4-6 (loss)

The second base side of the infield seemed to have a hole in it tonight, and Royals exploited it for 5 consecutive 2 out hits to down Gray and the A's 6-4.

Royals 6, Athletics 4

(5-6)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
OAK	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		4	8	0
KC	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	x		6	15	0

W:

Davis (2-0)

L:

Otero (0-1)

SV:

Holland (4)

(8-2)

Oakland	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Fuld, CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.325
Canha, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.293
Zobrist, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.256
Butler, B, DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.349
Davis, I, 1B	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	.353
Vogt, C	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	.353
Lawrie, 3B	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	.262
Reddick, RF	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.200
Semien, SS	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.293
Totals	33	4	8	4	2	4	11	.288

Kansas City	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Escobar, A, SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.326
Colon, C, SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Moustakas, 3B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.359
Cain, L, CF	4	1	3	0	0	1	1	.462
Hosmer, 1B	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	.302
Morales, K, DH	4	1	2	0	0	0	3	.366
Gordon, A, LF	3	0	1	1	1	0	2	.174
Perez, S, C	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	.405
1-Dyson, J, PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167
Kratz, C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Orlando, RF	4	1	1	1	0	2	4	.313
Infante, 2B	3	0	1	2	0	1	1	.200
Totals	36	6	15	6	1	5	14	.326

1-Ran for Perez, S in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Vogt (2, Guthrie), Semien (3, Guthrie).
HR: Davis, I (1, 4th inning off Guthrie, 0 on, 1 out), Vogt 2 (3, 4th inning off Guthrie, 0 on, 1 out; 7th inning off Guthrie, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Davis, I 5; Lawrie; Vogt 10; Butler, B; Semien 2.
RBI: Lawrie (3), Davis, I (6), Vogt 2 (8).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Reddick; Zobrist; Canha 2.
SAC: Lawrie.
GIDP: Davis, I.
Team RISP: 0-for-6.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
SB: Reddick (2, 3rd base off Herrera, K/Perez, S), Semien (1, 2nd base off Herrera, K/Perez, S).

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Zobrist-Semien-Davis, I, Gray, S-Zobrist-Davis, I).

BATTING
2B: Perez, S (3, Gray, S).
3B: Orlando (4, Otero).
TB: Perez, S 4; Moustakas; Cain, L 3; Gordon, A; Infante; Hosmer 3; Morales, K 2; Orlando 3.
RBI: Hosmer (9), Gordon, A (4), Perez, S (11), Infante 2 (5), Orlando (1).
2-out RBI: Hosmer; Gordon, A; Perez, S.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Morales, K; Orlando; Gordon, A.
SF: Infante.
GIDP: Morales, K, Escobar, A.
Team RISP: 4-for-8.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Cain, L (3, 2nd base off Gray, S/Vogt).

FIELDING
DP: (Hosmer-Escobar, A-Hosmer).

Oakland	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Gray, S	6.0	11	4	4	1	5	0	2.11
O'Flaherty	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.06
Otero(L, 0-1)	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	6.75
Totals	8.0	15	6	6	1	5	0	2.88

Kansas City	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Guthrie	6.0	7	4	4	0	2	3	5.54
Herrera, K	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0.00
Davis, W(W, 2-0)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Holland, G(S, 4)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Totals	9.0	8	4	4	2	4	3	3.27

Guthrie pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

Game Scores: Gray, S 38, Guthrie 44.
Pitches-strikes: Gray, S 102-66, O'Flaherty 11-8, Otero 23-18, Guthrie 79-52, Herrera, K 17-10, Davis, W 5-4, Holland, G 10-5.
Groundouts-flyouts: Gray, S 7-4, O'Flaherty 2-0, Otero 0-2, Guthrie 7-6, Herrera, K 1-0, Davis, W 1-1, Holland, G 1-1.
Batters faced: Gray, S 28, O'Flaherty 5, Otero 5, Guthrie 24, Herrera, K 5, Davis, W 3, Holland, G 4.
Umpires: HP: Chad Fairchild. 1B: Jim Joyce. 2B: Greg Gibson. 3B: Marvin Hudson.
Weather: 74 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 5 mph, R to L.
T: 2:33.
Att: 39,228.
Venue: Kauffman Stadium.
April 17, 2015