Kansas City Royals vs. Oakland Athletics

Thursday, September 16th, 2021 1:10PM CST

Kansas City Royals

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Athletics

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Game Recap

The Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals by a score of 7-2 on Thursday. During the game, Kansas City's Salvador Perez achieved a significant milestone, hitting his 45th home run of the season to tie Johnny Bench's record for catchers. However, Oakland's win was propelled by their offense, including a third-inning rally spurred by Chad Pinder's two-run single.

Game Details

Date: Thursday, September 16th, 2021

Time: 1:10PM CST

Stadium: Kauffman Stadium

Location: Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 11,729

Line Score

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Game Stats


Kansas City Royals Batting

Royals Batting

Doubles: Alberto (17, Chafin); Dozier (26, Blackburn)

Home Runs: Perez (45, 1st inning off Blackburn 1 on, 1 Out)

Runs Batted In: Perez 2 (112)

Ground Into Double Play: Lopez

Team Left On Base: 9

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 0-8 (Perez 0-1, Mondesi 0-1, Dozier 0-3, O'Hearn 0-1, Olivares 0-1, Isbel 0-1)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Perez 1; Dozier 2; Olivares 2; Isbel 1


Kansas City Royals Pitching

Royals Pitching

Pitcher Notes: Brentz pitched to 3 batters in the 9th. ; Lynch pitched to 4 batters in the 3rd.

Wild Pitches: Brentz ( 3); Zuber

Hit By Pitch: Andrus (by Brentz); Marte (by Lynch); Kemp (by Lynch)

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Tapia 5/7; Brentz 0/3; Staumont 0/3; Payamps 3/8; Speier 1/5; Lynch 7/11; Zuber 3/4

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Tapia-1-0-3-6; Brentz-0-1-0-1; Staumont-0-0-5-3; Payamps-3-1-6-7; Speier-5-1-5-3; Lynch-9-10-5-7; Zuber-1-2-3-2

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Tapia 2-2; Staumont 1-2; Payamps 3-3; Speier 0-1; Lynch 3-2; Zuber 2-0

Game Scores: D Lynch IV 44


Kansas City Royals Fielding

Royals Fielding

Double Plays: 3 (Lynch-Lopez-O'Hearn , Merrifield-O'Hearn , Mondesi-Merrifield-O'Hearn)

Errors: O'Hearn (3, fielding)



Athletics Batting

Athletics Batting

Doubles: Harrison (32, Brentz); Olson (33, Tapia)

Runs Batted In: Harrison 2 (56), Canha (57), Pinder 2 (18)

2-out Runs Batted In: Pinder 2

Ground Into Double Play: Marte; Olson

Team Left On Base: 7

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 3-13 (Lowrie 0-1, Marte 0-2, Harrison 2-2, Canha 0-3, Olson 0-2, Murphy 0-1, Pinder 1-1, Kemp 0-1)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Canha 2; Murphy 1; Kemp 1


Athletics Pitching

Athletics Pitching

Pitcher Notes: Blackburn pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Romo 2/3; Guerra 4/8; Blackburn 9/22; Chafin 1/5

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Romo-1-1-0-3; Guerra-5-3-3-4; Blackburn-8-11-15-16; Chafin-2-5-0-3

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Romo 2-1; Guerra 2-2; Blackburn 6-5; Chafin 0-1

Game Scores: P Blackburn 48


Athletics Fielding

Athletics Fielding

Double Plays: 1 (Kemp-Andrus-Olson)


Athletics Baserunning

Athletics Baserunning

Caught Stealing: Marte (5, 2nd base by Speier/Rivero)

Picked Off: Marte (1st base, Speier)


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