*** Official Kansas City Royals @ Oakland Athletics Game Thread (8/3) ***

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC (57-53)	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	14	0
OAK (67-43)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	0

James Shields had a Perfect Game through 5 innings, broken up by a HR from Josh Reddick.



Win, (10-6) James Shields 8IP 2R 2ER 0BB 2K 2HR
Save, (31) Greg Holland 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

VS.



Loss, (12-4) Scott Kazmir 6IP 4R 4ER 1BB 2K
Dan Otero 1⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Fernando Abad 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Luke Gregerson ⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

Home Runs

KC

none

OAK

Josh Reddick, (7) - Bottom 6th solo shot to center
Josh Reddick, (8) - Bottom 8th solo shot to right

Other Relevant Games

Final: COL 0, DET 4
Final: SEA 0, BAL 1
Final: TOR 1, HOU 6
Final: NYY 8, BOS 7

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Norichika Aoki, DH
2. Omar Infante, 2B
3. Salvador Perez, C
4. Billy Butler, 1B
5. Alex Gordon, LF
6. Lorenzo Cain, RF
7. Christian Colon, 3B
8. Jarrod Dyson, CF
9. Alcides Escobar, SS

OAK

1. Sam Fuld, CF
2. John Jaso, DH
3. Josh Donaldson, 3B
4. Brandon Moss, LF
5. Stephen Vogt, 1B
6. Derek Norris, C
7. Josh Reddick, RF
8. Jed Lowrie, SS
9. Alberto Callaspo, 2B

[C3HIEF3S]

Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth

When the schedule is released maybe we can coordinate something if they are playing at Wrigley?

Yeah that would be awesome.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by bsroyals54

Spoken like a true player interview

We just gotta keep giving 110%

We gotta take it one game at a time

I just want to give it my best shot, and lord willing things will work out

[Why Not?]

Originally Posted by BWillie

We just gotta keep giving 110%

We gotta take it one game at a time

I just want to give it my best shot, and lord willing things will work out

I got a good pitch to hit, and I hit it.