vs. Oakland Athletics · Wednesday, September 7, 2011 · 12:35 p.m. · No TV

GAME SCORECARD First Pitch: Time of Game: Attendance: Today’s Umpires: About Today’s Game: Offi cial Scorer: David Feldman HP 21 Hunter Wendelstedt Pre-game presentation: Josh Willingham, Dave Stewart Community Service Award recipient 1B 91 Brian Knight A’s Upcoming Games: 2B 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 3B 6 Bob Davidson Sept. 10 TEX RHP Trevor Cahill (10-13, 4.20) vs. RHP Alexi Ogando (12-7, 3.68) 1:11 p.m. FOX *Crew chief Sept. 11 TEX RHP Rich Harden (4-2, 4.74) vs. LHP C.J. Wilson (15-6, 3.13) 12:05 p.m. CSNCA

KANSAS CITY ROYALS (60-83) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AB R H RBI 4 Alex GORDON, LF (L) (.300, 20, 78)

9 Johnny GIAVOTELLA, 2B (.244, 2, 15)

16 Billy BUTLER, DH (.302, 18, 83)

35 Eric HOSMER, 1B (L) (.288, 16, 66)

21 , RF (.284, 17, 77)

12 Mitch MAIER, CF (L) (.259, 0, 7)

13 Salvador PEREZ, C (.301, 1, 9)

8 Mike MOUSTAKAS, 3B (L) (.228, 1, 22)

2 Alcides ESCOBAR, SS (.248, 3, 41)

KANSAS CITY ROYALS PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches Coaching Staff: 3 Ned Yost, Manager 52 LHP Bruce CHEN (10-6, 4.11) 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: 61 Everett Teaford RP Left Right 17 IF 38 Blake Wood RP Right 43 Aaron Crow RP 24 IF 44 Luke Hochevar SP Switch 46 Louis Coleman RP 27 Brayan Pena C 47 Nate Adcock RP 53 Melky Cabrera OF 48 Joakim Soria RP 56 Greg Holland RP 2B LOB Bullpen: 57 Jesse Chavez RP Left 59 Felipe Paulino SP 23 Danny Duffy SP 3B DP 26 Jeff Francis SP 55 Tim Collins RP HR E

OAKLAND ATHLETICS (64-78) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AB R H RBI 19 Jemile WEEKS, 2B (S) (.295, 0, 27)

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

55 Hideki MATSUI, DH (L) (.261, 11, 68)

16 Josh WILLINGHAM, LF (.243, 23, 81)

29 Scott SIZEMORE, 3B (.243, 9, 44)

2 Cliff PENNINGTON, SS (S) (.267, 7, 55)

8 Kurt SUZUKI, C (.237, 13, 39)

23 Michael TAYLOR, RF (.167, 0, 0)

7 Adam ROSALES, 1B (.083, 2, 7)

OAKLAND ATHLETICS PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO HR Pitches Coaching Staff: 6 Bob Melvin, Manager 52 RHP Guillermo MOSCOSO (7-8, 3.63) 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: 56 Craig Breslow RP Left 57 Brian Fuentes RP 12 David DeJesus OF 88 Josh Outman RP 15 Ryan Sweeney OF Right 31 Brandon Allen IF 18 Rich Harden SP 36 Eric Sogard IF 32 Brandon McCarthy SP Right 40 Andrew Bailey RP 26 Anthony Recker C 48 Michael Wuertz RP Switch 50 Grant Balfour RP 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 47 Gio Gonzalez SP