The Kansas City Royals decisively defeated the Oakland Athletics, 9 to 6, on September 4, 2008.

Final

Athletics

63-77

6

Royals

60-79

9

OAK

KCR

1

0

4

2

0

3

1

4

0

3

5

0

6

0

1

7

3

0

8

0

9

2

R

6

9

H

8

15

E

2

0

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 1st

OAK

KCR

Single by Jose Guillen; David DeJesus scored.

0

1

Double by Billy Butler; Mike Aviles scored.

0

2

Alberto Callaspo fly ball; Error by Jack Cust; Jose Guillen scored.

0

3

Sacrifice fly by John Buck; Billy Butler scored.

0

4

Top 3rd

OAK

KCR

Double by Ryan Sweeney; Rajai Davis scored.

1

4

Bottom 3rd

OAK

KCR

Single by Alberto Callaspo; Billy Butler scored.

1

5

Bottom 4th

OAK

KCR

Triple by Esteban German; David DeJesus scored.

1

6

Triple by Mike Aviles; Esteban German scored.

1

7

Single by Jose Guillen; Mike Aviles scored.

1

8

Bottom 6th

OAK

KCR

Jose Guillen hit into fielder's choice; Error by Eric Patterson; Esteban German scored.

1

9

Top 7th

OAK

KCR

Double by Ryan Sweeney; Cliff Pennington and Rajai Davis scored.

3

9

Sacrifice fly by Daric Barton; Ryan Sweeney scored.

4

9

Top 9th

OAK

KCR

Double by Jack Cust; Ryan Sweeney scored.

5

9

Daric Barton grounded out; Kurt Suzuki scored.

6

9

Athletics

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Rajai Davis CF	4	2	1	0	1	0	1	1
Ryan Sweeney RF	4	2	3	3	1	0	0	6
Kurt Suzuki DH	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	1
Jack Cust LF	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	2
Daric Barton 1B	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jack Hannahan 3B	3	0	0	0	2	3	0	0
Eric Patterson 2B	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Rob Bowen C	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Cliff Pennington SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	2
Totals	34	6	8	6	8	8	1	13

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Dan Meyer (L)	3.1	9	8	7	2	1
Kirk Saarloos	1.2	3	0	0	0	0
Alan Embree	1.0	2	1	1	0	0
Keith Foulke	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Blevins	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
Totals	8.0	15	9	8	2	2

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
David DeJesus RF	5	2	3	0	0	0	4
Esteban German LF	5	2	2	1	0	1	4
Mike Aviles 3B	4	2	3	1	0	0	5
Jason Smith PR,3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jose Guillen DH	4	1	2	3	0	0	2
Kila Ka'aihue PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Butler 1B	4	2	2	1	0	0	4
Ross Gload 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alberto Callaspo 2B	3	0	1	2	0	0	1
John Buck C	2	0	1	1	1	0	1
Tony Pena Jr. SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joey Gathright CF	3	0	1	0	1	0	1
Totals	35	9	15	9	2	2	22

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Kyle Davies (W)	5.0	3	1	1	3	2
John Bale	1.0	0	0	0	1	1
Robinson Tejeda	0.1	3	3	3	1	1
Ron Mahay	0.2	0	0	0	1	1
Juan Carlos Oviedo	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
Kip Wells	0.0	1	2	2	2	0
Ramon E Ramirez (S)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
Totals	9.0	8	6	6	8	8

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Perez

RBI

25

Perez

AVG

.344

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Lugo

K

37

Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

29

7th

R

127

10th

SO

197

27th

ERA

3.01

3rd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	18	8	.692
Royals	17	10	.630	1.5
Tigers	14	12	.538	4.0
Twins	12	13	.480	5.5
White Sox	4	22	.154	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/27	KCR	@	DET	6:10 PM
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

Last Game

Tigers

14-12

0

Final

8

Royals

17-10

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.382

Betts

.376

Smith

.356

Contreras

Hit Leaders

42

Betts

40

Ohtani

37

Kwan

Run Leaders

28

Betts

24

Cruz

24

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.485

Betts

.437

Soto

.436

Contreras

SLG Leaders

.681

Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

.645

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Imanaga

4

Suárez

4

Minter

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

487.6

Betts

457.8

Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

370

Betts

347

Cruz

337

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