Kansas City Royals at Athletics

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Kansas City Royals

81-80, 38-42 Away

Final
4 - 2

Athletics

76-85, 36-44 Home

Wacha throws 6 shutout innings for his 10th win as Royals top Athletics 4-2

Kansas City Royals vs. Athletics: Game Highlights

Wacha (10-13) gave up two hits and three walks while striking out five for his first victory in more than three weeks. It's the fourth consecutive year and sixth time in his 13 major league seasons that Wacha has won 10 or more games.

Vinnie Pasquantino hit a two-run double and Mike Yastrzemski reached base three times and scored twice as the Royals (81-80) beat the A’s (76-85) for the first time in five meetings this season.

John Schreiber, Angel Zerpa and Jonathan Bowlan each retired two batters for Kansas City. Carlos Estévez worked the ninth for his major league-leading 42nd save.

Shea Langeliers had three hits and an RBI for the A’s. Manager Mark Kotsay was ejected in the ninth for arguing balls and strikes.

Michael Massey singled leading off the fifth and advanced to third on Yastrzemki’s one-out single. After Bobby Witt Jr. flied out, Pasquantino blooped a double to left field that fell between A’s shortstop Jacob Wilson and sliding left fielder Tyler Soderstrom as two runs scored.

Athletics starter Luis Morales (4-3) allowed three runs (two earned) and five hits with five strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings.

Key stat Wacha pitched with runners on base in four of his six innings, but allowed only one to reach third.

Key moment Pasquantino fouled off three consecutive two-strike fastballs from Morales before his two-out hit in the fifth.

Up next Royals LHP Cole Ragans (3-3, 5.02 ERA) starts the season finale Sunday against Athletics LHP Brady Basso (1-0, 1.74).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Cortes flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Hernaiz struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Butler struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Wilson hit by pitch.
	9th Inning	Estévez relieved Bowlan
	9th Inning	Tolbert in center field.

Statistics

KC		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
8	Ground Balls	13
7	Strikeouts	7
3	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	6
2	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
19	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
176	Pitches	136
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
10	Total Bases	8
39	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
4.2	Runs Created	1.7
.235	Batting Average	.194
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.294	Slugging Percentage	.258
.265	Secondary Average	.161
.333	On Base Percentage	.286
.627	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.544
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
4.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.7
28.0	Batter Rating	18.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.51	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.89
.059	Isolated Power	.065
0.71	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.43
.128	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.032
7.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
77.5	MLB Rating	70.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0