Thursday, August 14th, 2014 1:10PM CST
On Thursday, the surging Kansas City Royals overcame the Oakland Athletics for a 7-3 victory, staging a five-run comeback in the seventh inning where Nori Aoki and Billy Butler each contributed two runs batted in.
Date: Thursday, August 14th, 2014
Time: 1:10PM CST
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 20,569
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
KC |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - |
ATH |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Doubles: C Colon (4, J Samardzija)
Triples: N Aoki (4, R Cook)
Runs Batted In: J Dyson 2 (18), M Moustakas (48), N Aoki 2 (28), B Butler 2 (50)
2-out Runs Batted In: M Moustakas, B Butler 2
Sacrifice Flies: J Dyson
Ground Into Double Play: N Aoki
Team Left On Base: 5
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 4-9 (J Willingham 0-1, M Moustakas 1-1, A Gordon 0-1, A Escobar 0-1, J Dyson 1-2, N Aoki 1-2, B Butler 1-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: A Escobar 1; J Dyson 1

Wild Pitches: J Shields
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: J Shields 13-26; F Bueno 2-2; A Crow 1-1; W Davis 2-5; J Frasor 2-3; G Holland 3-3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: J Shields 18-13-22-20; F Bueno 1-0-0-2; A Crow 2-1-0-0; W Davis 4-4-3-2; J Frasor 3-0-0-3; G Holland 1-0-0-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Shields 8-5; F Bueno 1-1; A Crow 0-0; W Davis 0-0; J Frasor 1-0; G Holland 0-2
Game Scores: J Shields 50

Stolen Bases: C Colon (1, 2nd base off J Samardzija/J Jaso); A Gordon (8, 3rd base off J Samardzija/J Jaso); L Cain (17, 2nd base off S Doolittle/D Norris)

Doubles: J Reddick (11, J Shields)
Triples: J Reddick (5, J Shields)
Runs Batted In: A Callaspo 2 (36), J Reddick (35)
2-out Runs Batted In: J Reddick, A Callaspo
Sacrifice Flies: A Callaspo
Team Left On Base: 10
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 1-8 (B Moss 0-2, A Callaspo 1-2, D Norris 0-1, J Reddick 0-1, E Sogard 0-1, S Fuld 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: B Moss 3; A Callaspo 1; E Sogard 1; S Fuld 1

Pitcher Notes: R Cook pitched to 3 batters in the 7th
Wild Pitches: J Samardzija
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: J Samardzija 13-26; R Cook 2-3; F Abad 0-1; L Gregerson 2-2; S Doolittle 3-4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: J Samardzija 9-15-19-21; R Cook 1-0-4-2; F Abad 0-2-1-0; L Gregerson 1-1-1-1; S Doolittle 4-2-10-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Samardzija 7-7; R Cook 0-0; F Abad 0-0; L Gregerson 0-0; S Doolittle 0-2
Game Scores: J Samardzija 48

Double Plays: 1 (S Vogt-E Sogard-S Vogt)
Errors: A Callaspo (8, throw)
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