Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
June 2, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 2012 at Kauffman Stadium. 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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Oakland Athletics 9, Kansas City Royals 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Weeks 2b 2 2 2 0
  Rosales pr,2b 1 1 1 2
Cowgill rf 4 0 1 1
Reddick dh 4 1 1 2
Cespedes lf 5 2 3 1
Ka'aihue 1b 5 0 1 1
Inge 3b 5 0 0 0
Crisp cf 4 0 0 0
Suzuki c 4 2 1 0
Pennington ss 4 1 0 0
McCarthy p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Blevins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 10 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Gordon lf 5 1 2 0
Betancourt 2b 3 0 1 1
Butler dh 3 1 0 0
Moustakas 3b 3 0 0 0
Francoeur rf 4 0 2 1
  Maier rf 0 0 0 0
Hosmer 1b 3 0 1 1
Escobar ss 4 0 1 0
Dyson cf 4 1 3 0
Quintero c 2 0 0 0
  Pena c 2 0 1 0
Hochevar p 0 0 0 0
  Collins p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Crow p 0 0 0 0
  Mijares p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 11 3
Oakland 100 140 0309100
Kansas City 100 001 1003113
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
McCarthy  W(4-3) 6.0 8 2 2 2 2
  Balfour   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Cook   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Blevins   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hochevar  L(3-6) 4.2 5 6 6 3 3
  Collins   1.1 1 0 0 0 3
  Coleman   1.2 1 2 0 2 2
  Crow   0.1 3 1 0 0 0
  Mijares   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
1
1

  E–Betancourt (2), Escobar (5), Dyson (4).  DP–Oakland 3. Inge-Weeks-Ka'aihue, Pennington-Ka'aihue, Cowgill-Suzuki.  PB–Quintero (2).  2B–Oakland Cespedes (6,off Hochevar); Ka'aihue (9,off Collins), Kansas City Gordon (15,off McCarthy); Hosmer (8,off McCarthy); Pena (7,off Balfour).  3B–Oakland Weeks (4,off Hochevar); Reddick (3,off Hochevar).  SH–Pennington (3,off Hochevar); Betancourt (1,off McCarthy).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Betancourt (1,off Balfour).  Team–8.  SB–Escobar (9,2nd base off McCarthy/Suzuki).  U-HP–Paul Schrieber, 1B–Tim Welke, 2B–Laz Diaz, 3B–Mike Everitt.  T–3:09.  A–26,276.
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