OAK 4, KC 5 | Jun 2, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, June 2, 2018•Kauffman Stadium•77°F, Partly Cloudy

OAK

Athletics

Royals

Final

WIN

Tim Hill

LOSS

Yusmeiro Petit

SAVE

Kelvin Herrera

The Royals edged the Athletics 5-4 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

Key Moment

Top 8: Chad Pinder singles on a ground ball to center fielder Abraham Almonte. Matt Olson scores.

Weather: 77°F, Partly CloudyWind: 12 mph, L To RFirst pitch: 6:15 PM UTCT: 3:00Att: 24,553Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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88.5%D

19 missed calls

+12.6% ATH

No run favor

Win Probability

KC WinOAK Win

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

Game 530278 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Oakland Athletics

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Marcus SemienSS	5	1	1	0	0	1	.267/.318/.383	95.9	.393	.372
Mark CanhaCF	1	0	0	0	1	0	.235/.302/.441	94.4	.372	.366
Jed Lowrie2B	5	0	2	1	0	1	.297/.363/.485	100.2	.449	.520
Khris DavisDH	3	0	0	0	0	0	.233/.309/.487	108.8	.177	.170
Matt Olson1B	3	1	1	0	1	0	.248/.333/.462	104.7	.507	.563
Matt Chapman3B	3	0	1	0	1	1	.234/.325/.425	106.3	.374	.366
Chad PinderLF	1	0	1	1	0	0	.248/.320/.434	92.7	.262	.236
Stephen PiscottyRF	4	1	1	0	0	0	.232/.288/.359	107	.373	.431
Jonathan LucroyC	1	0	0	0	0	0	.263/.320/.365	96.1	.587	.580
Bench
Matt JoyceLF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.196/.308/.369	89.9	.083	.110
Dustin FowlerCF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.204/.267/.426
Totals	35	4	9	4	3	4	-	-	-	-

HR:Maxwell (7th off Hammel, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Piscotty; Semien

TB:14

RBI:Lowrie; Maxwell 2; Pinder

Team LOB:8

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jon JayDH	4	1	2	1	0	1	.305/.361/.363	95.2	.320

Pitching

Oakland Athletics

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Trevor Cahill	4.2	7	4	4	2	6	0	93-54	86.6	2.77
Emilio Pagán	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-4	85.5	3.80
Danny Coulombe	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	25-13	84.3	5.03
Yusmeiro PetitL	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	21-16	84.2	3.25
Totals	8.0	8	5	5	3	10	1	144-87	-	-

HBP:Merrifield (by Cahill); Perez (by Pagán)

Inherited runners-scored:Pagán 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Cahill 93-54; Pagán 5-4; Coulombe 25-13; Petit 21-16

Groundouts-flyouts:Cahill 5-0; Pagán 0-0; Coulombe 0-1; Petit 1-4

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jason Hammel	6.0	7	3	3	2	3	1	105-62	87.3	5.05

Scoring Plays

Bot 1 • KC

0-2

Salvador Perez doubles (7) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Matt Joyce. Jon Jay scores. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 103.3 mph355 ftLA: 19°

Bot 2 • KC

0-3

Alcides Escobar triples (2) on a line drive to right fielder Stephen Piscotty. Ryan Goins scores.

EV: 99.9 mph374 ftLA: 26°

0-4

Jon Jay doubles (9) on a ground ball to left fielder Matt Joyce. Alcides Escobar scores.

EV: 91.0 mph13 ftLA: -11°

Top 3 • OAK

1-4

Jed Lowrie singles on a line drive to right fielder Jorge Soler. Marcus Semien scores.

EV: 98.2 mph231 ftLA: 13°

Top 4 • OAK

2-4

Bruce Maxwell singles on a fly ball to left fielder Alex Gordon. Stephen Piscotty scores.

EV: 75.3 mph241 ftLA: 31°

Top 7 • OAK

3-4

Bruce Maxwell homers (1) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 108.4 mph💣 417 ftLA: 25°

Top 8 • OAK

4-4

Chad Pinder singles on a ground ball to center fielder Abraham Almonte. Matt Olson scores.

EV: 92.7 mph21 ftLA: -5°

Bot 8 • KC

4-5

Jorge Soler homers (9) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 103.6 mph💣 393 ftLA: 24°

Bench
Jason HammelP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kevin McCarthyP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tim HillP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kelvin HerreraP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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Batting

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Oakland Athletics

Kansas City Royals

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