Athletics at Kansas City Royals

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Athletics

49-76, 26-36 Away

Final
5 - 9

Kansas City Royals

52-74, 30-30 Home

Bobby Witt Jr. homers and scores 4 runs in the Royals' 9-5 win over the Athletics

Athletics vs. Kansas City Royals: Game Highlights

Witt's 15th home run of the year was an estimated 390 feet to left-center field to give Kansas City a 5-1 lead. He added the double in the eighth inning.

After falling behind when Jeff McNeil homered on the first pitch of the game, the Royals went ahead when Maikel Garcia hit an RBI single and Salvador Perez added a two-run single to make it 3-1.

Jac Caglinone hit two RBI singles for the Royals, one in the sixth and the other in the eighth to make it 9-4. Kyle Isbel added one in the third.

Michael Wacha (6-8) pitched the first five innings for the Royals. He gave up six hits, four earned runs and struck out three. Steven Cruz earned his fourth save of the season, getting the Royals out of the game after Lucas Erceg failed to record an out and loaded the bases.

Tommy White and Brian Serven both hit home runs in the fifth inning for the A's. White's solo shot went 401 feet into left center and Serven's two-run homer cut it to 6-4.

Mason Barnett (1-3) pitched 2 2/3 innings, giving up seven hits and six earned runs. He walked four and struck out two.

Up next RHP Jack Perkins (2-9, 7.27 ERA) will start on the mound on Tuesday for the Athletics against the Royals' LHP Daniel Lynch IV (4-4, 2.88).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Serven grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Heim grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Cortes scored, Walton out at second, White to third.
	9th Inning	Cruz relieved Erceg
	9th Inning	Heim hit for Williams
	9th Inning	Walton walked, White to second, Cortes to third. Kansas City Royals challenged: call on the field was upheld.
	9th Inning	White walked.

Statistics

ATH		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	12
4	Strikeouts	6
4	Runs Batted In	9
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	13
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	1
5	Runs	9
3	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	35
3	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	3
13	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	1
139	Pitches	147
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
18	Total Bases	19
36	Plate Appearances	40
486.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	4
5.0	Runs Created	7.4
.250	Batting Average	.371
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.563	Slugging Percentage	.543
.406	Secondary Average	.286
.333	On Base Percentage	.436
.896	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.979
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
5.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.4
37.0	Batter Rating	59.0
10.7	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.86	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.68
.313	Isolated Power	.171
0.75	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.67
.083	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.100
.156	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.086
9.0	Runs Produced	18.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
88.0	MLB Rating	103.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0