The Oakland Athletics couldn't pull it off against the Kansas City Royals, 6 to 5, on September 13, 1987.

1987 Oakland Athletics

Final

KCR

Royals

72-71

6

OAK

Athletics

72-71

5

KCR

OAK

1

0

0

2

1

3

3

4

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

1

0

8

0

0

9

0

1

R

6

5

H

11

7

E

1

0

Top 2nd

KCR

OAK

Royals

Home run by Steve Balboni.

1

0

Bottom 2nd

KCR

OAK

Athletics

Sacrifice fly by Alfredo Griffin; Jerry Willard and Mike Davis scored.

1

2

Athletics

Single by Luis Polonia; Terry Steinbach scored.

1

3

Top 3rd

KCR

OAK

Royals

Single by Willie Wilson; Gary Thurman scored.

2

3

Royals

Sacrifice fly by George Brett; Larry Owen scored.

3

3

Royals

Single by Danny Tartabull; Willie Wilson scored.

4

3

Royals

Passed ball; Kevin Seitzer scored.

5

3

Bottom 6th

KCR

OAK

Athletics

Home run by Dwayne Murphy.

5

4

Top 7th

KCR

OAK

Royals

Single by Kevin Seitzer; Larry Owen scored.

6

4

Bottom 9th

KCR

OAK

Athletics

Alfredo Griffin grounded out; Error by Angel Salazar; Mike Davis scored.

6

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson CF 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
Kevin Seitzer 3B 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 2
George Brett 1B 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
Danny Tartabull RF 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 1
Frank White 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Balboni DH 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Bill Pecota SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Angel Salazar SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Thurman LF 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Larry Owen C 4 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Totals 35 6 11 5 1 4 12 1 1 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mark Gubicza (W) 7.1 5 4 4 4 7 1
Gene Garber (S) 1.2 2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 7 5 4 4 7 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Luis Polonia LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
Tony Bernazard 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Dwayne Murphy CF 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
Stan Javier PR,CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carney Lansford 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Willard DH 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jose Canseco PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark McGwire 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Mike Gallego PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Davis RF 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Terry Steinbach C 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Walt Weiss PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alfredo Griffin SS 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 31 5 7 4 1 4 7 0 2 10

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rick Honeycutt (L) 2.1 5 5 4 2 2 1
Gene Nelson 3.2 2 0 0 0 5 0
Dennis Lamp 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 0
Greg Cadaret 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Dennis Eckersley 2.1 1 0 0 1 5 0
Totals 9.0 11 6 5 4 12 1

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Langeliers

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RBI

13

Rooker

Brent Rooker

AVG

.301

Nevin

Tyler Nevin

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W

2

Spence

Mitch Spence

K

28

Boyle

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ERA

2.29

Muller

Kyle Muller

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HR

33

7th

R

89

29th

SO

240

17th

ERA

4.03

17th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
15 13 .536
Rangers Rangers
15 14 .517 0.5
Athletics Athletics
12 17 .414 3.5
Angels Angels
10 18 .357 5.0
Astros Astros
9 19 .321 6.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
4/30
PIT PIT
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM
Wed
5/1
PIT PIT
@
OAK OAK
3:37 PM
Fri
5/3
MIA MIA
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM
Sat
5/4
MIA MIA
@
OAK OAK
4:07 PM
Sun
5/5
MIA MIA
@
OAK OAK
4:07 PM

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13-17

5

Final

1

PIT Pirates

14-16

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10

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

10

Trout

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9

Ozuna

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RBI Leaders

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31

Ozuna

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29

Bohm

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26

Perez

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.364

Bohm

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Smith

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46

Betts

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43

Ohtani

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Turner

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29

Betts

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27

Jr.

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26

Cruz

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.479

Betts

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.439

Bohm

Alec Bohm

.429

Soto

Juan Soto

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.650

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.639

Betts

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.635

Ohtani

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18

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

13

Turang

Brice Turang

13

Jr.

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Suárez

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5

Minter

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5

Glasnow

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53

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

47

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

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1.23

Berríos

José Berríos

1.32

Suárez

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1.35

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

WHIP Leaders

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0.63

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

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0.80

Gilbert

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12.20

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.07

Peralta

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11.12

Jones

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9.50

Kirby

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9.00

Flaherty

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8.40

Jones

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4

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

4

Eflin

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527.3

Betts

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DraftKings Points Leaders

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Betts

Mookie Betts

371

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354

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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
Sun
4/28
MIN MIN
@
CWS CWS
3-2
Sun
4/28
PIT PIT
@
OAK OAK
1-5
Sun
4/28
TBR TBR
@
MIL MIL
1-0
Sun
4/28
ATL ATL
@
SEA SEA
1-2
Sun
4/28
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
7-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
4/30
STL STL
@
DET DET
3:40 PM
Tue
4/30
NYY NYY
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Tue
4/30
STL STL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Tue
4/30
COL COL
@
MIA MIA
6:40 PM
Tue
4/30
KCR KCR
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM