Royals Walk Off Homer Hands Webb Another Loss

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BOXSCORE: 2004 Oakland A's At 2004 Kansas City Royals               5/15/2004

 

  A's                AB  R  H RBI AVG     Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG

  M.Giles DH          2  0  1  0 .419     L.Ford LF           4  0  1  0 .351  

  O.Hudson 2B         4  0  1  0 .327     M.Young SS          4  0  1  0 .304  

  M.Stairs RF         4  0  0  1 .217     E.Durazo DH         4  0  2  0 .373  

  R.Ibanez LF         5  0  0  0 .254     C.Beltran CF        2  1  1  0 .226  

  C.Patterson CF      3  0  1  0 .250     H.Blalock 3B        4  0  0  0 .240  

  T.Batista 3B        4  0  0  0 .262     K.Millar 1B         4  0  1  1 .271  

  B.Fullmer 1B        4  0  1  0 .179     M.Grudzielanek 2B   4  1  2  1 .240  

  J.Flaherty C        4  1  2  0 .238     B.Clark RF          3  0  0  0 .296  

  D.Relaford SS       4  0  0  0 .179     C.Moeller C         3  0  1  0 .188  

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         Totals      34  1  6  1                 Totals      32  2  9  2

 

 

A's............. 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  6  1

Royals.......... 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 1  -  2  9  2

 

A's (22-21)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA

B.Webb LOSS(2-6)          8 1/3   9   2   2   1   5   1   5.29

Totals                    8 1/3   9   2   2   1   5   1

 

Royals (16-24)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA

A.Leiter WIN(4-1)         9       6   1   1   6   5   0   2.11

Totals                    9       6   1   1   6   5   0

 

ATTENDANCE- 13,233 DATE- Wednesday, May 15th 2004 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad

UMPIRES- Gerry Davis, Chris Guccione, Rich Rieker, Paul Emmel

T- 2:28

LEFT ON BASE- A's:12  Royals: 7

DOUBLE PLAYS- A's: 1  Royals: 1

ERRORS- T.Batista, L.Ford, H.Blalock

DOUBLES- B.Fullmer(4th), J.Flaherty(3rd), E.Durazo(13th), K.Millar(6th)

HOME RUNS- M.Grudzielanek(1st)

STOLEN BASES- C.Patterson(5th), C.Beltran(4th)

WALKS- M.Giles-3, O.Hudson, M.Stairs, C.Patterson, C.Beltran

HIT BY PITCH- C.Beltran

STRIKE OUTS- R.Ibanez-2, C.Patterson, T.Batista, J.Flaherty, L.Ford, M.Young,

             H.Blalock-2, C.Moeller

GIDP- O.Hudson, E.Durazo

WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Brady Clark robbed Matt Stairs of a Homerun!

          Top 9th: Carlos Beltran robbed Desi Relaford of an extra base hit.

 

Al Leiter was able to finish what he started and was credited with a complete

game as the Kansas City Royals pulled out a win over the Oakland A's by a

score of 2 to 1 at Kauffman Stadium.

 

The deciding run was scored by Kansas City in the 9th.  After an out was

recorded, Mark Grudzielanek smashed a bases-empty 'big-fly' (his 1st of the

season) making Kansas City victorious to the delight of the the home town

crowd.  Kansas City had a total of 9 hits for the game.  

 

Leiter(4-1) was the winner allowing 1 run for the game. Brandon Webb(2-6) was

given the loss.  With this win, Kansas City has a 16-24 record.  They have

been 4-6 lately.  With the loss Oakland now has a record of 22-21.

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