September 4, 2002 Kansas City Royals at Oakland Athletics Play by Play and Box Score

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BAL 8
TEX 3 CLE 9
@DET 3 NYY 3
BOS 1 OAK 12
KCR 11 MIN 3
@SEA 2 ANA 4
@TBD 2 TOR 6
CHW 2 ARI 7
LAD 1 ATL 6
PIT 0 CHC 3
MIL 0 MON 8
PHI 5 NYM 11
FLA 3 SDP 5
HOU 1 COL 2
@SFG 1 STL 10
CIN 5

Standings at end of play this day

Network Associates Coliseum, Attendance: 55,528

Wednesday, September 4, 2002
Time of Game: 3:38

Royals

55-84

Lost 3

4th, 25½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Royals          0  0  0   5  0  0   0  5  1   11 15  1
Athletics       6  1  4   0  0  0   0  0  1   12 15  1

W: B Koch (9-2), L: J Grimsley (3-6)

Winning Run scored with 1 out

Athletics

88-51

Won 20

1st

BATTING

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
M Tucker RF                   5   0   2   2    0   3  .245  .752   21    1   0   2·2B
C Beltran CF                  4   0   0   1    0   2  .275  .830   17    3   0   SF
M Sweeney 1B                  5   1   3   3    0   0  .344  .991   23    5   2   HR
R Ibanez LF                   5   1   2   0    0   1  .290  .892   25    2   0   
J Randa 3B                    5   1   3   0    0   0  .284  .783   18    0   0   
  K Pellow PR-3B              0   1   0   0    0   0  .276  .778         0   0   
B Mayne C                     3   2   1   0    1   0  .241  .633   13   10   0   SH,GDP
D Brown DH                    4   2   1   2    1   2  .250  .650   23    0   0   
N Perez SS                    4   2   2   1    0   0  .236  .564    9    1   1   
  L Alicea PH-SS              1   0   1   1    0   0  .232  .615    5    0   0   CS
L Ordaz 2B                    4   1   0   1    0   0  .215  .571   21    1   2   

P Byrd P                                                                 0   0
  D May P                                                                2   1
  B Stein P                                                              0   0
  J Affeldt P                                                            0   0
  J Grimsley P                                                           0   0
Totals                       40  11  15  11    2   8              175   25   6

BATTING

2B: M Tucker 2 (23, 2 off T Hudson).

HR: M Sweeney (20, off J Tam; 8th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to LF).

SF: C Beltran (5, off R Rincon).

SH: B Mayne (4, off B Koch).

TB: M Sweeney 6; M Tucker 4; J Randa 3; R Ibanez 2; N Perez 2; B Mayne; D Brown; L Alicea.

GIDP: B Mayne (7).

RBI: M Sweeney 3 (66); M Tucker 2 (48); D Brown 2 (2); L Ordaz (4); C Beltran (84); L Alicea (23); N Perez (35).

2-out RBI: M Sweeney 3; M Tucker 2; L Alicea.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 6 for 15.

FIELDING

E: R Ibanez (3).

BASERUNNING

CS: L Alicea (3, Pickoff (CS) 3rd base by B Koch).

Oakland Athletics            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Durham DH                   5   2   2   0    0   1  .301  .845   25    0   0   3B
J Mabry 1B                    5   2   2   2    0   0  .310  .897   26   10   1   HR
M Tejada SS                   4   1   1   0    0   1  .310  .868   17    2   6   HBP
E Chavez 3B                   5   1   2   3    0   3  .283  .889   15    0   3   
J Dye RF                      5   1   1   1    0   2  .254  .783   26    1   0   3B
D Justice LF                  4   1   1   0    0   1  .282  .841   10    0   0   2B
  E Byrnes LF                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .253  .726         0   0   
  S Hatteberg PH              1   1   1   1    0   0  .271  .789    2    0   0   HR
M Ellis 2B                    3   1   1   2    0   1  .271  .742   15    5   4   SF
T Long CF                     3   1   2   0    1   0  .244  .704   18    1   0   2·2B
R Hernandez C                 4   1   2   2    0   0  .237  .662   15    8   0   2·2B

T Hudson P                                                               0   1
  C Bradford P                                                           0   0
  R Rincon P                                                             0   0
  J Tam P                                                                0   0
  M Bowie P                                                              0   0
  B Koch P                                                               0   1
Totals                       39  12  15  11    1   9              169   27  16

BATTING

2B: T Long 2 (30, off B Stein, off P Byrd); R Hernandez 2 (18, off P Byrd, off D May); D Justice (18, off D May).

3B: R Durham (6, off P Byrd); J Dye (1, off P Byrd).

HR: J Mabry (10, off D May; 2nd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to CF-RF); S Hatteberg (13, off J Grimsley; 9th inn, 0 on, 1 out to CF-RF).

SF: M Ellis (3, off P Byrd).

HBP: M Tejada (11, by P Byrd).

TB: J Mabry 5; S Hatteberg 4; R Hernandez 4; R Durham 4; T Long 4; J Dye 3; E Chavez 2; D Justice 2; M Ellis; M Tejada.

RBI: E Chavez 3 (100); J Mabry 2 (41); R Hernandez 2 (37); M Ellis 2 (29); S Hatteberg (51); J Dye (68).

2-out RBI: E Chavez 2; R Hernandez.

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 8 for 14.

FIELDING

DP: 1. M Ellis-M Tejada-J Mabry.

E: M Tejada (19).

PITCHING

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
P Byrd                         1     6   6   6    0   1   0   3.69   10   35-23   14· 3· 6    0· 2· 6· 0     18    -     0.68  -0.37
D May                          5     6   5   5    1   6   1   5.70   22   87-56   36· 8·12    5· 5· 4· 1          0-0    0.08  -0.02
B Stein                        1     1   0   0    0   1   0   6.75    4   14-8     3· 2· 3    2· 0· 1· 0          0-0    0.03   0.00
J Affeldt                      0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   4.11    2   14-8     5· 0· 3    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.51   0.03
J Grimsley, L (3-6)            0.2   2   1   1    0   1   1   3.38    4   19-12    8· 0· 4    1· 1· 0· 1          0-0    1.27  -0.35
Totals                         8.1  15  12  12    1   9   2          42  169-107  66·13·28    9· 9·11· 2           -

Oakland Athletics             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
T Hudson                       6.2  11   5   2    0   6   0   3.21   31  104-66   38·10·18   11· 3·11· 0     44    -     0.29   0.09
C Bradford                     0.1   1   4   4    2   0   0   2.82    5   23-12    8· 0· 4    3· 0· 0· 0          2-0    0.52  -0.09
R Rincon, H (23)               0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   4.10    2   10-5     2· 1· 2    0· 1· 0· 0          3-1    1.72   0.07
J Tam                          0     1   1   1    0   0   1   4.98    1    9-6     5· 0· 1    0· 0· 0· 1          2-2    0.83  -0.13
M Bowie, H (2)                 0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   1.00    1    6-4     2· 0· 2    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.06   0.03
B Koch, BS (6), W (9-2)        1     2   1   1    0   1   0   2.93    4   16-11    9· 1· 1    1· 0· 2· 0          0-0    3.60  -0.19
Totals                         9    15  11   8    2   8   1          44  168-104  64·12·28   16· 4·13· 1          7-3

C Bradford faced 4 batters in the 8th inning.
J Tam faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: B Koch (4).

IBB: None.

PO: B Koch (2; L Alicea, 3rd base (CS)).

HBP: P Byrd (6; M Tejada).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Chuck Meriwether, 1B - Ted Barrett, 2B - Brian Runge, 3B - Tim McClelland.

Time of Game: 3:38.

Attendance: 55,528.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 67° F, Wind 17mph out to Rightfield, Sunny.

LINEUPS

   Kansas City Royals            Oakland Athletics                    
1. M Tucker             RF    1. R Durham             DH 
2. C Beltran            CF    2. J Mabry              1B 
3. M Sweeney            1B    3. M Tejada             SS 
4. R Ibanez             LF    4. E Chavez             3B 
5. J Randa              3B    5. J Dye                RF 
6. B Mayne              C     6. D Justice            LF 
7. D Brown              DH    7. M Ellis              2B 
8. N Perez              SS    8. T Long               CF 
9. L Ordaz              2B    9. R Hernandez          C  

   P Byrd               P        T Hudson             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 9   1 11-11 ---  2   42% 100% S Hatteberg     J Grimsley      Home Run (CF-RF)
   t 9   2 11-10 -2-  5  -31%  58% L Alicea        B Koch          Single to LF (Line Drive); Pellow Scores
   b 1   0  0-1  12-  1   13%  85% E Chavez        P Byrd          Single to LF (Line Drive); Mabry Scores; Tejada Scores/Adv on E7; Chavez to 3B
   t 8   2 11-7  1-3  9  -13%  84% M Sweeney       J Tam           Home Run; Perez Scores; Ordaz Scores
   t 9   0 11-10 ---  6  -12%  72% J Randa         B Koch          Single to CF (Line Drive)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Tim Hudson facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  5   52%  M Tucker        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   54%  C Beltran       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  2   55%  M Sweeney       Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Athletics Batting, Tied 0-0, Paul Byrd facing 1-2-3
          ---  2   64%  R Durham        Triple to RF (Line Drive)
   R      --3  6   67%  J Mabry         Single to CF (Line Drive); Durham Scores
          1--  2   72%  M Tejada        Hit By Pitch; Mabry to 2B
   RR     12-  1   85%  E Chavez        Single to LF (Line Drive); Mabry Scores; Tejada Scores/Adv on E7; Chavez to 3B
   R      --3  4   90%  J Dye           Triple to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Chavez Scores
   O      --3  3   88%  D Justice       Strikeout Swinging
   RO     --3  3   89%  M Ellis         Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Dye Scores
          ---  4   90%  T Long          Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   R      -2-  5   93%  R Hernandez     Double (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Long Scores
   O      -2-  5   92%  R Durham        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  6 runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 6.

Top of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Behind 0-6, Tim Hudson facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   93%  R Ibanez        Lineout: 2B
   O      ---  2   94%  J Randa         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  2   94%  B Mayne         Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  5   95%  D Brown         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 6.

Bottom of the 2nd, Athletics Batting, Ahead 6-0, Darrell May facing 2-3-4
                  Darrell May replaces Paul Byrd pitching
   R      ---  4   97%  J Mabry         Home Run (CF-RF)
   O      ---  6   96%  M Tejada        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   96%  E Chavez        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   96%  J Dye           Popfly: SS
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 7.

Top of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Behind 0-7, Tim Hudson facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   97%  N Perez         Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  3   97%  L Ordaz         Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  4   97%  M Tucker        Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   O      -2-  5   97%  C Beltran       Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 7.

Bottom of the 3rd, Athletics Batting, Ahead 7-0, Darrell May facing 6-7-8
          ---  1   98%  D Justice       Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line)
   R      -2-  4   99%  M Ellis         Single to LF (Line Drive); Justice Scores; Ellis to 2B/Adv on throw to Hm
          -2-  6   99%  T Long          Walk
   R      12-  1   99%  R Hernandez     Double (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); Ellis Scores; Long to 3B
          -23  5   99%  R Durham        Single (Ground Ball); Long stays at 3B; Hernandez stays at 2B
   O      123  6   99%  J Mabry         Groundout: 1B-C/Forceout at Hm; Hernandez to 3B; Durham to 2B
   O      123  3   99%  M Tejada        Flyball: LF
   RR     123  2  100%  E Chavez        Single (Line Drive to CF-RF); Hernandez Scores; Durham Scores; Mabry to 2B
   O      12-  5  100%  J Dye           Strikeout Swinging
                  4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 11.

Top of the 4th, Royals Batting, Behind 0-11, Tim Hudson facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  5  100%  M Sweeney       Popfly: 2B
          ---  6  100%  R Ibanez        Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  2   99%  J Randa         Single to LF (Line Drive); Ibanez to 2B
          12-  2   99%  B Mayne         Fielder's Choice 2B; Ibanez to 3B; Randa to 2B/Safe on E6 (catch); Mayne to 1B
   RR     123  1   98%  D Brown         Single to RF (Line Drive); Ibanez Scores; Randa Scores/unER; Mayne to 3B
   R      1-3  1   97%  N Perez         Single to CF (Line Drive); Mayne Scores; Brown to 2B
   O      12-  5   98%  L Ordaz         Flyball: CF
   RR     12-  2   96%  M Tucker        Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Brown Scores/unER; Perez Scores/unER
   O      -2-  3   97%  C Beltran       Strikeout Swinging
                  5 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 11.

Bottom of the 4th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 11-5, Darrell May facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   96%  D Justice       Popfly: 2B
   O      ---  4   96%  M Ellis         Flyball: CF
   O      ---  5   96%  T Long          Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 11.

Top of the 5th, Royals Batting, Behind 5-11, Tim Hudson facing 3-4-5
          ---  3   95%  M Sweeney       Single (Line Drive to LF-CF)
   O      1--  5   96%  R Ibanez        Strikeout Swinging
          1--  5   94%  J Randa         Single to LF (Pop Fly to Short LF); Sweeney to 3B
   OO     1-3  3   98%  B Mayne         Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 11.

Bottom of the 5th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 11-5, Darrell May facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  5   97%  R Hernandez     Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  5   97%  R Durham        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   97%  J Mabry         Groundout: 1B-P
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 11.

Top of the 6th, Royals Batting, Behind 5-11, Tim Hudson facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  5   98%  D Brown         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   98%  N Perez         Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4   99%  L Ordaz         Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 11.

Bottom of the 6th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 11-5, Darrell May facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  1   98%  M Tejada        Popfly: P
   O      ---  4   98%  E Chavez        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   98%  J Dye           Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 11.

Top of the 7th, Royals Batting, Behind 5-11, Tim Hudson facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   99%  M Tucker        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   99%  C Beltran       Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  4   99%  M Sweeney       Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  5   98%  R Ibanez        Single to LF (Line Drive); Sweeney to 3B
                  Chad Bradford replaces Tim Hudson pitching
   O      1-3  3   99%  J Randa         Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 11.

Bottom of the 7th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 11-5, Blake Stein facing 6-7-8
                  Blake Stein replaces Darrell May pitching
   O      ---  3   99%  D Justice       Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  4   99%  M Ellis         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  3   99%  T Long          Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line)
   O      -2-  4   99%  R Hernandez     Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 11.

Top of the 8th, Royals Batting, Behind 5-11, Chad Bradford facing 6-7-8
                  Eric Byrnes replaces David Justice playing LF batting 6th
          ---  5   98%  B Mayne         Walk
          1--  8   97%  D Brown         Walk; Mayne to 2B
          12-  5   94%  N Perez         Single to 1B (Ground Ball); Mayne to 3B; Brown to 2B
   R      123  2   89%  L Ordaz         Fielder's Choice SS; Mayne Scores; Brown to 3B; Perez to 2B; Ordaz to 1B
                  Ricardo Rincon replaces Chad Bradford pitching
   O      123  6   94%  M Tucker        Strikeout Looking
   RO     123  4   96%  C Beltran       Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Brown Scores; Perez to 3B
                  Jeff Tam replaces Ricardo Rincon pitching
   RRR    1-3  9   84%  M Sweeney       Home Run; Perez Scores; Ordaz Scores
                  Micah Bowie replaces Jeff Tam pitching
   O      ---  6   86%  R Ibanez        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  5 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 10, Athletics 11.

Bottom of the 8th, Athletics Batting, Ahead 11-10, Jeremy Affeldt facing 1-2-3
                  Jeremy Affeldt replaces Blake Stein pitching
   O      ---  8   85%  R Durham        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  6   84%  J Mabry         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  Jason Grimsley replaces Jeremy Affeldt pitching
          ---  5   85%  M Tejada        Single (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  4   83%  E Chavez        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 10, Athletics 11.

Top of the 9th, Royals Batting, Behind 10-11, Billy Koch facing 5-6-7
                  Billy Koch replaces Micah Bowie pitching
          ---  6   72%  J Randa         Single to CF (Line Drive)
                  Kit Pellow pinch runs for Joe Randa batting 5th
   O      1--  1   77%  B Mayne         Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; Pellow to 2B
   O      -2-  4   89%  D Brown         Strikeout Swinging
                  Luis Alicea pinch hits for Neifi Perez batting 8th
   R      -2-  5   58%  L Alicea        Single to LF (Line Drive); Pellow Scores
          1--      54%  L Ordaz         Wild Pitch; Alicea to 2B
   O      -2-  4   64%  " "             Alicea Caught Stealing (PO) 3B (P-3B-SS)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 11, Athletics 11.

Bottom of the 9th, Athletics Batting, Tied 11-11, Jason Grimsley facing 5-6-7
                  Kit Pellow moves to 3B; Luis Alicea moves to SS
   O      ---  8   58%  J Dye           Flyball: RF
                  Scott Hatteberg pinch hits for Eric Byrnes batting 6th
   R      ---  2  100%  S Hatteberg     Home Run (CF-RF)
        1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 11, Athletics 12.

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