Game One vs. Oakland

It seems odd to be out at the K for the first time so late in April. Though I’m glad we didn’t go out for Opening Day, it would have been nice to have seen at least one game before April 19. If nothing else, it kinda throws a wrench in the whole “stay for three or four innings and then go get Indian” tradition.
But if the games are going to be like this, they’ll be worth staying for.

Of late our guys seem to be taking a lot of abuse. Several of our batters have been hit by pitches. And on Friday Brett Lawrie slid hard into Alcides Escobar, dealing him an injury that with luck won’t keep him out too long.

The trend continued this evening with hit batters and a nearly-bench-clearing incident in the late innings. Though it’s great to see the team and the fans this fired up about the game, I do hope things settle down a bit as the season progresses. Exciting baseball is one thing. Unnecessary drama is something else.

ATHLETICS (2) AT ROYALS (4)

ATHLETICS            AB  R  H BI  ROYALS               AB  R  H BI
Craig Gentry          3  0  0  0  Paulo Orlando         3  1  0  0 
 Sam Fuld             2  0  0  0  Mike Moustakas        4  0  0  0 
Mark Canha            3  1  1  0  Lorenzo Cain          3  1  1  1 
Ben Zobrist           2  0  2  2  Eric Hosmer           3  1  1  0 
 Eric Sogard          1  0  1  0  Kendrys Morales       4  0  1  2 
Billy Butler          2  0  0  0  Omar Infante          2  0  2  0 
Cody Ross             3  0  0  0   Orlando  Calixte     2  1  0  0 
Josh Phegley          4  0  0  0  Erik Kratz            3  0  0  0 
Brett Lawrie          4  0  1  0   Alex Gordon          1  0  0  0 
Josh Reddick          4  0  2  0  Christian Colon       3  0  2  0 
Marcus Semien         3  1  0  0  Jarrod Dyson          2  0  1  1 
                                   Salvador Perez       1  0  0  0 
TOTALS               31  2  7  2  TOTALS               31  4  8  4

ATHLETICS                     001 010 000 -- 2 
ROYALS                        000 010 03x -- 4 

LOB--ATHLETICS 8, ROYALS 6. 2B--Eric Sogard, Kendrys
Morales, Omar Infante, Lorenzo Cain. HBP--Lorenzo Cain.
SB--Ben Zobrist, Mark Canha, Lorenzo Cain.

 ATHLETICS                       IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
Scott Kazmir                   7.33    6    2    2    1    5    0
Eric O'Flaherty                0.67    2    2    2    1    0    0
 ROYALS                    
Danny Duffy                    5.00    4    2    2    5    5    0
Jason Frasor                   1.00    2    0    0    1    0    0
Ryan Madson                    1.00    1    0    0    0    1    0
Kelvin Herrera                 0.67    0    0    0    0    0    0
Franklin Morales               0.33    0    0    0    0    0    0
Wade Davis                     1.00    0    0    0    0    2    0

WP--Scott Kazmir, Danny Duffy. SO--Sam Fuld (2), Craig
Gentry (2), Brett Lawrie (2), Marcus Semien, Mark Canha,
Lorenzo Cain, Erik Kratz (2), Salvador Perez, Paulo Orlando.
BB--Cody Ross, Ben Zobrist, Billy Butler (2), Marcus Semien,
Mark Canha, Eric Hosmer, Paulo Orlando.