Final
Royals go for fourth straight win
Aug 19, 2007 - 1:13 PM Kansas City (55-67) at Oakland (60-64) 4:05 pm EDTOAKLAND, California (Ticker) - Rookie Billy Butler hopes his hot bat propels the Kansas City Royals to a season-long four-game winning streak when they face the Oakland Athletics in the finale of a three-game series Sunday.
Butler is 10-for-24 (.417) with six RBI over his current seven-game hitting streak. The 21-year-old rookie is batting .310 with four home runs and 35 RBI in 57 games this season.
The Royals, who have won five of their last six games in Oakland, will send Kyle Davies (1-1, 5.52 ERA) to the mound. The 23-year-old Davies, who was acquired at the trade deadline from the Atlanta Braves for Octavio Dotel, surrendered four runs and eight hits with seven strikeouts in a 5-3 loss to the Texas Rangers on Tuesday.
He will be opposed by Lenny DiNardo (7-6, 3.29), who has won four straight decisions. The lefthander hurled five frames, allowing two runs and six hits with three walks in Tuesday's 4-3 triumph over the Chicago White Sox.
The Athletics have lost two in a row after winning four consecutive contests.
- AL
FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0
OAKLAND 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 x 6 13 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: KAN - KYLE DAVIES, JOHN BALE (6TH), JOEL PERALTA (8TH) AND JASON
LARUE
OAK - LENNY DINARDO, HUSTON STREET (9TH) AND ROB BOWEN
HOME RUNS: KAN - NONE
OAK - MARCO SC
Aug 19 6:49 PM - AL
AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MARCO SCUTARO SCORED MARK ELLIS.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M SCUTARO ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1
OAKLAND 6 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: J HANNAHAN (.176, 1-FOR-2, BB, RBI)
Royals vs. AthleticsAug 19 6:19 PM - AL
AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY EMIL BROWN SCORED MARK GRUDZIELANEK.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, E BROWN ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1
OAKLAND 5 TOP, 7TH
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: A GORDON (.246, 0-FOR-2)
Royals vs. AthleticsAug 19 6:02 PM - AL
AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY SHANNON STEWART SCORED JACK HANNAHAN.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, R BOWEN ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 0
OAKLAND 5 BOTTOM, 6TH
DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: J DAVANON (.429, 1-FOR-2, SF, RBI)
Royals vs. AthleticsAug 19 6:00 PM - AL
AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY JACK HANNAHAN SCORED MARCO SCUTARO.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J HANNAHAN ON SECOND, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 0
OAKLAND 4 BOTTOM, 6TH
DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: R BOWEN (.294, 0-FOR-2)
Royals vs. AthleticsAug 19 5:59 PM - AL
AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY DAN JOHNSON (12) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
THE 6TH OFF JOHN BALE.
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 0, OAKLAND 3
DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: M SCUTARO (.250, 2-FOR-2, HR, RBI)
Royals vs. AthleticsAug 19 5:58 PM - AL
AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY MARCO SCUTARO (7) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
THE 4TH OFF KYLE DAVIES.
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 0, OAKLAND 2
DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: J HANNAHAN (.133, 0-FOR-0, BB)
Royals vs. AthleticsAug 19 5:11 PM - AL
AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY JEFF DAVANON SCORED SHANNON STEWART.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 0
OAKLAND 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: N SWISHER (.254, 15 HR, 59 RBI)
Royals vs. AthleticsAug 19 4:17 PM
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