The Kansas City Royals beat the Athletics 4-0 on Aug 23, 2023 at Oakland Coliseum.
Final · Oakland Coliseum
Top performers
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Cole Ragans pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 11 strikeouts.
- Nick Allen went 1-for-2 for the Athletics.
- Sean Newcomb pitched 1.0 innings for the Athletics, allowing 0 earned runs with 1 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dairon Blanco | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 25 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Ragans | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Rooker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Zack Gelof | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carlos Perez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Esteury Ruiz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Allen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shea Langeliers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lawrence Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Aug 22, 2023: KC 4, ATH 5 · Next Aug 25, 2023: KC 5, SEA 7
- Athletics · 2023 season · Previous Aug 22, 2023: KC 4, ATH 5 · Next Aug 24, 2023: ATH 8, CHW 5