Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
August 4, 2010 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 2010 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 3, Oakland Athletics 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Getz 2b 3 1 0 0
Aviles 3b 4 1 1 0
Butler dh 3 0 0 1
Guillen rf 4 0 0 1
Ka'aihue 1b 4 0 1 0
Pena c 2 0 0 0
Gordon lf 3 0 0 0
Maier cf 3 0 1 0
Betancourt ss 3 1 1 1
O'Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  Texeira p 0 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 4 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Crisp cf 3 1 2 0
Barton 1b 3 1 1 0
Suzuki c 4 1 0 1
Cust dh 4 0 1 0
Kouzmanoff 3b 4 0 1 2
Ellis 2b 4 0 2 0
Davis rf,lf 3 0 0 0
Watson lf 3 0 0 0
  Gross rf 0 0 0 0
Pennington ss 3 1 2 0
Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Breslow p 0 0 0 0
  Wuertz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 3
Kansas City 200 000 010342
Oakland 000 004 00x490
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
O'Sullivan  L(1-2) 5.1 6 4 3 2 4
  Texeira   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Wood   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
3
2
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  W(3-2) 7.0 3 2 2 1 4
  Breslow   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Wuertz  SV(4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
1
7

  E–Aviles (9), O'Sullivan (1).  DP–Kansas City 1. Betancourt-Getz-Ka'aihue, Oakland 1. Ellis-Pennington-Barton.  2B–Oakland Crisp (6,off O'Sullivan); Kouzmanoff (26,off O'Sullivan).  HR–Kansas City Betancourt (8,8th inning off Breslow 0 on 1 out).  SF–Butler (7,off Anderson).  HBP–Pena (1,by Anderson).  Team LOB–2.  Team–5.  SB–Aviles (3,2nd base off Anderson/Suzuki); Pennington 2 (17,2nd base off O'Sullivan/Pena,2nd base off Texeira/Pena).  CS–Maier (2,2nd base by Anderson/Suzuki); Cust (1,2nd base by O'Sullivan/Pena); Ellis (4,2nd base by Wood/Pena).  U-HP–John Tumpane, 1B–Paul Emmel, 2B–Bill Hohn, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–2:38.  A–22,325.
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