5-0

Last night's turmoil leads to mental errors by the Royals in a tumultuous 4th Inning as Ventura gets tossed for plunking.  Reddick rips the Royals and Athletics cruise to victory!

Athletics 5, Royals 0

(6-6)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
OAK	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0		5	8	1
KC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	0

W:

Hahn (1-1)

L:

Ventura (2-1)

SV:

Chavez (1)

(8-3)

Oakland	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Fuld, CF	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	.295
Vogt, C	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.368
Zobrist, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.233
Butler, B, DH	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	.362
Davis, I, 1B	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	.351
Reddick, RF	4	1	2	3	0	0	3	.250
Lawrie, 3B	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.267
Sogard, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.208
Semien, SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.267
Totals	34	5	8	5	2	6	13	.284

Kansas City	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Orlando, RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.300
Moustakas, 3B	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.333
Cain, L, CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.419
Hosmer, 1B	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	.326
Morales, K, DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.356
Gordon, A, LF	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	.222
Perez, S, C	4	0	0	0	0	2	5	.370
Infante, 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.211
Colon, C, SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000
Totals	32	0	7	0	2	6	15	.317

BATTING
2B: Vogt (3, Ventura).
HR: Reddick (1, 4th inning off Ventura, 2 on, 1 out).
TB: Davis, I; Reddick 5; Lawrie; Vogt 3; Butler, B 2.
RBI: Vogt (9), Butler, B (7), Reddick 3 (5).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Reddick.
GIDP: Reddick.
Team RISP: 2-for-5.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
E: Fuld (1, throw).
DP: 2 (Lawrie-Sogard-Davis, I, Semien-Sogard-Davis, I).

BATTING
2B: Infante (3, Hahn), Gordon, A (1, Chavez, J).
TB: Gordon, A 3; Infante 2; Hosmer 2; Morales, K; Orlando.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Moustakas; Perez, S 2.
GIDP: Morales, K, Perez, S.
Team RISP: 0-for-4.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
DP: (Infante-Colon, C-Hosmer).

Oakland	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hahn(W, 1-1)	5.1	3	0	0	1	0	0	2.12
Chavez, J(S, 1)	3.2	4	0	0	1	6	0	0.00
Totals	9.0	7	0	0	2	6	0	2.64

Kansas City	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Ventura(L, 2-1)	3.1	4	5	5	2	2	1	4.80
Pino	4.2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0.00
Morales, F	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Totals	9.0	8	5	5	2	6	1	3.43

Game Scores: Hahn 61, Ventura 32.
WP: Ventura.
HBP: Lawrie (by Ventura).
Pitches-strikes: Hahn 65-40, Chavez, J 57-36, Ventura 63-32, Pino 55-40, Morales, F 16-11.
Groundouts-flyouts: Hahn 11-2, Chavez, J 1-2, Ventura 6-1, Pino 5-3, Morales, F 0-1.
Batters faced: Hahn 18, Chavez, J 16, Ventura 16, Pino 17, Morales, F 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Pino 1-0.
Ejections: Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura ejected by HP umpire Jim Joyce (4th)
Umpires: HP: Jim Joyce. 1B: Greg Gibson. 2B: Marvin Hudson. 3B: Chad Fairchild.
Weather: 65 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 6 mph, R to L.
T: 2:34.
Att: 33,151.
Venue: Kauffman Stadium.
April 18, 2015