The Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 6-4 on Aug 21, 2023 at Oakland Coliseum.
Final · Oakland Coliseum
Top performers
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Taylor Clarke pitched 1.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
- Brent Rooker went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Athletics.
- Paul Blackburn pitched 6.0 innings for the Athletics, allowing 2 earned runs 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Freddy Fermin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Samad Taylor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dylan Coleman | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Gelof | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Rooker | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Shea Langeliers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lawrence Butler | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Esteury Ruiz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 20 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Blackburn | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Trevor May | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Aug 20, 2023: KC 3, CHC 4 · Next Aug 22, 2023: KC 4, ATH 5
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