Kansas City Royals at Athletics

· Major League Baseball

Kansas City Royals

80-80, 37-42 Away

Final
3 - 4

Athletics

76-84, 36-43 Home

Langeliers hits walk-off double, Wilson has 3 RBIs as Athletics beat Royals 4-3

Kansas City Royals vs. Athletics: Game Highlights

Langeliers singled and Brent Rooker and Tyler Soderstrom walked before Taylor Clarke replaced Royals starter Noah Cameron (9-7) with two out in the fifth. Five pitches later, Wilson hit a bases-clearing double to left field that made it 3-3.

Maikel Garcia and Carter Jensen singled before Jonathan India's three-run homer for Kansas City opened the scoring in the fourth.

Soderstrom hit his 34th double of the season and walked twice.

Justin Sterner (4-3) got the final four outs to earn the win. Athletics starter Mason Barnett allowed three runs in 5 2/3 innings and Hogan Harris pitched two scoreless inning.

Luinder Avila (1-1) gave up a run and two hits in a third of an inning.

Wilson finished 1 for 4 and the rookie is hitting .313 this season, second in MLB behind Aaron Judge (.330) of the New York Yankees.

Key moment Angel Zerpa struck out Lawrence Butler swinging to lead off the ninth and was replaced by Avila. Darell Hernaiz singled before Brett Harris reached on force out and was replaced by pinch-runner Max Schuemann, who scored when Langeliers doubled.

Key stats Cameron has a 2.99 ERA this season, the lowest by a first-year pitcher in the American League (minimum of 20 games started) since 1995 behind Masahiro Tanaka (2.77 in 2014) and Tanner Bibee (2.98 in 2023).

Up next Kansas City's Michael Wacha (9-13, 4.00 ERA) is scheduled to start Saturday against Luis Morales (4-2, 3.07) in the second of a three-game series to close the season.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Langeliers doubled to center, Schuemann scored.
	9th Inning	Schuemann ran for B. Harris
	9th Inning	B. Harris grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Hernaiz out at second.
	9th Inning	Hernaiz singled to center.
	9th Inning	Avila relieved Zerpa
	9th Inning	Butler struck out swinging.

Statistics

KC		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	15
7	Strikeouts	9
3	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
13	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	0
144	Pitches	150
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
7	Total Bases	11
33	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
0.8	Runs Created	4.1
.129	Batting Average	.242
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.226	Slugging Percentage	.333
.161	Secondary Average	.242
.182	On Base Percentage	.324
.408	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.658
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.7
0.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.4
19.0	Batter Rating	31.0
31.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.36	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.05
.097	Isolated Power	.091
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.44
.061	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.108
.032	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
6.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
68.0	MLB Rating	78.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0