Kansas City Royals @ Oakland Athletics

39-82, 16-45 Away

Final

68-54, 39-25 Home


KC
OAK

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

RoyalsTop 1st
- B. Zito pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- Pitch
  1
  Fly Out
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 1st
- M. Wood pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 2nd
- B. Zito pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 2nd
- M. Wood pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 3rd
- B. Zito pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 3rd
- M. Wood pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- M Ellis to third on wild pitch by M Wood.
  0
  0
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 4th
- B. Zito pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 4th
- M. Wood pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- J Payton grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, D Johnson safe at second on error by shortstop A Berroa.
  2
  1
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error
RoyalsTop 5th
- B. Zito pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 5th
- M. Wood pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- J Kendall safe at second on throwing error by third baseman M Teahen.
  2
  1
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error
RoyalsTop 6th
- B. Zito pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 6th
- A. Sisco pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- E Chavez stole third.
  2
  1
- B Kielty hit for S Hatteberg.
  2
  1
- A. Burgos pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 7th
- B. Zito pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 7th
- A. Burgos pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 8th
- J. Duchscherer pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 8th
- J. Affeldt pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- M. MacDougal pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 9th
- J. Duchscherer pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 9th
- M. MacDougal pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Pitch
1 Fly Out

Royals
0
Athletics
4

Game 1

20/8

Royals
2
Athletics
1

Game 2

21/8

Royals
5
Athletics
4

Game 3

21/8

Oakland Coliseum

2:05 AM, 21 August 2005

Oakland, California

Attendance: 27,468

Game Time:2:56

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Joe Brinkman
First Base Umpire - Bill Miller
Second Base Umpire - Jeff Nelson
Third Base Umpire - Derryl Cousins

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. Wood4-4

B. Zito11-10

M. MacDougal16

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