Kansas City Royals vs. Oakland Athletics

Royals Batting

Runs Batted In: M Cabrera (21), A Gordon (23), B Butler (14), M Aviles (25)

Sacrifice Flies: M Aviles; B Butler

Sacrifice Hit: C Getz

Team Left On Base: 5

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 2-3 (A Gordon 1-1, M Cabrera 1-1, J Francoeur 0-1)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: J Francoeur 1

Royals Pitching

Pitcher Notes: L Hochevar pitched to 1 batter in the 8th

Intentional Walks: E Hosmer (By B McCarthy)

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: L Hochevar 16-25; A Crow 4-6; J Soria 2-4

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: L Hochevar 15-8-14-21; A Crow 6-0-2-5; J Soria 4-2-1-2

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L Hochevar 11-7; A Crow 1-1; J Soria 0-1

Game Scores: L Hochevar 68

Royals Baserunning

Stolen Bases: A Gordon (3, 2nd base off B McCarthy/K Suzuki)

Athletics Batting

Doubles: H Matsui 2 (9, L Hochevar 2); C Crisp (7, A Crow)

Triples: D DeJesus (1, L Hochevar)

Home Runs: C Pennington (2, 8th inning off A Crow 2 on, 0 Out)

Runs Batted In: C Pennington 3 (11)

Team Left On Base: 5

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 1-8 (J Willingham 0-2, A LaRoche 0-1, D Barton 0-1, D DeJesus 0-1, C Pennington 1-1, K Suzuki 0-2)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: J Willingham 2; K Suzuki 1

Athletics Pitching

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: B McCarthy 15-34

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: B McCarthy 22-5-17-28

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B McCarthy 10-12

Game Scores: B McCarthy 54