Game 3: Royals (Dereck Rodriguez 10-6, 3.39) at A's (Wade LeBlanc, 8-6, 3.90)
A couple of first-inning rallies go for naught before Pollock singles and Upton homers in
the fourth inning to give Kansas City its first lead of the series, 2-0. Back to back walks
to Semien and Gomes follow before Walker grounds out to the mound for the second out, but
Rosario grounds a single to score Semien to make it 3-0. Enter Game 1 savior Guerra to eat
some innings, but he's not as lucky this time, giving up a run-scoring single to Isiah
Kiner-Falefa to make it 4-0 Royals. The rest of the game is uneventful, with the exception
being that supposed Game 4 starter Straily comes on in relief in the fifth inning, casting
the die for Cole to come back in Game 4 on short rest. Straily tosses 2.2 innings on an
efficient 32 pitches. Royals win 4-0, cutting the A's series lead to 2-1.
10/8/2019, KCR19-Oak19, Shibe Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2019 Royals 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 1 8 2
2019 Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0
Royals AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Kiner-Falefa 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 1 2 0 0
Kiermaier cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 2 0 0 0
Pollock rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 0 0 0
LeMahieu 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 3 4 0 0
Upton lf 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 0 0 0
Semien ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 1 6 1 0
Gomes c 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 4 0 0 0
Walker,N 1b 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 13 0 0 0
Rosario,A dh 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez,D p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0
Otero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Treinen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
35 4 8 4 0 0 1 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 13 1 0
Athletics AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
McCutchen rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 2 0 0 0
Altuve 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 2 1 0 0
Conforto lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 0 0 0 0
Rendon 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 1 2 0 0
Alonso,Y 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 6 0 0 0
Beltre dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 0 0 0 0
Hernandez,G cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0
Sucre c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 10 0 0 0
Garcia,Le ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Mathis c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0
Russell ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0
LeBlanc p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0
Guerra,Ju p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Straily p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Hudson,Dan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Hand p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
30 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 7 0 0
Royals INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA
Rodriguez,D W 1-0 7.0 4 0 0 0 4 85 59 24 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
Otero 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Treinen 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 19 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
9.0 4 0 0 1 4 114 80 31 0 0 0 0 2
Athletics INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA
LeBlanc L 0-1 3.2 5 4 4 2 3 71 42 18 1 0 0 0 0 9.82
Guerra,Ju 0.2 3 0 0 1 2 24 14 6 0 0 0 0 0 3.86
Straily 2.2 0 0 0 0 3 32 21 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Hudson,Dan 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 13 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.40
Hand 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 17 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.40
9.0 8 4 4 4 12 157 96 39 1 0 0 0 0
Oak: Garcia,Le batted for Sucre in the 8th
Mathis inserted at c in the 9th
GWRBI: Upton
Temperature: 62, Sky: clear, Wind: out to right at 10 MPH.
10/8/2019, KCR19-Oak19, Shibe Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2019 Royals 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 1 8 2
2019 Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0
Royals -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Kiner-Falefa 3b 1>k 53 Guerra,Ju 9 W
S.2-H;1-3
Kiermaier cf k 143 k 9 k
Pollock rf S 4>S 5>k 7>k 4/L
LeMahieu 2b S.1-2 8 W k
Upton lf 8 HR.1-H S.1-2 8
Semien ss 2>53 W S.2-3;1-2 8>Hudson,Dan
k
Gomes c 63 W.1-2 Straily 63
3/fl
Walker,N 1b k note 1 k k
Rosario,A dh 3>4 S.2-H;1-2 6>8 9>Hand
k
1: 15/f.1-2;B-1
Athletics -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
McCutchen rf 1>S 7 6>43 9>Treinen
3/g
Altuve 2b S.1-2 4>e6.B-1 13 3/g
Conforto lf 9 k k W
Rendon 3b 643/gdp S.1-2 7>63 54/f
Alonso,Y 1b 2>S 9 k
Beltre dh 463/gdp 43 8
Hernandez,G cf 5/L 5>4 8>Otero
63
Sucre c 3>3/L 8
Garcia,Le ph 53
Mathis c
Russell ss 63 k 63
Royals IN OUT ER Athletics IN OUT ER
Rodriguez,D A1 C6 0 W 1-0 LeBlanc A1 B9 4 L 0-1
Otero C7 C9 0 Guerra,Ju C1 C6 0
Treinen D1 D4 0 Straily C7 D5 0
Hudson,Dan D6 D8 0
Hand D9 E3 0
10/8/2019, KCR19-Oak19, Shibe Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2019 Royals 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 1 8 2
2019 Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Royals batting
0-0 0 --- 12 Kiner-Falefa struck out (BFFS)
0-0 1 --- 12 Kiermaier struck out (CBFS)
0-0 2 --- 12 Pollock lined a single between third and short (BCCX)
0-0 2 1-- 10 LeMahieu reached on an infield single to second, Pollock
to second (BX)
0-0 2 12- 22 Upton flied out to center (BBCSX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Athletics batting
0-0 0 --- 00 McCutchen grounded a single up the middle (X)
0-0 0 1-- 10 Altuve lined a single to shallow left, McCutchen to
second (BX)
0-0 0 12- 01 Conforto flied out to right (CX)
0-0 1 12- 00 Rendon grounded into a double play, Semien to LeMahieu to
Walker,N (X)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Royals batting
0-0 0 --- 11 Semien grounded out to third (BFX)
0-0 1 --- 11 Gomes grounded out to short (CBX)
0-0 2 --- 32 Walker,N struck out (BFFBBS)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Athletics batting
0-0 0 --- 22 Alonso,Y lined a single to right (BSBCFX)
0-0 0 1-- 31 Beltre grounded into a double play, LeMahieu to Semien to
Walker,N (BBBCX)
0-0 2 --- 12 Hernandez,G lined out to third (CBSFX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Royals batting
0-0 0 --- 12 Rosario,A popped out to second (CFBX)
0-0 1 --- 11 Kiner-Falefa grounded out to third (BFX)
0-0 2 --- 12 Kiermaier grounded out to the mound (FSBX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Athletics batting
0-0 0 --- 00 Sucre lined out to first (X)
0-0 1 --- 22 Russell grounded out to short (BSCBX)
0-0 2 --- 12 McCutchen flied out to left (CBSFFFX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Royals batting
0-0 0 --- 00 Pollock lined a single to shallow right (X)
0-0 0 1-- 12 LeMahieu flied out to center (1CBCFFX)
0-0 1 1-- 31 Upton homered deep down the left-field line, Pollock
scored (BpBBCX)
2-0 1 --- 31 Semien walked (BBBCB)
2-0 1 1-- 31 Gomes walked, Semien to second (FBBBB)
2-0 1 12- 22 Walker,N grounded to the mound, forcing Semien at third,
Gomes to second, Walker,N to first (CBBSX)
2-0 2 12- 10 Rosario,A grounded a single between first and second,
Gomes scored, Walker,N to second (BX)
Guerra,Ju now pitching
3-0 2 12- 11 Kiner-Falefa grounded a single between first and second,
Walker,N scored, Rosario,A to third (BFX)
4-0 2 1-3 22 Kiermaier struck out (BCCBS)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Athletics batting
4-0 0 --- 01 Altuve to first on an error by the shortstop Semien (CX)
4-0 0 1-- 22 Conforto struck out (BFSBS)
4-0 1 1-- 20 Rendon lined a single to shallow center, Altuve to second
(BBX)
4-0 1 12- 10 Alonso,Y lined out to right (BX)
4-0 2 12- 12 Beltre grounded out to second (CFBX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Royals batting
4-0 0 --- 02 Pollock struck out (CCS)
4-0 1 --- 31 LeMahieu walked (BBBCB)
4-0 1 1-- 22 Upton grounded a single between first and second,
LeMahieu to second (BCBFX)
4-0 1 12- 11 Semien reached on an infield single to third, LeMahieu to
third, Upton to second (CBX)
Straily now pitching
4-0 1 123 00 Gomes popped out to first (X)
4-0 2 123 32 Walker,N struck out (BBBCC>S)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Athletics batting
4-0 0 --- 12 Hernandez,G popped out to second (CSBX)
4-0 1 --- 10 Sucre flied out to center (BX)
4-0 2 --- 12 Russell struck out (FBFS)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Royals batting
4-0 0 --- 20 Rosario,A flied out to center (BBX)
4-0 1 --- 22 Kiner-Falefa flied out to right (BCCFBFX)
4-0 2 --- 12 Kiermaier lined out to right (SCBX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Athletics batting
4-0 0 --- 32 McCutchen grounded out to second (BBBCFX)
4-0 1 --- 01 Altuve grounded out to the mound (SX)
4-0 2 --- 12 Conforto struck out (BCFS)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Royals batting
4-0 0 --- 22 Pollock struck out (BBCFS)
4-0 1 --- 12 LeMahieu struck out (CBCFC)
4-0 2 --- 00 Upton flied out to center (X)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Athletics batting
4-0 0 --- 00 Rendon grounded out to short (X)
4-0 1 --- 22 Alonso,Y struck out (CBCBFFFFS)
4-0 2 --- 10 Beltre flied out to center (BX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Royals batting
Hudson,Dan now pitching
4-0 0 --- 02 Semien struck out (FSFS)
4-0 1 --- 11 Gomes grounded out to short (SBX)
4-0 2 --- 22 Walker,N struck out (BBCSFS)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Athletics batting
Otero now pitching
4-0 0 --- 12 Hernandez,G grounded out to short (CFBX)
Garcia,Le pinch hitting for Sucre
4-0 1 --- 02 Garcia,Le grounded out to third (FCX)
4-0 2 --- 11 Russell grounded out to short (FBX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Royals batting
Mathis now playing catcher
Hand now pitching
4-0 0 --- 22 Rosario,A struck out (FCBBC)
4-0 1 --- 30 Kiner-Falefa walked (BBBB)
4-0 1 1-- 12 Kiermaier struck out (CBFS)
4-0 2 1-- 12 Pollock lined out to second (BCSX)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Athletics batting
Treinen now pitching
4-0 0 --- 01 McCutchen grounded out to first (CX)
4-0 1 --- 12 Altuve grounded out to first (CBSX)
4-0 2 --- 32 Conforto walked (BBFBFFFFB)
4-0 2 1-- 12 Rendon grounded to third, forcing Conforto at second
(BFFX)