Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
May 7, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 2011 at Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Oakland Athletics 3, Kansas City Royals 4

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Crisp cf 4 0 1 0
Barton 1b 4 0 0 0
DeJesus rf 4 0 1 0
Willingham lf 4 0 0 0
  Ellis 2b 0 0 0 0
Matsui dh 4 0 2 0
Suzuki c 4 0 1 0
LaRoche 2b,3b 4 1 1 0
Kouzmanoff 3b 2 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Pennington ss 3 1 1 3
McCarthy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Getz 2b 3 0 0 0
Cabrera cf 4 1 1 1
Gordon lf 4 0 1 1
Butler dh 3 0 1 1
  Dyson pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Francoeur rf 4 0 1 0
Hosmer 1b 3 0 1 0
Aviles 3b 3 0 0 1
Treanor c 2 1 1 0
Escobar ss 3 1 1 0
Hochevar p 0 0 0 0
  Crow p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 7 4
Oakland 000 000 030380
Kansas City 000 003 001470
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCarthy  L(1-3) 8.1 7 4 4 2 3
Totals
8.1
7
4
4
2
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hochevar   7.0 4 1 1 0 3
  Crow   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Soria  W(2-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
0
6

  E–None.  2B–Oakland Matsui 2 (9,off Hochevar 2); Crisp (7,off Crow).  3B–Oakland DeJesus (1,off Hochevar).  HR–Oakland Pennington (2,8th inning off Crow 2 on 0 out).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Getz (6,off McCarthy).  SF–Butler (1,off McCarthy); Aviles (3,off McCarthy).  IBB–Hosmer (1,by McCarthy).  Team–5.  U-HP–Bill Miller, 1B–Alan Porter, 2B–James Hoye, 3B–Phil Cuzzi.  T–2:18.  A–25,828.
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