OAK @ KCA

Oakland Athletics at Kansas City Royals, September 30, 2014

At home, the Kansas City Royals won 9-8 over the Oakland Athletics on September 30, 2014 in the Wild Card round. It was decided by a single run. The information panel shows a crowd of 40,502, a running time of 285 minutes, and a night start. The weather notes give 82 degrees, sunny skies, and a 10 mph wind. The line score has the Oakland Athletics crossing the plate in the first, sixth, and 12th; the sixth brought 5 runs. The Kansas City Royals' runs came in the first, third, eighth, ninth, and 12th innings, 3 of them in the eighth. The line score runs past nine, to the 12th inning. The Oakland Athletics had 13 hits and the Kansas City Royals 15, with 0 and 0 errors. Jason Frasor was the winning pitcher, allowing 0 earned runs on 1 hit in 0.2 innings. The loss was charged to Dan Otero after 1.1 innings and 2 runs. No pitcher struck out more than James Shields, who had 6. The Oakland Athletics' pitching table lists Fernando Abad, Sean Doolittle, Luke Gregerson, Jason Hammel, and Jon Lester. The Kansas City Royals used Wade Davis, Brandon Finnegan, Jason Frasor, Kelvin Herrera, and Greg Holland on the mound. The Oakland Athletics' top hitter was Brandon Moss, 2 for 5, 2 home runs, and 5 RBI. Eric Hosmer led the Kansas City Royals at the plate: 3 for 4 and 1 RBI. Billy Butler drove in 2 for the Kansas City Royals. Behind the plate was umpire Bill Miller.