Royals 5, Athletics 2
Greg Smith struck out five and walked two on Tuesday. (Ben Margot/AP)
By Mychael Urban / MLB.com
Lefty Greg Smith allowed five runs on four hits in seven innings, giving up four of the runs in the final two frames to suffer the loss. Mark Ellis singled in a run in the fourth, and Bobby Crosby added an RBI groundout in the seventh inning.
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Kansas City 5, Oakland 2
Today's Boxes 7/29/08
STL 8, ATL 3
LAA 6, BOS 2
BAL 7, NYY 6
PIT 6, COL 4
DET 8, CLE 5
TB 3, TOR 0
NYM 4, FLA 1
PHI 2, WSH 1
CHC 7, MIL 1
HOU 6, CIN 2
TEX 11, SEA 10
MIN 6, CWS 5
ARI 3, SD 0
LAD 2, SF 0
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Standings thru 7/29/08 | Recap: KC | OAK | Gameday | Royals stats | Athletics stats
Kansas City AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
DeJesus , CF-LF4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
Aviles, M , SS4 2 2 1 0 0 1 .318
Grudzielanek , 2B2 0 0 1 0 1 1 .300
Guillen , RF2 0 0 0 1 2 0 .259
1-Maier , PR-CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .091
Butler , DH3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .259
Gordon , 3B4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .253
Teahen , LF-RF4 1 1 0 0 1 3 .248
Buck , C4 1 1 3 0 1 1 .247
Gload , 1B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
Totals 31 5 5 5 2 7 9
BATTING 2B : Gordon (25, Smith).3B : Aviles, M (2, Smith).HR : Aviles, M (6, 6th inning off Smith, 0 on, 2 out), Buck (8, 7th inning off Smith, 2 on, 2 out).TB : Aviles, M 7; Gordon 2; Teahen; Buck 4.RBI : Grudzielanek (24), Aviles, M (27), Buck 3 (37).2-out RBI : Aviles, M; Buck 3.SF : Grudzielanek.Team LOB : 3.BASERUNNING PO : DeJesus (1st base by Smith).FIELDING DP : (Grudzielanek-Aviles, M-Gload).
Oakland AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Patterson , LF4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .188
Bankston , 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
Sweeney, R , RF4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .302
Suzuki , C3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .298
Gonzalez, C , CF4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .274
Cust , DH3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .222
Ellis , 2B4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .230
Hannahan , 1B-3B4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .238
Crosby , SS4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .246
Conrad , 3B2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .158
a-Brown, E , PH-LF 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .246
Totals 32 2 6 2 3 10 11
BATTING 2B : Crosby (27, Meche), Cust (10, Meche), Ellis (19, Meche).TB : Cust 2; Ellis 3; Hannahan 2; Crosby 2.RBI : Ellis (36), Crosby (42).2-out RBI : Ellis.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Sweeney, R; Patterson.GIDP : Gonzalez, C.Team LOB : 6.FIELDING E : Hannahan (10, missed catch).Pickoffs : Smith (DeJesus at 1st base).
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Meche (W, 9-9)7.0 5 2 2 2 8 0 4.22
Mahay (H, 18)1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.78
Soria (S, 29)1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.50
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Smith (L, 5-10)7.0 4 5 5 2 5 2 4.04
Blevins 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.73
DiNardo 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 7.31
HBP : Grudzielanek (by Blevins).Pitches-strikes : Meche 101-64, Mahay 8-4, Soria 19-13, Smith 95-63, Blevins 15-9, DiNardo 19-12.Ground outs-fly outs : Meche 5-8, Mahay 3-0, Soria 0-1, Smith 6-9, Blevins 2-0, DiNardo 1-1.Batters faced : Meche 28, Mahay 3, Soria 4, Smith 27, Blevins 4, DiNardo 4.Umpires : HP: Brian Knight. 1B: Ed Montague. 2B: Jim Wolf. 3B: Phil Cuzzi.Weather : 61 degrees, partly cloudy.Wind : 17 mph, Out to RF.T : 2:25.Att : 12,182.July 29, 2008
Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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