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Final Royals beat Athletics 9-5 The Kansas City Royals beat the Athletics 9-5 on Monday at Kauffman Stadium.
The Royals led after every inning. The big inning was the first, when the Royals scored 3.
The Royals improve to 52-74. The Athletics fall to 49-76.
Attendance: 12,438.
Full recap at ESPN: Bobby Witt Jr. homers and scores 4 runs in the Royals' 9-5 win over the Athletics Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.
Box score Scoring Matchup
Athletics RoyalsStats H-AB AB R H RBI HR BB K #P AVG OBP SLG J. McNeil 2B 1-4 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 7 .259 .314 .356 H. Bolte CF 1-3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 17 .268 .341 .372 L. Butler RF 1-3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 21 .210 .301 .353 Z. Gelof 3B 1-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 15 .276 .331 .496 C. Cortes RF 1-4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 .260 .336 .412 T. White 1B 1-3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 21 .267 .295 .347 D. Walton 2B 1-3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 19 .277 .365 .438 A. Williams SS 0-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .266 .304 .396 J. Heim C 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .215 .276 .400 B. Serven C 1-4 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 18 .200 .222 .457 Team 8-32 32 5 8 4 3 3 4 139
Stats IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA PC M. Barnett RP 2.2 7 6 6 4 2 1 83-45 7.08 83 H. Juenger RP 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21-14 6.14 21 S. Blewett RP 2.0 3 1 1 0 3 0 28-22 3.00 28 S. Johnson RP 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 15-13 7.29 15 Team 8.0 13 9 9 4 6 1 147-94 147
Stats H-AB AB R H RBI HR BB K #P AVG OBP SLG C. Jensen C 1-5 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 22 .219 .297 .401 B. Witt Jr. SS 3-4 4 4 3 3 1 1 0 16 .286 .359 .461 J. Caglianone RF 3-5 5 1 3 2 0 0 0 13 .276 .327 .492 M. Garcia 3B 2-5 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 13 .264 .321 .374 V. Pasquantino 1B 1-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 .232 .318 .347 S. Perez DH 1-3 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 14 .215 .261 .365 M. Massey 2B 1-3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 17 .272 .303 .441 I. Collins LF 0-3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 .227 .325 .350 K. Isbel CF 1-3 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 21 .232 .284 .338 Team 13-35 35 9 13 9 1 4 6 147
Stats IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA PC M. Wacha SP 5.0 6 4 4 0 3 3 79-49 3.58 79 C. Thomas RP 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11-8 18.41 11 J. Schreiber RP 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9-8 3.60 9 N. Pearson RP 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18-10 2.73 18 L. Erceg RP 0.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 14-6 6.23 14 S. Cruz RP 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8-5 4.08 8 Team 9.0 8 5 5 3 4 3 139-86 139
First inning Play Result McNeil homered to right (375 feet).
1-0 Play Result Garcia singled to right, Witt Jr. scored, Garcia to second, Caglianone to third.
1-1 Play Result Perez singled to center, Caglianone scored and Garcia scored.
1-3 Second inning Play Result Witt Jr. homered to left center (390 feet), Isbel scored.
1-5 Third inning Play Result Isbel singled to center, Massey scored, Collins to third.
1-6 Fifth inning Play Result White homered to left center (401 feet).
2-6 Play Result Serven homered to left (386 feet), Walton scored.
4-6 Sixth inning Play Result Caglianone singled to right, Witt Jr. scored.
4-7 Eighth inning Play Result Witt Jr. doubled to left, Jensen scored.
4-8 Play Result Caglianone singled to right, Witt Jr. scored.
4-9 Ninth inning Play Result Heim grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Cortes scored, Walton out at second, White to third.
5-9 AthleticsRoyals Line KC -181 (DraftKings) Over/under 9 Season series KC wins series 4-0 Athletics injuries Gunnar Hoglund SP Out, Hip Justin Sterner RP Out, Knee Tyler Soderstrom LF Out, Hip Brent Rooker DH Out, Knee Max Muncy 3B Out, Knee Royals injuries Mitch Spence RP Out, Undisclosed Nick Mears RP Out, Shoulder Ryan Bergert SP Out, Elbow Cole Ragans SP Out, Elbow Luinder Avila SP Out, Elbow