-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Felipe Paulino 4-1, Everett Teaford 3-3, Greg Holland 2-0, Joakim Soria 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Felipe Paulino 22, Everett Teaford 8, Greg Holland 5, Joakim Soria 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Everett Teaford 2-1 | ||||||||
Oakland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jemile Weeks | 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .291 |
| Cliff Pennington | SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .268 |
| Hideki Matsui | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .262 |
| Josh Willingham | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .246 |
| Michael Taylor | PR-LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| David DeJesus | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .232 |
| Brandon Allen | 1B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .261 |
| Ryan Sweeney | CF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .237 |
| Scott Sizemore | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .246 |
| Totals | 28 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jemile Weeks (20) | |||||||||
| HR - Scott Sizemore (9) | |||||||||
| TB - Jemile Weeks 2, Josh Willingham, Kurt Suzuki, Scott Sizemore 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Josh Willingham (81), David DeJesus (42), Kurt Suzuki (39), Scott Sizemore 3 (44) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Kurt Suzuki (11), Scott Sizemore 3 (20) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - David DeJesus (38), Kurt Suzuki (42) | |||||||||
| S - David DeJesus (3) | |||||||||
| SF - David DeJesus (4) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Scott Sizemore (7) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - David DeJesus (Moustakas at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Rich Harden | 5.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4.74 |
| Michael Wuertz (H 3) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.01 |
| Craig Breslow (BS 3) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.11 |
| Brian Fuentes | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.02 |
| Andrew Bailey (L 0-4) | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Neil Wagner | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Rich Harden 98-61, Michael Wuertz 13-10, Craig Breslow 17-11, Brian Fuentes 8-5, Andrew Bailey 11-8, Neil Wagner 19-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Rich Harden 1-2, Michael Wuertz 1-0, Craig Breslow 1-0, Brian Fuentes 0-1, Andrew Bailey 0-1, Neil Wagner 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Rich Harden 23, Michael Wuertz 4, Craig Breslow 4, Brian Fuentes 3, Andrew Bailey 4, Neil Wagner 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Craig Breslow 1-1, Neil Wagner 1-1 | ||||||||