The Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 on May 6, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- JJ Bleday went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Athletics.
- Rico Garcia pitched 1.1 innings for the Athletics, allowing 0 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 1-for-6 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Brady Singer pitched 4.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 5 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramon Laureano | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Esteury Ruiz | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| JJ Bleday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Brent Rooker | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Shea Langeliers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jace Peterson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jesus Aguilar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 25 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rico Garcia | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Moll | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Zach Jackson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Richard Lovelady | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 26 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Singer | 4.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Taylor Clarke | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Josh Staumont | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
Before and after
- Athletics · 2023 season · Previous May 5, 2023: ATH 12, KC 8 · Next May 7, 2023: ATH 1, KC 5
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous May 5, 2023: ATH 12, KC 8 · Next May 7, 2023: ATH 1, KC 5