Royals Vs Athletics

kansas city royals at oakland athletics may 24, 2006 top of the first luis ayala takes the mound for the athletics. bernie williams grounded to the shortstop. <---> craig counsell flied out to left. <---> jeromy burnitz homered over the center field fence. <---> edgardo alfonzo grounded to short. <---> 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, and 0 left on base. in the middle of the first, kansas city leads 1 to 0. bottom of the first aaron cook takes the mound for the royals. mark ellis popped up to short. <---> milton bradley popped up to the second baseman. <---> eric chavez walked. <--1> brian stavisky doubled down the right field line, scoring a run. <-2-> bobby crosby grounded to the shortstop. <-2-> 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, and 1 left on base. at the end of the first, the game is tied at 1. top of the second tim salmon popped up behind home plate. <---> steve finley grounded to the pitcher. <---> scott hatteberg lined out to second. <---> 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base. in the middle of the second, the game is tied at 1. bottom of the second john suomi struck out. <---> nick swisher popped up behind home plate. <---> dan johnson popped up behind home plate. <---> 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base. at the end of the second, the game is tied at 1. top of the third rudy seanez came in to pitch for the athletics. <---> chad moeller doubled in the left field gap. <-2-> juan castro homered over the right field fence for two rbis. <---> bernie williams grounded to first base. <---> craig counsell walked. <--1> jeromy burnitz popped up to short. <--1> edgardo alfonzo walked. <-21> tim salmon popped up to short. <-21> 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, and 2 left on base. in the middle of the third, kansas city leads 3 to 1. bottom of the third kelly shoppach walked. <--1> aaron cook threw a wild pitch. <-2-> mark ellis hit an infield single to the second baseman. <3-1> milton bradley singled over the third baseman, scoring a run. <-21> eric chavez grounded to short. <-21> brian stavisky walked. <321> bobby crosby grounded to the shortstop for a double play (6-4-3). <32-> 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, and 2 left on base. at the end of the third, oakland trails 3 to 2.

top of the fourth hong-chih kuo came in to pitch for the athletics. <---> steve finley walked. <--1> scott hatteberg reached first on a throwing error by the shortstop. <3-1> chad moeller flied out to center. <3-1> juan castro grounded to the second baseman for a double play (4-4-1). <3--> 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, and 1 left on base. in the middle of the fourth, kansas city leads 3 to 2. bottom of the fourth john suomi grounded to first. <---> nick swisher singled to right. <--1> dan johnson popped up behind home plate. <--1> kelly shoppach hit an infield single to second. <-21> mark ellis singled to center, scoring a run. <-21> milton bradley popped up to the shortstop. <-21> 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, and 2 left on base. at the end of the fourth, the game is tied at 3. top of the fifth bernie williams lined out to left. <---> craig counsell walked. <--1> jeromy burnitz singled in the right field gap, advancing the runner to third. <31> edgardo alfonzo struck out. <3-1> tim salmon flied out to center. <3-1> 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, and 2 left on base. in the middle of the fifth, the game is tied at 3. bottom of the fifth eric chavez homered over the left field fence. <---> brian stavisky grounded to short. <---> bobby crosby doubled over the third baseman. <-2-> john suomi lined out to second. <-2-> mike stanton came in to pitch for the royals. <-2-> nick swisher grounded to first. <-2-> 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, and 1 left on base. at the end of the fifth, oakland leads 4 to 3. top of the sixth steve finley walked. <--1> scott hatteberg walked. <-21> huston street came in to pitch for the athletics. <-21> chad moeller struck out. <-21> steve finley was caught stealing third. <--1> juan castro lined out to second. <--1> 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 1 left on base. in the middle of the sixth, kansas city trails 4 to 3. bottom of the sixth dan johnson struck out. <---> kelly shoppach struck out. <---> mark ellis grounded to the second baseman. <---> 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base. at the end of the sixth, oakland leads 4 to 3. top of the seventh

bernie williams struck out. <---> craig counsell grounded to third. <---> jeromy burnitz homered over the left field fence. <---> edgardo alfonzo grounded to the second baseman. <---> 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, and 0 left on base. in the middle of the seventh, the game is tied at 4. bottom of the seventh milton bradley grounded to the second baseman. <---> eric chavez flied out to center. <---> brian stavisky grounded to second. <---> 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base. at the end of the seventh, the game is tied at 4. top of the eighth ron villone came in to pitch for the athletics. <---> tim salmon grounded to second. <---> steve finley flied out to right. <---> scott hatteberg walked. <--1> chad moeller struck out. <--1> 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 1 left on base. in the middle of the eighth, the game is tied at 4. bottom of the eighth bobby crosby struck out. <---> john suomi grounded to the third baseman. <---> nick swisher popped up to second. <---> 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, and 0 left on base. at the end of the eighth, the game is tied at 4. top of the ninth juan castro popped up behind home plate. <---> bernie williams lined out to center. <---> craig counsell singled to center. <--1> craig counsell was caught stealing second. <---> 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, and 0 left on base. in the middle of the ninth, the game is tied at 4. bottom of the ninth dan johnson struck out. <---> adam bernero came in to pitch for the royals. <---> kelly shoppach grounded to the shortstop. <---> mark ellis reached first on a fielding error by the first baseman. <--1> milton bradley flied out to center field. <--1> 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, and 1 left on base. at the end of the ninth, the game is tied at 4. top of the tenth jeromy burnitz grounded to first. <---> edgardo alfonzo singled up the middle. <--1> tim salmon grounded to first for a double play (3-6-3). <---> 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, and 0 left on base. in the middle of the tenth, the game is tied at 4. bottom of the tenth eric chavez struck out. <---> brian stavisky singled to right. <--1> bobby crosby doubled down the right field line, scoring a run. <-2->

athletics win: 5-4