KC 4, OAK 0 | Aug 23, 2023 | The Best Box Score

Wednesday, August 23, 2023•Oakland Coliseum•82°F, Sunny

Royals

OAK

Athletics

Final

WIN

Cole Ragans

LOSS

Adrián Martinez

SAVE

Carlos Hernández

The Royals defeated the Athletics 4-0.

⚾Cole Ragans11 K in 6.0 IP

Key Moment

Top 4: Drew Waters triples (5) on a fly ball to center fielder Esteury Ruiz. Matt Beaty scores.

Weather: 82°F, SunnyWind: 8 mph, Out To RFFirst pitch: 7:37 PM UTCT: 2:43Att: 5,075Venue: Oakland Coliseum

Ump Audit

Paul Clemons

View full →

96.3%A

6 missed calls

+11.2% KC

+0.16 runs KC

Win Probability

OAK WinKC Win

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

Game 716884 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Maikel Garcia3B	3	0	0	1	0	1	.283/.328/.376	103.3	.137	.291
Bobby Witt Jr.SS	3	1	2	1	1	0	.280/.320/.506	107.7	.447	.615
Michael Massey2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.226/.273/.361	93.5	.064	.063
Salvador Perez1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	.253/.297/.426	92	.199	.193
MJ MelendezLF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.234/.304/.391	97.5	.457	.453
Nelson VelázquezDH	2	0	0	0	0	0	.234/.279/.594	99.6	.070	.125
Freddy FerminC	4	0	0	0	0	3	.285/.317/.489	98.5	.404	.734
Drew WatersCF	2	1	1	1	2	0	.228/.299/.393	97.7	.274	.451
Dairon BlancoRF	2	1	1	1	2	1	.247/.316/.438	103.9	.809	.1599
Bench
Matt BeatyDH	1	1	1	0	0	0	.286/.375/.381	89.8	.639	.576
Cole RagansP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	28	4	5	4	6	9	-	-	-	-

HR:Blanco (3rd off Martinez, 0 on, 0 out); Jr. (5th off Muller, 0 on, 0 out)

3B:Waters

TB:13

RBI:Waters; Blanco; Garcia; Jr.

SB:Waters; Garcia

CS:Blanco; Garcia

SF:Garcia

GIDP:Garcia

Team LOB:6

Oakland Athletics

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Seth BrownDH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.217/.282/.402	76.3	.003

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Cole RagansW	6.0	2	0	11	99-61	91.8	3.66
Taylor Clarke	1.0	0	0	1	10-7	88.5	5.55
Jackson Kowar	0.1	0	3	0	21-7	91.9	5.02
Carlos HernándezS	1.2	0	0	1	29-18	93.8	4.28
Totals	9.0	2	3	13	159-93	-	-

HBP:Noda (by Hernández)

Inherited runners-scored:Hernández 3-0

Pitches-strikes:Ragans 99-61; Clarke 10-7; Kowar 21-7; Hernández 29-18

Groundouts-flyouts:Ragans 4-3; Clarke 0-2; Kowar 1-0; Hernández 1-3

Oakland Athletics

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Adrián MartinezL	2.1	3	1	1	1	3	1	41-24	88.7	5.71

HBP:Garcia (by Martinez); Beaty (by Pérez)

IBB:Pérez

Inherited runners-scored:Pérez 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Martinez 41-24; Pérez 26-14; Muller 66-38; Newcomb 10-5

Groundouts-flyouts:Martinez 1-2; Pérez 1-1; Muller 3-6; Newcomb 1-0

Bench
Jonah BrideDH	3	0	1	0	0	1	.167/.279/.194	92.8	.382	.370
Carlos Pérez1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.229/.293/.364	83.8	.291	.279
Jordan Diaz3B	2	0	0	0	0	2	.225/.284/.393	111.9	-	-
Esteury RuizCF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.243/.298/.320	97.1	.003	.002
Adrián MartinezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Francisco PérezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kyle MullerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Sean NewcombP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-