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BAL  1
TEX  0

CLE  6
TOR  3

CHW 17
@DET 16

(12)
KCR 16
OAK  6

SEA 10
@MIN  3

NYY  3
BOS  0

ANA  4
@TBD  2

ARI 14
SFG  2

ATL  4
PHI  2

MIL  2
@CIN  1

NYM  7
@HOU  4

(13)
LAD  4
COL  1

MON  4
FLA  2

SDP  4
CHC  3

STL  7
PIT  3

Standings at end of play this day

Kauffman Stadium, Attendance: 12,103

Monday, September 14, 1998, 7:05
Time of Game: 3:16
Athletics
6
69-80
Lost 1
3rd, 12 GB
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Athletics       1  0  0   0  5  0   0  0  0    6 10  2
Royals          1  1  3   1  1  3   2  4  X   16 19  0
W: R Bones (2-1), L: B Stein (5-9), S: S Service (4)
Royals
16
68-80
Won 3
3rd, 14 GB

BATTING

Oakland Athletics            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Henderson LF                4   2   3   1    1   0  .232  .719   25    4   0   HR,2·SB
R Christenson CF              5   1   1   2    0   1  .268  .720   15    4   0   
J Giambi 1B                   3   1   1   3    1   0  .295  .873   24    2   0   HR
  J McDonald PH               0   0   0   0    1   0  .248  .690    6    0   0   
M Stairs DH                   5   0   2   0    0   0  .303  .902   22    0   0   
M Blowers 3B                  3   0   1   0    1   1  .239  .694   22    2   1   
B Grieve RF                   2   0   0   0    2   1  .284  .835   19    5   0   GDP
S Spiezio 2B                  4   0   0   0    0   2  .267  .729   15    0   0   
  J Velandia SS               0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         1   1   
M Tejada SS                   3   1   1   0    0   1  .238  .692    8    2   0   GDP
  E Chavez PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .417    1    0   0   
  R Bournigal 2B              0   0   0   0    0   0  .228  .564         0   0   
M Macfarlane C                4   1   1   0    0   2  .242  .685   17    4   0   

J Haynes P                                                               0   0
  B Stein P                                                              0   0
  B Groom P                                                              0   0
  M Holzemer P                                                           0   0
Totals                       34   6  10   6    6   8              174   24   2
BATTING
HR: J Giambi (25, off J Rosado; 5th inn, 2 on, 1 out to Deep CF-RF); R Henderson (14, off J Rosado; 1st inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF Line).
TB: R Henderson 6; J Giambi 4; M Stairs 2; M Blowers; M Macfarlane; M Tejada; R Christenson.
GIDP: B Grieve (18); M Tejada (7).
RBI: J Giambi 3 (104); R Christenson 2 (37); R Henderson (55).
Team LOB: 7.
With RISP: 2 for 9.
FIELDING
DP: 1. J Velandia-J Giambi.
E: B Grieve (2); M Tejada (23).
BASERUNNING
SB: R Henderson 2 (62, 3rd base off S Service/M Sweeney, 2nd base off M Whisenant/M Sweeney).
PO: R Henderson (1st base by J Rosado).
Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Damon CF-RF                 4   3   2   1    2   0  .275  .761   26    1   0   2B
  D Brown PR-RF               0   1   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
L Sutton RF                   4   0   2   1    0   0  .247  .669   20    0   0   2B
  C Beltran CF                1   2   1   0    1   0 1.000 2.000    9    1   0   
J Offerman 2B                 5   2   2   0    0   1  .312  .835   12    1   3   
  C Febles PH-2B              1   0   1   0    0   0 1.000 2.000    3    0   0   
D Palmer 3B                   4   0   2   4    0   1  .281  .852   16    0   1   2B,SF
  S Leius PH-3B               1   0   1   1    0   0  .184  .389    4    1   0   
J Giambi DH                   2   1   0   1    3   0  .259  .863   22    0   0   SF
J King 1B                     6   3   2   3    0   0  .267  .787   15   10   1   HR,GDP
  S Halter 1B                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .221  .575         2   0   
H Morris LF                   3   1   1   0    1   0  .308  .735   15    1   0   
  J Conine PH-LF              1   0   0   0    0   1  .252  .734    5    0   0   
M Sweeney C                   5   2   4   4    0   1  .266  .751   17    8   0   HR,2·2B
  H Ortiz C                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
M Lopez SS                    5   1   1   1    0   0  .225  .575   20    1   5   2B

J Rosado P                                                               0   1
  R Bones P                                                              0   0
  M Whisenant P                                                          0   0
  S Service P                                                            1   1
Totals                       42  16  19  16    7   4              184   27  12
BATTING
2B: D Palmer (25, off B Groom); J Damon (26, off J Haynes); M Lopez (9, off M Holzemer); L Sutton (14, off J Haynes); M Sweeney 2 (18, off M Holzemer, off B Stein).
HR: J King (24, off B Stein; 6th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to Deep LF-CF); M Sweeney (8, off J Haynes; 3rd inn, 2 on, 2 outs).
SF: D Palmer (11, off J Haynes); J Giambi (1, off M Holzemer).
TB: M Sweeney 9; J King 5; J Damon 3; D Palmer 3; L Sutton 3; J Offerman 2; M Lopez 2; C Beltran; C Febles; H Morris; S Leius.
GIDP: J King (10).
RBI: M Sweeney 4 (35); D Palmer 4 (109); J King 3 (88); J Giambi (3); M Lopez (13); J Damon (52); L Sutton (41); S Leius (2).
2-out RBI: M Sweeney 3; J King 3; L Sutton.
Team LOB: 11.
With RISP: 10 for 22.
FIELDING
DP: 2. J Offerman-M Lopez-J King; M Lopez-J Offerman-J King.

PITCHING

Oakland Athletics             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Haynes                       4     7   6   3    3   3   1   4.90   23   88-54   33· 4·17    5· 9· 3· 0     30    -     1.01  -0.32
B Stein, L (5-9)               2     5   4   4    2   0   1   6.47   13   47-29   22· 1· 6    2· 6· 3· 0          0-0    1.08  -0.28
B Groom                        1     2   2   1    1   1   0   4.59    7   18-12    7· 0· 5    2· 0· 3· 0          0-0    0.12  -0.02
M Holzemer                     1     5   4   4    1   0   0   4.66    8   27-15   10· 0· 5    5· 1· 1· 0          0-0    0.00  -0.00
Totals                         8    19  16  12    7   4   2          51  180-110  72· 5·33   14·16·10· 0           -  
Kansas City Royals            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Rosado                       4.1   9   6   6    2   4   2   4.53   22   87-51   30· 8·13    6· 6· 4· 0     23    -     1.00  -0.32
R Bones, W (2-1)               2     1   0   0    1   2   0   3.20    7   31-18    8· 2· 8    1· 1· 2· 0          1-0    1.29   0.15
M Whisenant                    0.1   0   0   0    1   0   0   4.99    2   10-3     1· 1· 1    0· 1· 0· 0          1-0    1.07   0.01
S Service, S (4)               2.1   0   0   0    2   2   0   2.95    9   33-18    7· 4· 7    4· 1· 0· 0          2-0    0.26   0.04
Totals                         9    10   6   6    6   8   2          40  161-90   46·15·29   11· 9· 6· 0          4-0 
Balks: None.
WP: B Stein 2 (13); M Holzemer (1); S Service (9).
IBB: None.
PO: J Rosado (2; R Henderson, 1st base).
HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Drew Coble, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Larry Young.
Time of Game: 3:16.
Attendance: 12,103.
Field Condition: Dry.
Weather: 75° F, Wind 3mph out to Centerfield, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Oakland Athletics             Kansas City Royals                   
1. R Henderson          LF    1. J Damon              CF 
2. R Christenson        CF    2. L Sutton             RF 
3. J Giambi             1B    3. J Offerman           2B 
4. M Stairs             DH    4. D Palmer             3B 
5. M Blowers            3B    5. J Giambi             DH 
6. B Grieve             RF    6. J King               1B 
7. S Spiezio            2B    7. H Morris             LF 
8. M Tejada             SS    8. M Sweeney            C  
9. M Macfarlane         C     9. M Lopez              SS 

   J Haynes             P        J Rosado             P  

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t 5   1  6-3  1-3  3  -23%  53% J Giambi        J Rosado        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Henderson Scores; Christenson Scores
   b 3   2  1-2  1-3  6   21%  87% M Sweeney       J Haynes        Home Run (Fly Ball); King Scores/unER; Morris Scores/unER; Sweeney Scores/unER
   b 6   2  6-7  1-3  3   20%  94% J King          B Stein         Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Offerman Scores; Giambi Scores
   t 5   1  6-6  12-  5   12%  57% B Grieve        R Bones         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
   t 5   1  6-1  123  2  -10%  76% R Christenson   J Rosado        Single to CF (Pop Fly); Tejada Scores; Macfarlane Scores; Henderson to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Athletics Batting, Tied 0-0, Jose Rosado facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   R      ---  8   41%  R Henderson     Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
   O      ---  7   43%  R Christenson   Popfly: 1B (P's Left)
   O      ---  6   45%  J Giambi        Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak 2B)
   O      ---  3   46%  M Stairs        Lineout: SS-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Royals Batting, Behind 0-1, Jimmy Haynes facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   49%  J Damon         Walk
          1--  3   58%  L Sutton        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Damon to 3B
   O      1-3  3   52%  J Offerman      Strikeout Looking
   R      1-3  2   59%  D Palmer        Single to 3B (Ground Ball); Damon Scores; Sutton to 2B
          12-  4   64%  J Giambi        Walk; Sutton to 3B; Palmer to 2B
   O      123  1   57%  J King          Foul Popfly: 3B
   O      123  3   50%  H Morris        Flyball: LF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 1.

Top of the 2nd, Athletics Batting, Tied 1-1, Jose Rosado facing 5-6-7
          ---  4   46%  M Blowers       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--  5   41%  B Grieve        Walk; Blowers to 2B
   O      12-  6   46%  S Spiezio       Flyball: CF
   OO     12-  1   55%  M Tejada        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 1.

Bottom of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Tied 1-1, Jimmy Haynes facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  5   53%  M Sweeney       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   51%  M Lopez         Flyball: LF (Deep LF-CF)
          ---  2   54%  J Damon         Double to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line)
   R      -2-  4   64%  L Sutton        Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Damon Scores
   O      -2-  4   60%  J Offerman      Flyball: LF (Short LF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 2.

Top of the 3rd, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-2, Jose Rosado facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  1   63%  M Macfarlane    Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
          ---  2   60%  R Henderson     Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  3   64%  R Christenson   Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  3   66%  J Giambi        Henderson Picked off 1B (P-1B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Jimmy Haynes facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   64%  D Palmer        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   63%  J Giambi        Lineout: SS
          ---  5   64%  J King          Reached on E6 (Ground Ball to Deep SS-3B Hole)
          1--  4   66%  H Morris        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); King to 3B
   RRR    1-3  6   87%  M Sweeney       Home Run (Fly Ball); King Scores/unER; Morris Scores/unER; Sweeney Scores/unER
   O      ---  2   86%  M Lopez         Flyball: RF
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 5.

Top of the 4th, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-5, Jose Rosado facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  3   88%  J Giambi        Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  1   86%  M Stairs        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   O      1--  5   89%  M Blowers       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  4   90%  B Grieve        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 5.

Bottom of the 4th, Royals Batting, Ahead 5-1, Jimmy Haynes facing 1-2-3
          ---  7   91%  J Damon         Walk
   O      1--  8   90%  L Sutton        Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
          1--  1   92%  J Offerman      Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Damon to 3B
   RO     1-3  2   93%  D Palmer        Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Damon Scores
   O      1--  3   93%  J Giambi        Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 6.

Top of the 5th, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-6, Jose Rosado facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  4   94%  S Spiezio       Strikeout Looking
          ---  3   93%  M Tejada        Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  5   90%  M Macfarlane    Single to CF (Line Drive); Tejada to 2B
          12-  5   86%  R Henderson     Walk; Tejada to 3B; Macfarlane to 2B
   RR     123  2   76%  R Christenson   Single to CF (Pop Fly); Tejada Scores; Macfarlane Scores; Henderson to 3B
   RRR    1-3  3   53%  J Giambi        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Henderson Scores; Christenson Scores
          ---  6   50%  M Stairs        Single to CF (Line Drive)
                  Ricky Bones replaces Jose Rosado pitching
          1--  6   45%  M Blowers       Walk; Stairs to 2B
   OO     12-  5   57%  B Grieve        Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 6.

Bottom of the 5th, Royals Batting, Tied 6-6, Blake Stein facing 6-7-8
                  Blake Stein replaces Jimmy Haynes pitching
          ---  2   61%  J King          Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--      65%  H Morris        Wild Pitch; King to 2B
   O      -2-  2   63%  " "             Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF); King to 3B
   R      --3  1   72%  M Sweeney       Double to RF (Line Drive); King Scores
   O      -2-  8   68%  M Lopez         Foul Flyball: RF (Short RF Foul)
   O      -2-  4   65%  J Damon         Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 7.

Top of the 6th, Athletics Batting, Behind 6-7, Ricky Bones facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  1   69%  S Spiezio       Lineout: 1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  4   71%  M Tejada        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  7   73%  M Macfarlane    Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 7.

Bottom of the 6th, Royals Batting, Ahead 7-6, Blake Stein facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  5   71%  L Sutton        Flyball: CF
          ---  3   73%  J Offerman      Single to LF (Ground Ball)
          1--      75%  D Palmer        Wild Pitch; Offerman to 2B
   O      -2-  5   72%  " "             Flyball: RF (Deep CF-RF)
          -2-  4   73%  J Giambi        Walk; Offerman to 3B
   RRR    1-3  3   94%  J King          Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Offerman Scores; Giambi Scores
          ---  5   94%  H Morris        Walk
          1--  4   94%  M Sweeney       Single to 2B (Ground Ball to Weak SS-2B); Morris to 2B
   O      12-  1   93%  M Lopez         Flyball: RF (Short RF Line)
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 10.

Top of the 7th, Athletics Batting, Behind 6-10, Ricky Bones facing 1-2-3
                  Carlos Beltran replaces Larry Sutton playing CF batting 2nd; Johnny Damon moves to RF
          ---  6   90%  R Henderson     Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  2   93%  R Christenson   Flyball: CF
                  Matt Whisenant replaces Ricky Bones pitching
          1--      92%  J Giambi        Henderson Steals 2B
          -2-  5   90%  " "             Walk
   O      12-  5   94%  M Stairs        Flyball: LF
                  Scott Service replaces Matt Whisenant pitching
          12-      94%  M Blowers       Henderson Steals 3B
   O      1-3  4   97%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 10.

Bottom of the 7th, Royals Batting, Ahead 10-6, Buddy Groom facing 1-2-3
                  Buddy Groom replaces Blake Stein pitching
   O      ---  3   96%  J Damon         Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  2   97%  C Beltran       Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B)
          1--  1   97%  J Offerman      Reached on E9 (Line Drive to Short RF); Beltran to 2B
   RR     12-  1   99%  D Palmer        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Beltran Scores; Offerman Scores/unER
          -2-  5   99%  J Giambi        Walk
   O      12-  1   99%  J King          Lineout: CF
                  Jeff Conine pinch hits for Hal Morris batting 7th
   O      12-  5   99%  J Conine        Strikeout Looking
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 12.

Top of the 8th, Athletics Batting, Behind 6-12, Scott Service facing 6-7-8
                  Jeff Conine moves to LF
          ---  5   98%  B Grieve        Walk
   O      1--  4   99%  S Spiezio       Strikeout Swinging
                  Eric Chavez pinch hits for Miguel Tejada batting 8th
   O      1--  1   99%  E Chavez        Groundout: 1B-P (2B-1B); Grieve to 2B
   O      -2-  4  100%  M Macfarlane    Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 12.

Bottom of the 8th, Royals Batting, Ahead 12-6, Mark Holzemer facing 8-9-1
                  Mark Holzemer replaces Buddy Groom pitching; Rafael Bournigal replaces Eric Chavez playing 2B batting 8th; Jorge Velandia replaces Scott Spiezio playing SS batting 7th
          ---  1  100%  M Sweeney       Double to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   R      -2-  4  100%  M Lopez         Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Sweeney Scores; Lopez to 3B/Adv on throw
   R      --3  5  100%  J Damon         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Lopez Scores
          1--     100%  C Beltran       Wild Pitch; Damon to 2B
          -2-  5  100%  " "             Walk
                  Carlos Febles pinch hits for Jose Offerman batting 3rd; Dee Brown pinch runs for Johnny Damon batting 1st
          12-  3  100%  C Febles        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Brown to 3B; Beltran to 2B
                  Scott Leius pinch hits for Dean Palmer batting 4th
   R      123  4  100%  S Leius         Single to LF (Ground Ball thru SS-3B Hole); Brown Scores; Beltran to 3B; Febles to 2B
   RO     123  2  100%  J Giambi        Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Beltran Scores
   OO     12-  3  100%  J King          Ground Ball Double Play: SS-1B
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 16.

Top of the 9th, Athletics Batting, Behind 6-16, Scott Service facing 1-2-3
                  Hector Ortiz replaces Mike Sweeney playing C batting 8th; Shane Halter replaces Jeff King playing 1B batting 6th; Carlos Febles moves to 2B; Scott Leius moves to 3B; Dee Brown moves to RF
   O      ---  4  100%  R Henderson     Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  1  100%  R Christenson   Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
                  Jason McDonald pinch hits for Jason Giambi batting 3rd
          ---  6  100%  J McDonald      Walk
          1--     100%  M Stairs        Wild Pitch; McDonald to 2B
   O      -2-  4  100%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Athletics 6, Royals 16.

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