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On The Field
Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium
Kansas City, Missouri
Vin Mazzaro
Brian Bannister
W (5-2)
IP H ER BB K ERA
7.2 7 1 1 5 3.50
L (7-8)
IP H ER BB K ERA
6.1 6 5 6 2 5.65
Andrew Bailey
S (20)
IP H ER BB K ERA
0.1 0 0 0 0 1.64

Athletics 9, Royals 6
The Oakland Athletics are tied for last in the American League in home runs, so it figures that they don't rely often on the long ball to win games. They did on Sunday. Adam Rosales, Kevin Kouzmanoff and Jack Cust each went deep, and Vin Mazzaro pitched into the eighth inning to help the A's beat the Kansas City Royals 9-6 and finish a three-game sweep. The A's have won five straight and 12 of 18 to even their record at 46-46, the first time they...
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Scoring Summary
Bottom of 1st
- Butler singled to center, Kendall scored.
Top of 4th
- Rosales homered to left on a 3-1 count, Cust scored.
- Pennington hit a sacrifice fly to left fielder Podsednik, Powell scored.
Top of 5th
- Kouzmanoff homered to left on a 2-1 count.
Top of 7th
- Kouzmanoff hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Maier, Crisp scored.
Top of 8th
- Davis singled to right, Rosales scored.
Top of 9th
- Cust homered to right on the first pitch, Pennington scored, Ellis scored.
Bottom of 9th
- Getz doubled to right, Bloomquist scored, Callaspo scored, Maier to third.
- Podsednik singled to right, Maier scored, Getz scored.
- DeJesus singled to left, Podsednik scored.

Season Series
Date Home Score Pitchers
Fri 5/17 Oak KC 1 at
OAK 2		 W: Doolittle
L: Shields
Sat 5/18 Oak KC 1 at
OAK 2		 W: Milone
L: Santana
Date Home Time (ET)
Sun 5/19 OAK 4:05 pm
Fri 7/5 KC 8:10 pm
Sat 7/6 KC 2:10 pm
Sun 7/7 KC 2:10 pm
Box Scores
Athletics (46-46)
Season Stats | Roster
Royals (39-52)
Season Stats | Roster
Lineup
Name AB R H RBI BB
1. C. Crisp, CF 4 1 0 0 1
2. M. Ellis, 2B 3 1 2 0 1
3. K. Kouzmanoff, 3B 4 1 1 2 0
4. J. Cust, DH 4 2 1 3 1
5. A. Rosales, 1B 4 2 1 2 1
6. G. Gross, RF 4 0 0 0 0
7. L. Powell, C 3 1 1 0 1
8. R. Davis, LF 4 0 2 1 0
9. C. Pennington, SS 2 1 2 1 1
Totals 32 9 10 9 6
Lineup
Name AB R H RBI BB
1. S. Podsednik, LF 4 1 2 2 1
2. J. Kendall, C 5 1 2 0 0
3. D. DeJesus, CF 5 0 2 1 0
4. B. Butler, 1B 5 0 1 1 0
5. J. Guillen, DH 4 0 2 0 0
5. W. Bloomquist, PR 0 1 0 0 0
6. A. Callaspo, 3B 3 1 0 0 1
7. M. Maier, RF 4 1 1 0 0
8. Y. Betancourt, SS 4 0 0 0 0
9. C. Getz, 2B 4 1 1 2 0
Totals 38 6 11 6 2
Pitcher
Name IP H R ER BB K ERA*
V Mazzaro
(W, 5-2)		 7.2 7 1 1 1 5 3.50
B Ziegler 0.1 1 2 2 1 0 3.86
C Bowers 0.1 2 3 1 0 0 4.85
J Blevins 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 3.69
A Bailey
(S, 20)		 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1.64
Pitcher
Name IP H R ER BB K ERA*
B Bannister
(L, 7-8)		 6.1 6 5 5 6 2 5.65
K Texeira 1.2 1 1 0 0 0 3.52
V Marte 1.0 3 3 3 0 1 6.46
* = Season Stat

BATTING
2B: R Davis (16)
HR: K Kouzmanoff (9), J Cust (5), A Rosales (7)
BASERUNNING
SB: C Crisp 2 (7)
CS: M Ellis (2), A Rosales (2), R Davis (6)
BATTING
2B: C Getz (5)
BASERUNNING
CS: S Podsednik (12)
Complete Box Score

Player News
Athletics
Daric Barton (OAK - 1B)

News: Barton was designated for assignment on Saturday by the A's.  (RotoWire - Sat. May 18, 2013)
Chris Young (OAK - CF)

News: Young was activated from the DL on Saturday by the A's.  (RotoWire - Sat. May 18, 2013)
Josh Donaldson (OAK - 3B)

News: Donaldson was 2 for 3 with his sixth home run in Oakland's 2-1 win over Kansas City on Friday.  (STATS - Sat. May 18, 2013)
Royals

News: Shields went all eight innings, giving up two runs and six hits in Kansas City's 2-1 loss at Oakland on Saturday.  (STATS - Sat. May 18, 2013)
David Lough (KC - RF)

News: Making his season debut, Lough went 2-for-4 with an RBI-double and had a nice outfield assist credited to him after throwing out Brandon Moss trying to take second on a base hit.  (RotoWire - Sat. May 18, 2013)

News: Shields took a tough loss after pitching an eight-inning complete-game and giving up just two runs on six hits and a walk with nine strikeouts against the A's.  (RotoWire - Sat. May 18, 2013)

Injury Report
Athletics
NameInjuryStatus
J ReddickSprained right wriston 15-day DL
B AndersonRight foot stress fractureon 15-day DL
S SizemoreTorn left ACL - out for seasonon 60-day DL
H NakajimaStrained left hamstringon 15-day DL
F RodriguezRight elbow surgery - out for seasonon 60-day DL
Royals
NameInjuryStatus
J DysonRight ankle sprainon 15-day DL
D DuffyRecovery from left elbow surgeryon 15-day DL
F PaulinoRecovery from right elbow surgeryon 60-day DL

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