Kansas City Royals @ Oakland Athletics

48-59, 24-30 Away

Final

53-52, 32-27 Home


KC
OAK

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	11	0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	0

RoyalsTop 1st
- D. Braden pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- Pitch
  1
  Ball
  2
  Ground Out
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 1st
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 2nd
- D. Braden pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 2nd
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 3rd
- D. Braden pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 3rd
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 4th
- D. Braden pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 4th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 5th
- D. Braden pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 5th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 6th
- D. Braden pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 6th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 7th
- D. Braden pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 7th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- D DeJesus in right field.
  4
  1
- M Maier in center field.
  4
  1
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 8th
- S. Casilla pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 8th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 9th
- A. Embree pitching for OAK
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 9th
- J. Soria pitching for KC
  KC
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Royals
4
Athletics
2

Game 1

29/7

Royals
5
Athletics
2

Game 2

30/7

Royals
4
Athletics
3

Game 3

30/7

Oakland Coliseum

3:05 AM, 29 July 2008

Oakland, California

Attendance: 12,464

Game Time:2:37

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Phil Cuzzi
First Base Umpire - Brian Knight
Second Base Umpire - Ed Montague
Third Base Umpire - Jim Wolf

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

Z. Greinke8-7

D. Braden2-1

J. Soria28

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Pitch
1 Ball
2 Ground Out