The Oakland Athletics handily defeated the Kansas City Royals, 8 to 5, on August 31, 2009.

2009 Oakland Athletics

Final

KCR

Royals

50-81

5

1

3

0

2

1

0

3

0

5

4

0

0

5

1

0

6

0

3

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

R

5

8

H

9

7

E

2

0

Top 1st

KCR

OAK

Royals

Double by Mark Teahen; David DeJesus scored.

1

0

Royals

Single by Alberto Callaspo; Billy Butler and Mark Teahen scored.

3

0

Top 2nd

KCR

OAK

Royals

Home run by David DeJesus.

4

0

Bottom 3rd

KCR

OAK

Athletics

Single by Rajai Davis; Error by Willie Bloomquist; Cliff Pennington scored.

4

1

Athletics

Kurt Suzuki grounded out; Rajai Davis scored.

4

2

Athletics

Triple by Ryan Sweeney; Jack Cust and Scott Hairston scored.

4

4

Athletics

Single by Mark Ellis; Ryan Sweeney scored.

4

5

Top 5th

KCR

OAK

Royals

Triple by Alberto Callaspo; Billy Butler scored.

5

5

Bottom 6th

KCR

OAK

Athletics

Adam Kennedy ground ball; Error by John Bale; Ryan Sweeney and Daric Barton scored.

5

7

Athletics

Single by Rajai Davis; Adam Kennedy scored.

5

8

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
David DeJesus LF 5 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
Willie Bloomquist RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Brayan Pena PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Billy Butler 1B 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Mark Teahen 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 2
Alberto Callaspo 2B 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 4
Miguel Olivo C 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
John Buck DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Mike Jacobs PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mitch Maier CF 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Yuniesky Betancourt SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals 34 5 9 5 1 4 11 0 0 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Luke Hochevar (L) 5.1 6 7 6 4 5 0
John Bale 0.0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Robinson Tejeda 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0
Jamey Wright 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 8.0 7 8 6 5 8 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Adam Kennedy 3B 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rajai Davis CF 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 2
Kurt Suzuki C 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Cust DH 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Scott Hairston LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ryan Sweeney RF 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
Mark Ellis 2B 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
Daric Barton 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Cliff Pennington SS 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals 31 8 7 7 0 5 8 3 1 9

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Gio Gonzalez 5.1 6 5 5 4 8 1
Craig Breslow (W) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Wuertz 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Brad Ziegler 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Andrew Bailey (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 9 5 5 4 11 1

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More Athletics Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

5

Langeliers

Shea Langeliers

RBI

11

Langeliers

Shea Langeliers

AVG

.292

Nevin

Tyler Nevin

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Kelly

Michael Kelly

K

23

Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

ERA

2.03

Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

Team Rankings

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HR

25

11th

R

68

29th

SO

186

23rd

ERA

4.01

17th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
12 11 .522
Rangers Rangers
12 12 .500 0.5
Angels Angels
9 14 .391 3.0
Athletics Athletics
9 15 .375 3.5
Astros Astros
7 17 .292 5.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Thu
4/25
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM

Last Game

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NYY Yankees

16-8

4

Final

3

Tue 23 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Mon
4/22
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
4-2
Mon
4/22
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-4
Mon
4/22
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
1-2
Mon
4/22
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
5-6
Mon
4/22
BAL BAL
@
LAA LAA
4-7

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
ARI ARI
@
STL STL
1:15 PM
Wed
4/24
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
3:45 PM
Wed
4/24
BAL BAL
@
LAA LAA
4:07 PM
Wed
4/24
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
6:10 PM
Wed
4/24
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM