Kansas City Royals @ Oakland Athletics

13-26, 5-16 Away

Final

23-18, 10-9 Home


KC
OAK

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	-	7	12	0

M. Mulder5-2

9.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 6 K, 0 BB

B. Anderson1-6

3.0 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 1 K, 3 BB

RoyalsTop 1st
- M. Mulder pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- Pitch
  1
  Strike Looking
  2
  Ground Out
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 1st
- B. Anderson pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 2nd
- M. Mulder pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 2nd
- B. Anderson pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- E Chavez safe at first on error by catcher K Stinnett, M Scutaro scored, B Kielty to third.
  0
  3
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error
RoyalsTop 3rd
- M. Mulder pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 3rd
- B. Anderson pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 4th
- M. Mulder pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- W Guerrero at second base.
  0
  6
- M Lopez in right field.
  0
  6
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 4th
- J. Huisman pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 5th
- M. Mulder pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 5th
- J. Huisman pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 6th
- M. Mulder pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 6th
- J. Cerda pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- E Chavez to second on wild pitch by J Cerda.
  0
  7
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 7th
- M. Mulder pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 7th
- J. Cerda pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- B Kielty in right field.
  0
  7
- M McLemore at third base.
  0
  7
- B McMillon in left field.
  0
  7
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 8th
- M. Mulder pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 8th
- S. Camp pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 9th
- M. Mulder pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors

Royals
0
Athletics
7

Game 1

22/5

Royals
4
Athletics
5

Game 2

22/5

Royals
2
Athletics
3

Game 3

23/5

Oakland Coliseum

2:05 AM, 22 May 2004

Oakland, California

Attendance: 27,080

Game Time:2:09

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Mike Everitt
First Base Umpire - Mark Wegner
Second Base Umpire - Larry Young
Third Base Umpire - Angel Hernandez

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

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Kansas City Royals @ Oakland Athletics

M. Mulder5-2

B. Anderson1-6

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Pitch
1 Strike Looking
2 Ground Out