May 29, 2006 Kansas City Royals at Oakland Athletics Play by Play and Box Score

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LAA 4
MIN 3
(11) CHW 11
@CLE 0 NYY 4
@DET 0 KCR 6
@OAK 4 TEX 2
SEA 0 TOR 7
BOS 6 LAD 12
@ATL 5 CHC 7
CIN 3 FLA 5
SFG 1 NYM 8
ARI 7 PHI 11
WSN 2 PIT 14
MIL 3 COL 5
@SDP 0 STL 3
HOU 1

Standings at end of play this day

Network Associates Coliseum, Attendance: 28,040

Monday, May 29, 2006, 6:05PM
Time of Game: 3:00

Royals

12-37

Won 1

5th, 22 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Royals          0  2  0   1  0  0   2  0  1    6 13  1
Athletics       0  1  0   0  1  0   1  0  1    4  9  2

W: S Etherton (1-0), L: D Haren (4-5), S: A Burgos (6)

Athletics

23-28

Lost 2

2nd, 4 GB

BATTING

Kansas City Royals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D DeJesus CF                  5   0   0   0    0   1  .138  .470   18    5   0   
M Grudzielanek 2B             5   2   2   0    0   0  .312  .770   12    2   2   SB
D Mientkiewicz 1B             5   0   2   1    0   0  .258  .703   20    6   0   2B
E Brown LF                    4   2   3   1    1   1  .267  .755   14    5   0   
M Stairs DH                   4   0   1   1    0   3  .242  .771   14    0   0   2B
  E German PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .387  .930    8    0   0   GDP
T Graffanino 3B               4   1   1   0    1   1  .266  .752   14    0   1   IW
S Costa RF                    5   1   2   1    0   1  .281  .768   19    2   0   2·2B
J Buck C                      4   0   1   1    0   1  .245  .667   15    6   0   
A Blanco SS                   3   0   1   0    1   1  .176  .498   26    1   1   

S Etherton P                                                             0   0
  M Wood P                                                               0   2
  J Gobble P                                                             0   0
  J Peralta P                                                            0   0
  A Burgos P                                                             0   1
Totals                       40   6  13   5    3   9              160   27   7

BATTING

2B: D Mientkiewicz (13, off S Karsay); M Stairs (7, off R Keisler); S Costa 2 (7, 2 off D Haren).

IBB: T Graffanino (1, by R Flores).

TB: S Costa 4; E Brown 3; D Mientkiewicz 3; M Grudzielanek 2; M Stairs 2; A Blanco; J Buck; T Graffanino.

GIDP: E German (2).

RBI: E Brown (22); D Mientkiewicz (14); J Buck (13); M Stairs (16); S Costa (11).

2-out RBI: M Stairs; E Brown.

Team LOB: 10.

With RISP: 4 for 13.

FIELDING

DP: 1. A Burgos-A Blanco-D Mientkiewicz.

E: T Graffanino (3).

BASERUNNING

SB: M Grudzielanek (1, 2nd base off D Haren/J Kendall).

Oakland Athletics            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Kendall C                   5   0   0   0    0   0  .265  .675   17   10   0   
N Swisher LF                  2   2   1   2    3   1  .303 1.036   28    2   0   HR
M Kotsay CF                   5   0   2   0    0   1  .281  .748   20    3   0   
E Chavez 3B                   5   0   1   1    0   0  .279  .916   19    2   3   GDP
F Thomas DH                   4   1   2   1    0   0  .227  .821   16    0   0   HR
B Crosby SS                   4   0   1   0    0   0  .233  .642   20    2   0   
J Payton RF                   4   1   1   0    0   1  .252  .606   19    2   0   
D Johnson 1B                  3   0   1   0    1   0  .189  .545   12    6   1   
M Ellis 2B                    4   0   0   0    0   0  .228  .629   20    0   1   

D Haren P                                                                0   0
  R Keisler P                                                            0   0
  S Karsay P                                                             0   0
  R Flores P                                                             0   0
Totals                       36   4   9   4    4   3              171   27   5

BATTING

HR: N Swisher (15, off A Burgos; 9th inn, 0 on, 1 out to RF); F Thomas (10, off S Etherton; 5th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to LF).

TB: F Thomas 5; N Swisher 4; M Kotsay 2; E Chavez; B Crosby; D Johnson; J Payton.

GIDP: E Chavez (7).

RBI: N Swisher 2 (41); F Thomas (26); E Chavez (37).

2-out RBI: F Thomas; N Swisher.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 0 for 8.

FIELDING

DP: 1. E Chavez-D Johnson.

E: B Crosby (7); J Payton (3).

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
S Etherton, W (1-0)            5     6   2   1    2   2   1   1.80   24  100-64   42· 4·18    4· 7· 9· 0     49    -     1.30   0.08
M Wood, H (1)                  1.1   1   1   1    1   1   0   5.12    6   22-10    6· 1· 3    3· 1· 0· 0          0-0    1.15   0.01
J Gobble, H (2)                0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   4.56    1    3-3     1· 1· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          2-1    2.55   0.02
J Peralta, H (3)               1.1   0   0   0    1   0   0   3.43    5   18-11    7· 0· 4    0· 3· 1· 0          1-0    1.42   0.15
A Burgos, S (6)                1     2   1   1    0   0   1   7.30    4   28-18   14· 1· 3    2· 1· 1· 0          0-0    1.41   0.05
Totals                         9     9   4   3    4   3   2          40  171-106  70· 7·29   10·12·11· 0          3-1

Oakland Athletics             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Haren, L (4-5)               6.2   8   5   4    2   9   0   4.04   31  122-79   44·14·21    7· 7· 6· 0     47    -     1.02  -0.12
R Keisler                      0.2   1   0   0    0   0   0   3.38    3    6-4     3· 0· 1    1· 2· 0· 0          1-1    0.59  -0.06
S Karsay                       0.2   4   1   1    0   0   0   7.11    6   13-8     7· 0· 1    1· 3· 2· 0          0-0    0.38  -0.04
R Flores                       1     0   0   0    1   0   0   4.50    3   15-9     7· 1· 1    2· 0· 0· 0          2-0    0.27   0.02
Totals                         9    13   6   5    3   9   0          43  156-100  61·15·24   11·12· 8· 0          3-1

S Karsay faced 3 batters in the 9th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: D Haren (4).

IBB: R Flores (1; T Graffanino).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Jeff Nelson, 2B - Derryl Cousins, 3B - Tim Timmons.

Time of Game: 3:00.

Attendance: 28,040.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 65° F, Wind 22mph out to Rightfield, Sunny.

LINEUPS

   Kansas City Royals            Oakland Athletics                    
1. D DeJesus            CF    1. J Kendall            C  
2. M Grudzielanek       2B    2. N Swisher            LF 
3. D Mientkiewicz       1B    3. M Kotsay             CF 
4. E Brown              LF    4. E Chavez             3B 
5. M Stairs             DH    5. F Thomas             DH 
6. T Graffanino         3B    6. B Crosby             SS 
7. S Costa              RF    7. J Payton             RF 
8. J Buck               C     8. D Johnson            1B 
9. A Blanco             SS    9. M Ellis              2B 

   S Etherton           P        D Haren              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 5   2  3-1  ---  4  -12%  64% F Thomas        S Etherton      Home Run (Line Drive)
   t 7   2  2-3  --3  1   12%  79% E Brown         D Haren         Single to CF (Ground Ball); Grudzielanek Scores
   t 2   1  0-0  1--  4   12%  62% T Graffanino    D Haren         Single to RF (Line Drive); Brown Scores/Adv on E9/No RBI; Graffanino to 2B
   b 9   1  6-4  1--  5   11% 100% E Chavez        A Burgos        Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
   b 2   2  2-0  123  5  -10%  53% N Swisher       S Etherton      Walk; Payton Scores/unER; Johnson to 3B; Kendall to 2B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Danny Haren facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  2   48%  D DeJesus       Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
   O      ---  2   46%  M Grudzielanek  Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  4   45%  D Mientkiewicz  Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Athletics Batting, Tied 0-0, Seth Etherton facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   47%  J Kendall       Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
          ---  6   45%  N Swisher       Walk
   O      1--  4   48%  M Kotsay        Strikeout Swinging
          1--  3   46%  E Chavez        Single to RF (Line Drive); Swisher to 2B
   O      12-  2   50%  F Thomas        Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0.

Top of the 2nd, Royals Batting, Tied 0-0, Danny Haren facing 4-5-6
          ---  6   54%  E Brown         Walk
   O      1--  4   50%  M Stairs        Strikeout Swinging
   R      1--  4   62%  T Graffanino    Single to RF (Line Drive); Brown Scores/Adv on E9/No RBI; Graffanino to 2B
   R      -2-  2   71%  S Costa         Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Graffanino Scores/unER
   O      -2-  3   68%  J Buck          Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
   O      -2-  3   65%  A Blanco        Flyball: CF
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Athletics Batting, Behind 0-2, Seth Etherton facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  4   68%  B Crosby        Lineout: LF (Deep LF)
          ---  6   65%  J Payton        Single to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF)
          1--  2   61%  D Johnson       Single to CF (Line Drive); Payton to 2B
   O      12-  6   66%  M Ellis         Flyball: LF
          12-  2   63%  J Kendall       Reached on E5/attempted forceout (Ground Ball); Payton to 3B; Johnson to 2B
   R      123  5   53%  N Swisher       Walk; Payton Scores/unER; Johnson to 3B; Kendall to 2B
   O      123  4   61%  M Kotsay        Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 1.

Top of the 3rd, Royals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Danny Haren facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   59%  D DeJesus       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   57%  M Grudzielanek  Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
          ---  5   58%  D Mientkiewicz  Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF)
          1--  2   61%  E Brown         Single to RF (Fly Ball); Mientkiewicz to 3B
   O      1-3  6   56%  M Stairs        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 1.

Bottom of the 3rd, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-2, Seth Etherton facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   59%  E Chavez        Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
          ---  7   56%  F Thomas        Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
          1-- 11   51%  B Crosby        Single to RF (Ground Ball); Thomas to 2B
   O      12-  6   57%  J Payton        Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home)
   O      12-  2   62%  D Johnson       Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 1.

Top of the 4th, Royals Batting, Ahead 2-1, Danny Haren facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   60%  T Graffanino    Strikeout Looking
          ---  6   64%  S Costa         Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF)
   R      -2-  5   72%  J Buck          Single to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Costa Scores
          1--  6   75%  A Blanco        Walk; Buck to 2B
   O      12-  4   72%  D DeJesus       Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Buck to 3B
   O      1-3  1   68%  M Grudzielanek  Groundout: 3B-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 1.

Bottom of the 4th, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-3, Seth Etherton facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  7   71%  M Ellis         Lineout: CF (Deep CF)
   O      ---  2   73%  J Kendall       Lineout: RF
   O      ---  6   75%  N Swisher       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 1.

Top of the 5th, Royals Batting, Ahead 3-1, Danny Haren facing 3-4-5
          ---  1   77%  D Mientkiewicz  Reached on E6 (Ground Ball to Short LF-CF)
   O      1--  3   75%  E Brown         Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  3   72%  M Stairs        Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  1   70%  T Graffanino    Lineout: RF (CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Athletics Batting, Behind 1-3, Seth Etherton facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  1   74%  M Kotsay        Lineout: LF
   O      ---  3   76%  E Chavez        Groundout: 2B-1B
   R      ---  4   64%  F Thomas        Home Run (Line Drive)
   O      ---  1   66%  B Crosby        Popfly: C (Front of Home)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 2.

Top of the 6th, Royals Batting, Ahead 3-2, Danny Haren facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  5   63%  S Costa         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   61%  J Buck          Strikeout Swinging
   O      --- 14   60%  A Blanco        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 2.

Bottom of the 6th, Athletics Batting, Behind 2-3, Mike Wood facing 7-8-9
                  Mike Wood replaces Seth Etherton pitching
   O      ---  4   64%  J Payton        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   67%  D Johnson       Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  5   69%  M Ellis         Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 2.

Top of the 7th, Royals Batting, Ahead 3-2, Danny Haren facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  6   66%  D DeJesus       Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  3   69%  M Grudzielanek  Single to CF (Ground Ball thru CF-RF)
          1--      71%  D Mientkiewicz  Grudzielanek Steals 2B
          -2-      75%  " "             Wild Pitch; Grudzielanek to 3B
   O      --3  5   67%  " "             Groundout: 1B unassisted
   R      --3  1   79%  E Brown         Single to CF (Ground Ball); Grudzielanek Scores
                  Randy Keisler replaces Danny Haren pitching
   R      1--  1   88%  M Stairs        Double to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Brown Scores
   O      -2-  2   87%  T Graffanino    Popfly: SS (LF-CF)
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 2.

Bottom of the 7th, Athletics Batting, Behind 2-5, Mike Wood facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  5   90%  J Kendall       Flyball: CF
          ---  4   86%  N Swisher       Walk
          1--  2   79%  M Kotsay        Single to RF (Ground Ball); Swisher to 3B
                  Jimmy Gobble replaces Mike Wood pitching
   RO     1-3  3   81%  E Chavez        Groundout: 2B-1B; Swisher Scores; Kotsay to 2B
                  Joel Peralta replaces Jimmy Gobble pitching
   O      -2-  3   86%  F Thomas        Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 3.

Top of the 8th, Royals Batting, Ahead 5-3, Randy Keisler facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3   84%  S Costa         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  Steve Karsay replaces Randy Keisler pitching
   O      ---  2   83%  J Buck          Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
          ---  3   84%  A Blanco        Single to RF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  1   83%  D DeJesus       Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 3.

Bottom of the 8th, Athletics Batting, Behind 3-5, Joel Peralta facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  4   87%  B Crosby        Flyball: LF (LF-CF)
   O      ---  3   90%  J Payton        Lineout: CF (Deep CF)
          ---  6   88%  D Johnson       Walk
   O      1--  2   92%  M Ellis         Popfly: 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 3.

Top of the 9th, Royals Batting, Ahead 5-3, Steve Karsay facing 2-3-4
          ---  4   93%  M Grudzielanek  Single to CF (Line Drive)
   R      1--  1   97%  D Mientkiewicz  Double to CF (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Grudzielanek Scores
          -2-  2   98%  E Brown         Single to SS (Ground Ball); Mientkiewicz stays at 2B
                  Ron Flores replaces Steve Karsay pitching; Esteban German pinch hits for Matt Stairs batting 5th
   OO     12-  8   96%  E German        Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-1B; Brown to 2B
          -2-  4   96%  T Graffanino    Intentional Walk
   O      12-  3   95%  S Costa         Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Royals 6, Athletics 3.

Bottom of the 9th, Athletics Batting, Behind 3-6, Ambiorix Burgos facing 1-2-3
                  Ambiorix Burgos replaces Joel Peralta pitching
   O      ---  7   98%  J Kendall       Flyball: RF
   R      ---  7   95%  N Swisher       Home Run (Line Drive)
          ---  9   89%  M Kotsay        Single to RF (Ground Ball)
   OO     1--  5  100%  E Chavez        Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
        1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Athletics 4.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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