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April 9, 2012

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Billy Butler Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .214
OBP .000 .267
At Bats 3 14
Hits 0 3
• Singles 0 1
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 3

Grant Balfour Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 1
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - April 9, 2012
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Out
Grant Balfour
Kurt Suzuki
Daric Barton
Jemile Weeks
Josh Donaldson
Cliff Pennington
Coco Crisp
Yoenis Cespedes
Josh Reddick
Billy Butler
Mitch Maier

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 0 3 1 4
Oakland Athletics 1 7 0 9
Winning Pitcher Tom Milone
Losing Pitcher Luis Mendoza
Save Grant Balfour
Game Winning RBI Josh Donaldson
Attendance 10,054
Time of Game 2 hours 34 minutes
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Count: 0-0, 2 Outs
Count: 0-0, 0 Outs

End of Game

Butler hits a fly ball into center field. Cespedes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Hosmer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Barton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hosmer for the out. Maier moves to second.
Top 9 Mitch Maier pinch hits for Lorenzo Cain. Maier takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Grant Balfour now pitching. Alex Gordon pinch hits for Jason Bourgeois. Gordon strikes out.
Bottom 8 Barton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Suzuki hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Jonny Gomes pinch hits for Seth Smith. Gomes strikes out.
Bottom 8 Jose Mijares now pitching. Cespedes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Getz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Weeks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Escobar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Weeks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Pena hits a line drive into left field. Crisp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Reddick hits a popup towards short. Escobar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Crisp. The throw from Pena and he is safe. Crisp steals second.
Bottom 7 Crisp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Getz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Weeks hits a line drive into center field. Cain settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Pennington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Betancourt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Barton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Betancourt for the out.
Top 7 Francoeur hits a fly ball into right field. Reddick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Butler hits a line drive towards short. Pennington reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hosmer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Donaldson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Tim Collins now pitching. Barton takes first base on ball four. Suzuki moves to second.
Bottom 6 Suzuki hits a line drive into center field. Cain picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cain. Smith moves to third.
Bottom 6 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Cespedes strikes out.
Bottom 6 Reddick hits a popup towards short. Escobar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cain hits a popup towards first. Barton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bourgeois hits a ball on the ground towards third. Donaldson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Getz hits a popup towards short. Pennington settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Crisp hits a fly ball into center field. Cain settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Weeks is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way.
Bottom 5 Weeks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Pennington hits a line drive into right field. Francoeur settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Escobar hits a line drive towards short. Pennington reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Pena hits a line drive towards first. Barton reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Betancourt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Weeks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Donaldson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Barton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mendoza fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Suzuki hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Milone fires to first and has Francoeur trapped. There's the throw to Pennington who tags Francoeur for the out.
Top 4 Francoeur takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 There goes Hosmer. The throw from Suzuki and he is out, Donaldson applying the tag.
Top 4 Butler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Donaldson fields it and throws to first for the out. Hosmer moves to second.
Top 4 Hosmer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Getz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Cespedes takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Reddick hits a fly ball into right field. Francoeur settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Crisp hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hosmer scoops it up and throws to first, with Mendoza covering, for the out.
Top 3 Cain hits a fly ball into center field. Cespedes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bourgeois hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Getz hits a popup towards short. Pennington settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Escobar hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Reddick. Escobar reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Weeks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Getz fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Pennington takes first base on ball four. Donaldson moves to second.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Barton moves to third.
Bottom 2 Donaldson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Smith scores. Barton moves to second.
Bottom 2 Barton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hosmer fields it and throws to second for the out. Smith moves to third.
Bottom 2 Suzuki takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 2 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Getz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Cespedes strikes out.
Top 2 Pena hits a ball on the ground towards third. Donaldson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Betancourt hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Crisp. Betancourt reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Francoeur hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Butler hits a fly ball into center field. Cespedes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Reddick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Getz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Crisp hits a fly ball into left field. Bourgeois settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Weeks hits a line drive into center field. Cain settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hosmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cain hits a fly ball towards right. Reddick catches it and throws to third to double up .
Top 1 Bourgeois hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Cespedes. Bourgeois reaches second base with a double.