Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
May 16, 2007 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 2007 at Network Associates Coliseum. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 4, Oakland Athletics 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 5 1 1 0
Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 1 0
Teahen rf 3 0 0 1
Brown lf 3 1 0 0
Gordon 3b 4 0 1 0
German dh 3 1 1 1
Buck c 4 0 1 1
  Phillips pr,c 0 1 0 0
Shealy 1b 4 0 2 1
Pena ss 4 0 0 0
Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Peralta p 0 0 0 0
  Gobble p 0 0 0 0
  Riske p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Stewart lf 4 0 0 0
Swisher dh 3 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0
Cust rf 3 1 1 1
  Buck rf 0 0 0 0
Crosby ss 4 0 1 0
Ellis 2b 4 1 1 0
Scutaro 3b 4 1 0 0
Bocachica cf 4 0 0 0
Kendall c 3 0 2 2
  Chavez ph 1 0 0 0
Blanton p 0 0 0 0
  Calero p 0 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 5 3
Kansas City 200 000 002471
Oakland 000 000 210350
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Perez   6.0 1 0 0 2 4
  Peralta   1.0 3 2 1 0 1
  Gobble  W (3-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Riske  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
2
2
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blanton   8.0 5 2 2 2 7
  Calero  L (0-3) 0.2 2 2 2 1 1
  Embree   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
8

  E–Grudzielanek (3).  2B–Kansas City DeJesus (8,off Blanton); Buck (7,off Calero), Oakland Kendall (2,off Perez).  HR–Oakland Cust (7,8th inning off Gobble 0 on 1 out).  IBB–Teahen (2,by Blanton).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Johnson (1,by Perez).  Team–6.  SB–Brown (4,2nd base off Blanton/Kendall); German (4,2nd base off Calero/Kendall).  U-HP–Paul Emmel, 1B–Dan Iassogna, 2B–Ron Kulpa, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–2:38.  A–16,242.
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