Athletics at Kansas City Royals

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Athletics

49-78, 26-38 Away

Final
7 - 9

Kansas City Royals

54-74, 32-30 Home

John Rave hits bases-clearing double in 7-run 8th and Royals beat Athletics 9-7

Athletics vs. Kansas City Royals: Game Highlights

Rave entered the game in the fifth as a pinch-hitter for Jac Caglianone, who exited with right ankle soreness. In the eighth, he came up with the bases loaded and two outs after an intentional walk to Bobby Witt Jr. and hit a line drive to the corner in right off Drew Rom (1-1) to make it 8-5.

Kansas City trailed 5-2 entering the eighth. Maikel Garcia opened the inning with a triple off Hayden Juenger, who did not record an out. Vinnie Pasquantino followed with an RBI single.

Kyle Isbel's run-scoring single off Rom got the Royals within 5-4, and Isaac Collins tied it with a sacrifice fly. Garcia made it 9-5 with his second hit of the inning.

Pasquantino homered in the sixth.

Craig Kimbrel (1-2) worked a scoreless eighth. Steven Cruz allowed a two-run homer to Max Muncy in the ninth.

Jeff McNeil and Zack Gelof each drove in two runs for the Athletics, who have lost the first three of their four-game series at Kansas City and 16 of 20 overall.

Royals starter Seth Lugo allowed five runs on nine hits in six innings. Jeffrey Springs worked 5 2/3 innings for the A's and departed with a 5-2 lead.

Up next LHP Gage Jump (5-7, 4.50 ERA) starts for the Athletics on Thursday as they try to avoid a sweep. RHP Randy Dobnak (2-1, 1.73) takes the mound for the Royals.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bolte grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Muncy homered to center (414 feet), Walton scored.
	9th Inning	Walton to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Walton singled to right.
	9th Inning	Heim flied out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Cortes popped out to third.

Statistics

ATH		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
13	Ground Balls	10
6	Strikeouts	2
7	Runs Batted In	9
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	11
1	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	9
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
37	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
6	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
1	Doubles	2
18	Fly Balls	22
0	Caught Stealing	0
136	Pitches	144
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	18
37	Plate Appearances	41
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	4
4.6	Runs Created	7.9
.297	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.405	Slugging Percentage	.545
.135	Secondary Average	.394
.297	On Base Percentage	.439
.703	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.984
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
4.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.9
45.0	Batter Rating	56.5
37.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.68	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.51
.108	Isolated Power	.212
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	3.00
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.146
-.162	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.061
14.0	Runs Produced	18.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
91.3	MLB Rating	102.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0