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Royals
@ Athletics
McAfee Coliseum
August 17, 2007
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Kansas City Royals, played on August 17, 2007 at McAfee Coliseum.
Game Summary
| Date | August 17, 2007 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 17, 2007 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Brian Bannister |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dan Meyer |
| Ballpark | McAfee Coliseum |
| City | Oakland |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 18,185 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 38 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dana DeMuth 1B: Kerwin Danley 2B: Doug Eddings 3B: Mike Muchlinski |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Esteban German | Third Baseman |
| Joey Gathright | Center Fielder |
| Mark Grudzielanek | Second Baseman |
| Billy Butler | DH |
| Mark Teahen | Right Fielder |
| Emil Brown | Left Fielder |
| Alex Gordon | First Baseman |
| John Buck | Catcher |
| Tony Pena | Shortstop |
| Buddy Bell | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Travis Buck | Center Fielder |
| Shannon Stewart | Left Fielder |
| Nick Swisher | First Baseman |
| Jack Cust | Right Fielder |
| Mike Piazza | DH |
| Mark Ellis | Second Baseman |
| Jack Hannahan | Third Baseman |
| Donnie Murphy | Shortstop |
| Kurt Suzuki | Catcher |
| Bob Geren | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Athletics
McAfee Coliseum
August 17, 2007
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
German vs. Meyer
German hits a fly ball towards right. Cust settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Cust. German moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gathright vs. Meyer
Gathright bunts towards first. Swisher scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gathright for the out. German moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Grudzielanek vs. Meyer
Grudzielanek hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Cust who is chasing the ball. Grudzielanek reaches third base with a triple. German scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Butler vs. Meyer
Butler hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stewart. Butler reaches second base with a double. Grudzielanek scores. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Teahen vs. Meyer
Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Butler moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Brown vs. Meyer
Brown hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Meyer
Gordon hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hannahan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Bannister
Buck hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Bannister
Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Swisher vs. Bannister
Swisher hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Bannister
Cust hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gathright. Cust reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Piazza vs. Bannister
Piazza hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Meyer
Buck hits a fly ball into right field. Cust settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Meyer
Pena hits a popup, foul, towards first. Swisher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
German vs. Meyer
German takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Gathright vs. Meyer
Gathright hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Bannister
Ellis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Hannahan vs. Bannister
Hannahan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Bannister
Murphy hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grudzielanek vs. Meyer
Grudzielanek hits a fly ball into center field. Buck settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Meyer
Butler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Teahen vs. Meyer
Teahen hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Buck who is chasing the ball. Teahen reaches third base with a triple. Butler goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Brown vs. Meyer
There's a wild pitch. Teahen scores. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Meyer
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Buck settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Meyer
Gordon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Buck vs. Meyer
Buck hits a fly ball into center field. Buck settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Bannister
Suzuki takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Buck vs. Bannister
Buck hits a popup, foul, towards third. German settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Stewart vs. Bannister
Stewart strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Swisher vs. Bannister
Swisher strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Meyer
Pena hits a fly ball into right field. Cust settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
German vs. Meyer
German hits a fly ball into center field. Buck settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gathright vs. Meyer
Gathright hits a fly ball into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Bannister
Cust hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Piazza vs. Bannister
Piazza hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Bannister
Ellis hits a fly ball into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Grudzielanek vs. Calero
Kiko Calero now pitching.
Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Butler vs. Calero
Butler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Murphy fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Teahen vs. Calero
Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Swisher fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Butler for the double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hannahan vs. Bannister
Hannahan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gordon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hannahan for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Bannister
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gordon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murphy for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Bannister
Suzuki strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Calero
Brown hits a popup towards first. Swisher settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Calero
Gordon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Buck vs. Calero
Buck hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Calero fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Bannister
Buck hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Brown. Buck reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Stewart vs. Bannister
Jeff DaVanon pinch runs for Travis Buck.
Stewart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. DaVanon moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Swisher vs. Bannister
Swisher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gordon scoops it up and throws to first, with Bannister covering, for the out. DaVanon scores. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Bannister
Cust strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Casilla
Jeff DaVanon now playing center field. Santiago Casilla now pitching.
Pena hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
German vs. Casilla
German hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hannahan fields it and throws to first for the out. Pena moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Gathright vs. Casilla
Gathright hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Casilla fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Pena moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Grudzielanek vs. Casilla
There's a wild pitch. Pena scores. Gathright moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Grudzielanek vs. Casilla
Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Gathright scores. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Butler vs. Casilla
Butler strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Teahen vs. Casilla
Teahen hits a fly ball into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Piazza vs. Bannister
Piazza hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Bannister
Ellis hits a popup towards first. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hannahan vs. Bannister
Hannahan hits a line drive into center field. Gathright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Casilla
Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Stewart settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Casilla
Gordon hits a fly ball into right field. Cust settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Buck vs. Casilla
Buck hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Pena vs. Casilla
Pena hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Ellis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Bannister
Murphy hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Bannister
Suzuki hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
DaVanon vs. Bannister
DaVanon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
German vs. Marshall
Jay Marshall now pitching.
German hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Gathright vs. Marshall
Gathright hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marshall fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. German moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Grudzielanek vs. Marshall
Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Murphy fields it and throws to second for the out. German moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Butler vs. Marshall
Butler hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. German scores. Grudzielanek moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Teahen vs. Marshall
Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Marshall fields it and throws to first for the out. Grudzielanek moves to third. Butler moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Brown vs. Marshall
Brown is walked intentionally. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Gordon vs. Marshall
Gordon strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 9 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Stewart vs. Bannister
Esteban German now playing second base. Jason Smith now playing first base. Alex Gordon now playing third base.
Stewart hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Swisher vs. Bannister
Swisher hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cust vs. Bannister
Cust hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. German scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/17/2007 -- Kansas City at Oakland (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI
German E, 3b-2b 4 2 1 0 Buck T, cf 3 0 1 0
Gathright J, cf 4 1 2 0 DaVanon J, pr-cf 1 1 0 0
Grudzielanek M, 2b 5 1 2 2 Stewart S, lf 4 0 0 0
Smith J, 1b 0 0 0 0 Swisher N, 1b 4 1 1 2
Butler B, dh 4 2 2 2 Cust J, rf 4 0 1 0
Teahen M, rf 5 1 1 1 Piazza M, dh 3 0 0 0
Brown E, lf 4 1 1 2 Ellis M, 2b 3 0 1 0
Gordon A, 1b-3b 4 0 1 0 Hannahan J, 3b 3 0 0 0
Buck J, c 4 0 1 0 Murphy D, ss 3 0 0 0
Pena T, ss 4 1 1 0 Suzuki K, c 2 0 0 0
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38 9 12 7 30 2 4 2
Kansas City 402 000 201 -- 9
Oakland 100 001 000 -- 2
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister B (W) 9.0 4 2 2 1 4
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Meyer D (L) 4.0 5 6 3 2 0
Calero K 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Casilla S 2.0 3 2 2 0 1
Marshall J 1.0 3 1 1 1 1
E -- Cust J
DP -- Kansas City 1, Oakland 2
LOB -- Kansas City 7, Oakland 2
2B -- Butler B, Cust J, Buck T
3B -- Grudzielanek M, Teahen M
HR -- Brown E, Swisher N
SH -- Gathright J
WP -- Meyer D, Casilla S
T -- 2:38
A -- 18185
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