OAK 16 vs. KC 20

BOXSCORE: 2012 Oakland A's At 2012 Kansas City Royals               5/22/2012
 
  A's                AB  R  H RBI AVG     Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Crisp CF          4  2  2  1 .329     L.Cain CF           1  0  0  0 .296  
  J.Weeks 2B          4  1  0  0 .200   A-J.Dyson CF          2  0  2  2 .302  
  J.Reddick RF        4  1  2  4 .191     A.Escobar SS        5  1  3  1 .207  
  Y.Cespedes LF       4  0  1  0 .279     A.Gordon LF         4  1  2  1 .325  
  B.Moss 1B           4  1  1  0 .340     B.Butler DH         4  1  1  1 .313  
  J.Donaldson 3B      4  1  2  0 .255     S.Perez C           5  0  1  0 .319  
  C.Carter DH         4  1  1  0 .340     M.Moustakas 3B      4  0  0  1 .184  
  D.Norris C          3  0  0  1 .200     J.Francoeur RF      5  2  1  0 .250  
  C.Pennington SS     4  0  0  1 .193     E.Hosmer 1B         4  0  3  0 .233  
                                          J.Giavotella 2B     2  1  0  0 .222  
                                        B-C.Getz 2B           0  0  0  0 .311  
                                        C-I.Falu PH,2B        2  0  0  0 .500  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  7  9  7                 Totals      38  6 13  6
 
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Cain In 2nd Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Giavotella In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Getz In 8th Inning
 
INJURY: Lorenzo Cain INJURED (for 0 more games) in 1st inning
INJURY: Johnny Giavotella INJURED (for 0 more games) in 6th inning
INJURY: Chris Carter INJURED (for 0 more games) in 8th inning
 
A's............. 0 0 0  0 5 1  1 0 0  -  7  9  1
Royals.......... 1 1 1  1 0 0  0 1 1  -  6 13  0
 
A's (10-6)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Milone WIN(3-0)         6       8   4   3   4   1   1 109   2.63
E.Scribner HOLD(2nd)      0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   6   1.04
J.Norberto HOLD(3rd)      0 1/3   1   1   1   1   0   0  15   4.15
R.Cook HOLD(3rd)          1       1   0   0   0   1   0  15   0.96
G.Balfour SAVE(7th)       1       3   1   1   0   1   0  17   1.23
Totals                    9      13   6   5   5   4   1
 
Royals (7-13)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
F.Paulino LOSS(0-1)       4 2/3   6   5   5   1   7   1  93   5.06
J.Broxton                 0 1/3   2   1   1   0   0   0  13   3.97
L.Coleman                 1       0   1   1   1   1   0  17   1.56
T.Collins                 3       1   0   0   0   5   0  37   3.18
Totals                    9       9   7   7   2  13   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 14,027 DATE-  TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Paul Nauert, Dana Demuth, Kerwin Danley, Doug Eddings
T- 3:03
LEFT ON BASE- A's: 4  Royals:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- A's: 1  Royals: 0
ERRORS- T.Milone
DOUBLES- C.Crisp-2(8th), B.Moss(2nd), J.Donaldson(7th), B.Butler(3rd),
         J.Francoeur(5th)
TRIPLES- Y.Cespedes(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Reddick(5th), A.Gordon(2nd)
RBIs- C.Crisp(11th), J.Reddick-4(13th), D.Norris(3rd), C.Pennington(5th),
      J.Dyson-2(7th), A.Escobar(5th), A.Gordon(10th), B.Butler(10th),
      M.Moustakas(7th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Crisp(4th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Norris, J.Dyson, M.Moustakas
WALKS- C.Crisp, J.Weeks, J.Dyson, A.Gordon, B.Butler, E.Hosmer, J.Giavotella
STRIKE OUTS- C.Crisp, J.Weeks-2, J.Reddick-2, Y.Cespedes-2, J.Donaldson,
             C.Carter, D.Norris-2, C.Pennington-2, L.Cain, A.Escobar, B.Butler,
             J.Francoeur
GIDP- S.Perez
2-out RBI- A.Escobar, C.Crisp, J.Reddick-3
RLISP 2-out- Y.Cespedes, S.Perez, A.Escobar, B.Moss, A.Gordon-2, C.Pennington,
             M.Moustakas-2, I.Falu
TEAM RISP- A's: 5 for 14  Royals: 3 for 14
 
14,027 fans were treated to a fine game at Kauffman Stadium as only one run
separated the combatants at game's end.  The Oakland A's won by the slimmest
of margins, 7 to 6.
 
Oakland had 5 runs cross the plate in the top of the 5th inning when they came
up with 4 base hits.  The highlight belonged to Josh Reddick who silenced the
stadium when he belted a three-run homer.  Kansas City had a chance in the
9th but they came up short.  
 
Tommy Milone(3-0) allowed 4 runs in 6 innings, and picked up the victory.
Milone got help from Grant Balfour who earned his 7th save.  Felipe
Paulino(0-1) was the loser.  He saw his ERA jump from 1.50 to 5.06 as gave up
5 runs in 4 and 2/3 innings.  
 
'I just wanted to give my team a chance to win.' said Milone, 'I got burned on
a couple of pitches. But we won the game, and that's all that matters.'