The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics, 9 to 8, in the 2014 AL Wild Card playoff game on September 30, 2014.

Final

Athletics

0-1

8

Royals

1-0

9

OAK

KCR

1

2

1

2

0

3

0

2

4

0

5

0

6

5

0

7

0

8

0

3

9

0

1

10

0

11

0

12

1

2

R

8

9

H

13

15

E

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

OAK

KCR

Home run by Brandon Moss; Coco Crisp scored.

2

0

Bottom 1st

OAK

KCR

Single by Billy Butler; Norichika Aoki scored.

2

1

Bottom 3rd

OAK

KCR

Double by Lorenzo Cain; Mike Moustakas scored.

2

Single by Eric Hosmer; Lorenzo Cain scored.

2

3

Top 6th

OAK

KCR

Home run by Brandon Moss; Sam Fuld and Josh Donaldson scored.

5

3

Single by Derek Norris; Josh Reddick scored.

6

3

Single by Coco Crisp; Derek Norris scored.

7

3

Bottom 8th

OAK

KCR

Single by Lorenzo Cain; Alcides Escobar scored.

7

4

Single by Billy Butler; Lorenzo Cain scored.

7

5

Wild pitchSome( by Luke Gregerson); Eric Hosmer scored.

7

6

Bottom 9th

OAK

KCR

Sacrifice fly by Norichika Aoki; Jarrod Dyson scored.

7

Top 12th

OAK

KCR

Single by Alberto Callaspo; Josh Reddick scored.

8

7

Bottom 12th

OAK

KCR

Single by Christian Colon; Eric Hosmer scored.

8

Single by Salvador Perez; Christian Colon scored.

8

9

Athletics

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Coco Crisp CF	6	1	2	1	0	0	3	2
Jonny Gomes LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Fuld LF,CF	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	2
Josh Donaldson 3B	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	2
Brandon Moss DH	5	2	2	5	2	1	2	8
Josh Reddick RF	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	2
Jed Lowrie SS	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stephen Vogt 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Nate Freiman PH,1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alberto Callaspo PH,1B	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Geovany Soto C	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Derek Norris C	5	1	1	1	0	0	2	1
Eric Sogard 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1
Nick Punto PH,2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	47	8	13	8	2	6	15	19

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Jon Lester	7.1	8	6	6	2	5
Luke Gregerson	0.2	1	0	0	1	2
Sean Doolittle	2.0	2	1	1	0	0
Dan Otero (L)	1.1	3	2	2	0	1
Fernando Abad	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Hammel	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
Totals	11.2	15	9	9	3	8

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Alcides Escobar SS	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2
Norichika Aoki RF	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Jayson Nix 3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Lorenzo Cain CF,RF	6	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	3
Eric Hosmer 1B	4	2	3	1	2	0	0	1	5
Billy Butler DH	4	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	2
Terrance Gore PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Christian Colon PH	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Alex Gordon LF	5	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0
Salvador Perez C	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1
Omar Infante 2B	5	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2
Mike Moustakas 3B	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Josh Willingham PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jarrod Dyson PR,CF	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	44	9	15	8	3	8	7	1	18

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
James Shields	5.0	5	4	4	2	6	1
Yordano Ventura	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	1
Kelvin Herrera	1.2	4	1	1	0	3	0
Wade Davis	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Greg Holland	1.0	0	0	0	3	1	0
Brandon Finnegan	2.1	1	1	1	1	3	0
Jason Frasor (W)	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	12.0	13	8	8	6	15	2

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Perez

RBI

26

Perez

AVG

.350

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Lugo

K

37

Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

29

10th

R

132

12th

SO

204

28th

ERA

3.14

4th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	19	8	.704
Royals	17	11	.607	2.5
Tigers	15	12	.556	4.0
Twins	13	13	.500	5.5
White Sox	5	22	.185	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 4/28	KCR	@	DET	1:40 PM
Mon 4/29	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Tue 4/30	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Wed 5/1	KCR	@	TOR	3:07 PM
Fri 5/3	TEX	@	KCR	7:40 PM

Last Game

Tigers

15-12

6

Final

5

Royals

17-11

Sat 27 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Henderson

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

26

Bohm

26

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.391

Betts

.367

Smith

.354

Ozuna

Hit Leaders

45

Betts

41

Ohtani

40

Turner

Run Leaders

29

Betts

25

Kwan

24

Cruz

OBP Leaders

.489

Betts

.443

Soto

.434

Bohm

SLG Leaders

.698

Ozuna

.661

Ohtani

.661

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Suárez

5

Glasnow

4

Imanaga

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

46

Wheeler

42

Greene

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.63

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.80

Imanaga

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Kirby

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

515.3

Betts

457.8

Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

393

Betts

347

Cruz

342

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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