Athletics at Kansas City Royals

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Athletics

49-77, 26-37 Away

Final
3 - 4

Kansas City Royals

53-74, 31-30 Home

Witt caps Royals' rally in the ninth with the winning hit in a 4-3 victory over the Athletics

Athletics vs. Kansas City Royals: Game Highlights

Trailing 3-1, the Royals loaded the bases with one out in the ninth on a catcher's interference call, a single and a walk. Tolbert batted for Kyle Isbel and grounded a single into left off Hogan Harris (3-2) to tie it. Elvis Alvarado replaced Harris and got Isaac Collins to line out before Witt blooped a single into left for the Royals' sixth walk-off win of the season.

The Athletics took an early lead as Zack Gelof drew a first-inning walk, and Jonah Heim drew another to load the bases. Then, Tommy White knocked in the game’s first run with a single to left. A second runner nearly scored, but was thrown out at the plate.

Athletics left-hander Brady Basso exited the game after just one out in the third inning. He gave up two hits and recorded one strikeout in his short, 32-pitch outing.

Jack Perkins inherited one baserunner when he took over, but caught Carter Jensen stealing second. The Royals flew out to end the inning. Perkins also worked around a leadoff walk in the fourth. Perkins held Kansas City to one hit and struck out four in 3 2/3 innings.

Royals left-hander Daniel Lynch IV also made a short appearance. He was replaced before the fifth inning by righty Mason Black.

The Athletics struck again in the sixth, when Jeff McNeil hit RBI single to left field. Lawrence Butler drew a walk to load the bases and Max Muncy pushed across a run with the team’s fifth walk.

Jac Caglianone led off the seventh with a double, then scored on Vinnie Pasquantino’s double. Caglianone and Pasquantino each had two hits.

Royals right-hander Carlos Duran (1-0) earned the win with a scoreless ninth.

Next up The Athletics have not yet announced who will pitch Wednesday against Royals right-hander Seth Lugo (5-7, 4.59).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Witt Jr. singled to left, Jensen scored, Tolbert to second.
	9th Inning	Collins lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Alvarado relieved Harris
	9th Inning	Tolbert singled to left, Massey scored and Rave scored, Jensen to second.
	9th Inning	Tolbert hit for Isbel
	9th Inning	Jensen walked, Massey to second, Rave to third.

Statistics

ATH		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
17	Ground Balls	9
3	Strikeouts	6
3	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	1
3	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	3
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
11	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	1
119	Pitches	149
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
5	Total Bases	11
36	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	2
1.6	Runs Created	3.7
.161	Batting Average	.290
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.161	Slugging Percentage	.355
.161	Secondary Average	.194
.278	On Base Percentage	.405
.439	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.760
1.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
1.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.8
17.0	Batter Rating	29.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.31	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.92
.000	Isolated Power	.065
1.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.83
.139	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.132
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.097
6.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
69.0	MLB Rating	81.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0