Kansas City Royals (9) Oakland Athletics (6)

| 2008

Date of Game: Thursday, September 04, 2008
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium

Oakland Athletics (AL)	Kansas City Royals (AL)
Record: 63-77	Record: 60-79
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Attendance: 12,791 Time of Game: 3:12

Game Notes:

Kila Ka'aihue - 1st career game

Ryan Sweeney - 3 Doubles

Ramon Ramirez - 1st career save

Best at-bats

John Buck ? in 1st inning (10.78)

Billy Butler 2B in 1st inning (9.38)

Ryan Sweeney 2B in 3rd inning (9.07)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland Athletics	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	6	8	2
Kansas City Royals	4	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	x	9	15	0

Oakland Athletics Batting Stats

Oakland Athletics	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Rajai Davis	cf	27.320	4	2	1	0	1	0	.243	101	196	2	11	18
Ryan Sweeney	rf	23.196	4	2	3	3	1	0	.287	95	128	4	40	7
Kurt Suzuki	dh	24.336	3	1	1	0	2	0	.287	131	199	7	37	2
Jack Cust	lf	29.231	3	0	1	1	2	1	.228	128	322	25	62	0
Daric Barton	1b	23.019	4	0	0	2	0	0	.224	122	140	9	43	1
Jack Hannahan	3b	28.184	3	0	0	0	2	3	.219	130	174	7	40	2
Eric Patterson	2b	25.149	5	0	1	0	0	1	.211	36	43	1	11	7
Rob Bowen	c	27.192	4	0	0	0	0	2	.158	32	211	1	6	0
Cliff Pennington	ss	24.081	4	1	1	0	0	1	.171	17	17	0	2	1
Kirk Saarloos	p	29.104	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	6	112	0	0	0
Alan Embree	p	38.224	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	61	833	0	0	0
Keith Foulke	p	35.320	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	28	615	0	0	0
Jerry Blevins	p	24.364	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	26	32	0	0	0
Totals:			34	6	8	6	8	8	.235	913	3022

Kansas City Royals Batting Stats

Kansas City Royals	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
David DeJesus	rf	28.259	5	2	3	0	0	0	.296	115	621	10	60	10
Esteban German	lf	29.252	5	2	2	1	0	1	.245	78	355	0	20	5
Mike Aviles	3b	27.175	4	2	3	1	0	0	.334	79	79	7	39	5
Jason Smith	pr-3b	31.042	1	0	0	0	0	1	.200	11	246	0	1	0
Jose Guillen	dh	32.110	4	1	2	3	0	0	.250	131	1399	18	84	2
Kila Ka'aihue	pr	24.159	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1	1	0	0	0
Billy Butler	1b	22.139	4	2	2	1	0	0	.282	109	201	10	53	0
Ross Gload	1b	32.152	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	116	477	3	35	3
Alberto Callaspo	2b	25.138	3	0	1	2	0	0	.302	53	132	0	9	1
John Buck	c	28.059	2	0	1	1	1	0	.221	97	513	8	43	0
Tony Pena	ss	27.165	4	0	0	0	0	0	.165	84	276	1	11	3
Joey Gathright	cf	26.135	3	0	1	0	1	0	.251	93	396	0	19	21
John Bale	p	34.105	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1	54	0	0	0
Robinson Tejeda	p	26.164	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	25	54	0	0	0
Ron Mahay	p	37.068	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	52	414	0	0	0
Juan Carlos Oviedo	p	25.021	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	37	92	0	0	0
Kip Wells	p	31.136	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	21	202	0	0	0
Ramon Ramirez	p	27.004	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	64	147	0	0	0
Totals:			35	9	15	9	2	2	.429	1167	5659

Game Stats

2B: Billy Butler 2 (22), Jack Cust (15), David DeJesus (21), Cliff Pennington (3), Ryan Sweeney 3 (14)
3B: Mike Aviles (3), Esteban German (3)
RBIs: Mike Aviles (39), Daric Barton 2 (43), John Buck (43), Billy Butler (53), Alberto Callaspo 2 (9), Jack Cust (62), Esteban German (20), Jose Guillen 3 (84), Ryan Sweeney 3 (40)
SB: Rajai Davis (18)
SF: Daric Barton (3), John Buck (4), Alberto Callaspo (1)
GDP: Billy Butler (20), Esteban German (5), Tony Pena (4)

Oakland Athletics Pitching Stats

Oakland Athletics	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Dan Meyer (L 0-4)	27.063	3.1	9	8	7	2	1	0	7.92	1.76	72	42	30	9	17
Kirk Saarloos	29.104	1.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.95	1.50	21	14	7	6	163
Alan Embree	38.224	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.75	1.47	15	9	6	61	837
Keith Foulke	35.320	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.54	1.29	12	7	5	28	616
Jerry Blevins	24.364	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.79	1.14	12	8	4	26	32
Pitching Totals:		8	15	9	8	2	2	0			132	80	52	130	1665

Kansas City Royals Pitching Stats

Kansas City Royals	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Kyle Davies (W 6-6)	24.361	5	3	1	1	3	2	0	4.60	1.64	101	61	40	17	80
John Bale	34.105	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	7.31	1.81	15	9	6	4	57
Robinson Tejeda	26.164	0.1	3	3	3	1	1	0	4.50	1.19	25	15	10	25	84
Ron Mahay	37.068	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	2.90	1.31	15	7	8	52	411
Leo Nunez	25.021	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.00	1.36	15	11	4	37	98
Kip Wells	31.136	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	5.66	1.83	13	4	9	22	253
Ramon Ramirez (Sv 1)	27.004	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.77	1.29	12	7	5	64	147
Pitching Totals:		9	8	6	6	8	8	0			196	114	82	221	1130

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dan Meyer 72-42-30; Kirk Saarloos 21-14-7; Alan Embree 15-9-6; Keith Foulke 12-7-5; Jerry Blevins 12-8-4; Kyle Davies 101-61-40; John Bale 15-9-6; Robinson Tejeda 25-15-10; Ron Mahay 15-7-8; Leo Nunez 15-11-4; Kip Wells 13-4-9; Ramon Ramirez 12-7-5;
Batters Faced: Dan Meyer 21; Kirk Saarloos 7; Alan Embree 5; Keith Foulke 3; Jerry Blevins 3; Kyle Davies 21; John Bale 4; Robinson Tejeda 5; Ron Mahay 3; Leo Nunez 4; Kip Wells 3; Ramon Ramirez 3;
Time of Game: 3:12 Attendance: 12,791
Umpires: Home: Brian Knight 1B Joe West 2B Ed Hickox 3B Kevin Causey

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