vs. Oakland Athletics · Tuesday, September 6, 2011 · 7:05 p.m. · CSNCA

GAME SCORECARD First Pitch: Time of Game: Attendance: Tonight’s Umpires: About Tonight’s Game: Offi cial Scorer: Michael Duca HP 6 Bob Davidson Chevy Free Parking Tuesday 1B 21 Hunter Wendelstedt A’s Upcoming Games: 2B 91 Brian Knight Sept. 7 KC RHP Guillermo Moscoso (7-8, 3.63) vs. LHP Bruce Chen (10-6, 4.11) 12:35 p.m. No TV 3B 24 Jerry Layne* Sept. 9 TEX RHP Brandon McCarthy (8-7, 3.41) vs. RHP Colby Lewis (11-10, 4.32) 5:05 p.m. CSNCA *Crew chief Sept. 10 TEX RHP Trevor Cahill (10-13, 4.20) vs. RHP Alexi Ogando (12-7, 3.68) 1:11 p.m. FOX

KANSAS CITY ROYALS (59-83) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AB R H RBI 4 , LF (L) (.303, 20, 76)

53 Melky CABRERA, CF (S) (.303, 17, 81)

16 , DH (.303, 18, 83)

35 , 1B (L) (.287, 15, 65)

21 , RF (.281, 16, 76)

9 Johnny GIAVOTELLA, 2B (.246, 2, 14)

13 Salvador PEREZ, C (.282, 1, 8)

24 , 3B (.250, 1, 6)

2 Alcides ESCOBAR, SS (.247, 3, 40)

KANSAS CITY ROYALS PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches Coaching Staff: 3 Ned Yost, Manager 23 LHP Danny DUFFY (3-8, 5.73) 11 Doug Sisson, First Base 49 John Gibbons, Bench 36 Kevin Seitzer, Hitting 14 Eddie Rodriguez, Third Base 33 Bob McClure, Pitching 58 Steve Foster, Bullpen Bench: 55 Tim Collins RP Left 61 Everett Teaford RP 8 IF Right 12 Mitch Maier OF 38 Blake Wood RP 17 IF 43 RP Right 44 SP None 46 Louis Coleman RP Switch 47 Nate Adcock RP 27 Brayan Pena C 48 Joakim Soria RP 2B LOB 56 Greg Holland RP Bullpen: 57 Jesse Chavez RP Left 59 Felipe Paulino SP 3B DP 26 Jeff Francis SP 52 Bruce Chen SP HR E

OAKLAND ATHLETICS (64-77) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AB R H RBI 19 Jemile WEEKS, 2B (S) (.291, 0, 25)

4 Coco CRISP, CF (S) (.268, 7, 47)

55 Hideki MATSUI, DH (L) (.262, 11, 68)

16 Josh WILLINGHAM, LF (.246, 23, 81)

29 Scott SIZEMORE, 3B (.246, 9, 44)

31 Brandon ALLEN, 1B (L) (.261, 3, 10)

2 Cliff PENNINGTON, SS (S) (.268, 7, 53)

23 Michael TAYLOR, RF (.000, 0, 0)

26 Anthony RECKER, C (.273, 0, 0)

OAKLAND ATHLETICS PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches Coaching Staff: 6 Bob Melvin, Manager 47 LHP Gio GONZALEZ (12-11, 3.21) 46 Tye Waller, First Base 37 Ron Romanick, Pitching 39 Gerald Perry, Hitting 41 Rick Rodriguez, Bullpen 38 Joel Skinner, Bench 3 Mike Gallego, Third Base Bench: 57 Brian Fuentes RP Left 88 Josh Outman RP 12 David DeJesus OF Right 15 Ryan Sweeney OF 18 Rich Harden SP 36 Eric Sogard IF 32 Brandon McCarthy SP Right 40 Andrew Bailey RP 7 Adam Rosales IF 48 Michael Wuertz RP 8 Kurt Suzuki C 50 Grant Balfour RP Switch 52 Guillermo Moscoso SP 2B LOB None 53 Trevor Cahill SP 60 Fautino De Los Santos RP Bullpen: 62 Neil Wagner RP 3B DP Left 67 Andrew Carignan RP 13 Jerry Blevins RP HR E 56 Craig Breslow RP