*** Official Kansas City Royals @ Oakland Athletics Game Thread (4/15) ***

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Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC (8-2)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	12	0
OAK (4-7)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	2	6	1

Win, (2-0) Edinson Volquez 6IP 2R 2ER 4BB 2K 1HR
Kelvin Herrera 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Joakim Soria 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K
Wade Davis 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

VS.



Loss, (1-2) Rich Hill 4⅓IP 3R 3ER 3BB 6K
Fernando Rodriguez 1⅓IP 0R 0ER 2BB 2K
Marc Rzepczynski 1⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Ryan Dull 1⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Sean Doolittle ⅔IP 1R 1ER 0BB 1K 1HR

Home Runs

KC

Eric Hosmer, (1) - Top 9th solo shot to center

OAK

Stephen Vogt, (1) - Bottom 2nd solo shot to right

AL Central

Final: CWS 1, TB 0
Final: NYM 6, CLE 5
Final: DET 0, HOU 1
Final: LAA 4, MIN 5

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Alcides Escobar, SS
2. Omar Infante, 2B
3. Lorenzo Cain, CF
4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
5. Kendrys Morales, DH
6. Alex Gordon, LF
7. Salvador Perez, C
8. Christian Colon, 3B
9. Paulo Orlando, RF

OAK

1. Coco Crisp, CF
2. Chris Coghlan, DH
3. Josh Reddick, RF
4. Danny Valencia, 3B
5. Stephen Vogt, C
6. Jed Lowrie, 2B
7. Khris Davis, LF
8. Yonder Alonso, 1B
9. Marcus Semien, SS

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Originally Posted by mr. tegu

It's amazing that he can have that much power and still not have hit 20 HRs yet in a season.

I am pretty sure Hos was one of the players George Brett was working with a few years ago. Finally he gave up because they were not changing.

It does get old watching Hos hack at pitches in the dirt when he should be taking Walks.

On the flip side of that-he Does get big hits when they need him.