OAK 9, KC 8 | Aug 29, 2019 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, August 29, 2019•Kauffman Stadium•87°F, Sunny

OAK

Athletics

Royals

Final

WIN

Yusmeiro Petit

LOSS

Glenn Sparkman

SAVE

Liam Hendriks

The Athletics edged the Royals 9-8 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Jurickson Profar3-for-4, 3 RBI

★Seth Brown4-for-5, 2 RBI

★Jorge Soler3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 8: Nick Dini singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Robbie Grossman. Ryan O'Hearn scores. Bubba Starling to 3rd.

Weather: 87°F, SunnyWind: 13 mph, L To RFirst pitch: 5:15 PM UTCT: 3:17Att: 13,844Venue: Kauffman Stadium

Ump Audit

Bill Welke

View full →

88.4%D

17 missed calls

No WPA favor

+0.81 runs KC

Win Probability

KC WinOAK Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	1	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	9	14	1
KC	2	0	0	0	3	0	0

Game 565768 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Oakland Athletics

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Marcus SemienSS	5	1	2	1	0	1	.277/.359/.493	103.5	.437	.433
Robbie GrossmanRF	5	1	1	0	0	1	.252/.347/.364	95.8	.194	.182
Matt Olson1B	5	0	1	0	0	0	.261/.344/.516	109.1	.525	.513
Mark CanhaCF	4	1	1	0	0	0	.276/.390/.545	103.3	.298	.307
Seth BrownLF	5	3	4	2	0	0	.368/.368/.474	105.5	.411	.395
Jurickson ProfarDH	4	2	3	3	0	0	.214/.292/.405	101	.646	.743
Matt Chapman3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260/.345/.529	-	-	-
Corban Joseph2B	4	0	1	2	1	0	.189/.225/.324	94.8	.137	.183
Josh PhegleyC	4	0	0	1	0	2	.257/.298/.431	101.4	.031	.046
Bench
Chad Pinder3B	3	1	1	0	1	1	.240/.290/.431	102.4	.297	.404
Chris BassittP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	39	9	14	9	2	5	-	-	-	-

HR:Profar (4th off Sparkman, 1 on, 0 out)

2B:Brown; Canha; Pinder; Joseph

TB:21

RBI:Profar 3; Brown 2; Semien; Phegley; Joseph 2

SF:Phegley

GIDP:Canha

Team LOB:9

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	5	2	3	0	0	1	.303/.353/.473	95.6	.292

Pitching

Oakland Athletics

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Chris Bassitt	4.2	6	5	3	1	1	1	62-45	89.8	3.67
Yusmeiro PetitW	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	9-7	85.6	3.01
Joakim SoriaH	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	11-7	87.6	4.77
Jake DiekmanH	0.1	1	2	2	2	1	0	27-15	91.5	4.73
Liam HendriksS	1.2	3	1	1	0	5	0	31-21	93.3	1.51
Totals	9.0	11	8	6	3	9	1	140-95	-	-

HBP:Dini (by Bassitt)

Inherited runners-scored:Petit 2-0; Hendriks 2-1

Pitches-strikes:Bassitt 62-45; Petit 9-7; Soria 11-7; Diekman 27-15; Hendriks 31-21

Groundouts-flyouts:Bassitt 7-7; Petit 0-3; Soria 1-1; Diekman 0-0; Hendriks 0-0

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Glenn SparkmanL	4.1	9	7	7	1	1	1	89-55	88.7	5.86

Top 1 • OAK

1-0

Jurickson Profar hit by pitch. Marcus Semien scores. Matt Olson to 3rd. Mark Canha to 2nd.

Bot 1 • KC

1-2

Jorge Soler homers (37) on a fly ball to left center field. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 111.7 mph💣 391 ftLA: 19°

Top 4 • OAK

4-2

Marcus Semien singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Alex Gordon. Chad Pinder scores.

EV: 103.5 mph156 ftLA: 8°

3-2

Jurickson Profar homers (17) on a fly ball to right center field. Seth Brown scores.

EV: 101.0 mph💣 411 ftLA: 31°

Top 5 • OAK

7-2

Josh Phegley out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Alex Gordon. Jurickson Profar scores.

EV: 101.4 mph349 ftLA: 46°

6-2

Corban Joseph walks. Seth Brown scores. Jurickson Profar to 3rd. Chad Pinder to 2nd.

5-2

Seth Brown singles on a line drive to center fielder Bubba Starling. Mark Canha scores.

EV: 76.5 mph234 ftLA: 20°

Bot 5 • KC

7-3

Jorge Soler reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by third baseman Chad Pinder. Nick Dini scores. Whit Merrifield to 2nd. Throwing error by third baseman Chad Pinder.

EV: 88.9 mph5 ftLA: -22°

7-5

Cheslor Cuthbert doubles (13) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Seth Brown. Whit Merrifield scores. Jorge Soler scores. Hunter Dozier to 3rd.

EV: 100.0 mph362 ftLA: 21°

Top 6 • OAK

8-5

Seth Brown singles on a ground ball to second baseman Whit Merrifield. Robbie Grossman scores.

EV: 96.9 mph7 ftLA: -17°

Bot 8 • KC

8-6

Nick Dini singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Robbie Grossman. Ryan O'Hearn scores. Bubba Starling to 3rd.

EV: 102.5 mph251 ftLA: 11°

8-7

Nicky Lopez singles on a ground ball to shortstop Marcus Semien. Bubba Starling scores. Nick Dini to 2nd.

EV: 85.1 mph43 ft0

Top 9 • OAK

9-7

Corban Joseph pops out to third baseman Cheslor Cuthbert in foul territory. Seth Brown scores. Jurickson Profar to 3rd.

Bot 9 • KC

9-8

Ryan O'Hearn singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Robbie Grossman. Alex Gordon scores.

EV: 102.4 mph222 ftLA: 11°

HBP:Canha (by Sparkman); Profar (by Sparkman)

Inherited runners-scored:Barnes 3-2; Barlow 2-1

Pitches-strikes:Sparkman 89-55; Barnes 24-14; Staumont 23-16; Hill 7-4; Barlow 8-6

Groundouts-flyouts:Sparkman 3-9; Barnes 4-1; Staumont 0-2; Hill 0-0; Barlow 2-1

Bench
Nick DiniC	3	1	1	1	0	0	.182/.280/.364	102.5	.356	.351
Glenn SparkmanP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jacob BarnesP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Josh StaumontP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tim HillP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Scott BarlowP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-