Final
Haren, Meche face off as A's take on Royals
May 9, 2007 - 3:57 PM Oakland (16-15) at Kansas City (10-23) 8:10 pm EDTKANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- Two impressive aces will square off when Dan Haren and the Oakland Athletics face off with Gil Meche and the Kansas City Royals as the teams continue their three-game set Wednesday.
Oakland has an American League-best 3.07 ERA partly thanks to Haren (3-2, 1.75 ERA), who leads the AL in that department. He has tossed at least seven innings in his last four starts.
In his last outing, the righthander allowed two runs and four hits, while striking out a season-high nine in seven innings in Oakland's 5-2 win over Tampa Bay Friday. He did not figure in the decision.
He will face off against Meche (3-1, 2.23), who has anchored the Royals' struggling staff. The righthander has lived up to the five-year, $55 million free-agent contract he signed in the offseason.
Ranking third in the AL in ERA, Meche has allowed just five runs in 34 innings over his last five starts. He yielded just two runs and two hits in seven innings, while striking out six and walking one, in a 5-2 win vs. the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Friday.
Chad Gaudin turned in his longest outing of the season, and it was a good one, to lead the Athletics to a 6-1 victory over the Royals on Tuesday in the series opener. Oakland has won five of its last eight games.
Kansas City has lost seven of its last nine contests.
- AL
FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
OAKLAND 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0
KANSAS CITY 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 x 3 8 1 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: OAK - DAN HAREN, KIKO CALERO (7TH), JUSTIN DUCHSCHERER (8TH) AND
JASON KENDALL
KAN - GIL MECHE, DAVID RISKE (7TH), JIMMY GOBBLE (8TH),
JOAKIM SORIA (9TH) AND JOHN
May 9 10:52 PM - AL
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY MIKE SWEENEY (4) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 2 OUT
IN THE 8TH OFF JUSTIN DUCHSCHERER.
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 2, KANSAS CITY 3
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: A GORDON (.176, 0-FOR-2, HBP)
Athletics vs. RoyalsMay 9 10:40 PM - AL
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY BILLY BUTLER SCORED MARK TEAHEN.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B BUTLER ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 2
KANSAS CITY 2 BOTTOM, 4TH
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: S COSTA (.200, 1-FOR-1, RBI)
Athletics vs. RoyalsMay 9 9:26 PM - AL
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY DAN JOHNSON (2) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
THE 4TH OFF GIL MECHE SCORED NICK SWISHER.
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 2, KANSAS CITY 1
DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: B CROSBY (.229, 0-FOR-1)
Athletics vs. RoyalsMay 9 9:08 PM - AL
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY SHANE COSTA SCORED ALEX GORDON.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, S COSTA ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: OAKLAND 0
KANSAS CITY 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J BUCK (.290, 4 HR, 8 RBI)
Athletics vs. RoyalsMay 9 8:37 PM
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