The Kansas City Royals beat the Athletics 2-0 on Jun 18, 2022 at Oakland Coliseum.
Final · Oakland Coliseum
Top performers
- Whit Merrifield went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Brad Keller pitched 7.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Cole Irvin pitched 6.1 innings for the Athletics, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
Kansas City Royals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Whit Merrifield | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nicky Lopez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Santana | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Keller | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Athletics box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Vogt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ramon Laureano | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jed Lowrie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Bethancourt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Elvis Andrus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Irvin | 6.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Domingo Acevedo | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| A.J. Puk | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Zach Jackson | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2022 season · Previous Jun 17, 2022: KC 5, ATH 1 · Next Jun 19, 2022: KC 0, ATH 4
- Athletics · 2022 season · Previous Jun 17, 2022: KC 5, ATH 1 · Next Jun 19, 2022: KC 0, ATH 4