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Moustakas lined out to left fielder Canha

Infante hit a sacrifice fly. Orlando scored.

Royals

Lawrie sacrificed. Vogt to third. Davis scored.

A.Gordon singled to right. Morales advanced to third. Hosmer scored.

Singled to right. Morales advanced to third. Hosmer scored.

S.Perez singled to right. Gordon advanced to third. Morales scored.

Singled to right. Gordon advanced to third. Morales scored.

Athletics second.  B.Butler grounded out, third baseman Moustakas to first baseman Hosmer.  I.Davis singled to center.  Vogt doubled to right, I.Davis to third.  Lawrie sacrificed, pitcher Guthrie to first baseman Hosmer, I.Davis scored, Vogt to third.  Reddick flied out to center fielder L.Cain.  

Royals third.  A.Escobar flied out to center fielder Fuld.  Moustakas flied out to center fielder Fuld.  L.Cain singled to right.   L.Cain stole second.  Hosmer singled to left, L.Cain scored.  K.Morales singled to right, Hosmer to second.  A.Gordon singled to right, Hosmer scored, K.Morales to third.  S.Perez singled to right, K.Morales scored, A.Gordon to third.  Orlando struck out.  

Athletics fourth.  B.Butler grounded out, shortstop A.Escobar to first baseman Hosmer.  I.Davis homered to right on a 0-0 count.  Vogt homered to right on a 1-0 count.  Lawrie struck out.  Reddick struck out.  

Royals sixth.  S.Perez doubled to left.  Orlando grounded out, shortstop Semien to first baseman I.Davis, S.Perez to third.  Infante singled to center, S.Perez scored.  A.Escobar grounded into a double play, pitcher Gray to second baseman Zobrist to first baseman I.Davis, Infante out.  

Athletics seventh.  Vogt homered to right on a 3-1 count.  K.Herrera pitching.  Lawrie singled to right.  Reddick grounded into fielder's choice, pitcher K.Herrera to third baseman Moustakas to shortstop A.Escobar, Lawrie out.  C.Colon in as shortstop.  Semien walked, Reddick to second.  Fuld struck out.   Reddick stole third.   Semien stole second.  Canha struck out.  

Royals eighth.  Otero pitching.  S.Perez singled to center.  J.Dyson pinch-running for Perez.  Orlando tripled to center, J.Dyson scored.  Infante hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Fuld, Orlando scored.  C.Colon flied out to center fielder Fuld.  Moustakas lined out to left fielder Canha.  

The Royals went 5-2 against the A's last season, even though Oakland actually outscored them in those meetings, 26 to 24.

Oakland is 5-5 this season. The A's have outscored their opponents 42-1 in their five victories, and while the scores in their five losses haven't been quite so lopsided, they have still been outscored 32-14 in those contests.

Kansas City jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in Thursday's game against the Twins but couldn't hang on, losing 8-5. It was the Royals' first loss of the season when scoring first (4-1).

Billy Butler signed with the A's as a free agent this offseason after spending his first eight seasons with Kansas City. Butler is off to a fast start with his new club, having recorded at least one hit in all 10 of the club's games. The last player to have a longer hitting streak to begin his career with the A's was Bob Dillinger, who had a hit in each of his first 12 contests with the team, April 18-30, 1950 (minimum 1 AB or SF in each game).

Sonny Gray has gone at least 7.0 innings and allowed no more than one earned run in each of his last four starts, dating back to last September 23 (2-1, 0.57 ERA, .154 opponent average). The last A's pitcher to have at least five consecutive starts with 7+ IP and no more than one earned run allowed was Cory Lidle, who did it in six straight, August 2-31, 2002  (streak not broken by any relief appearances).

Jeremy Guthrie is 2-0 with a 0.89 (2/20.1) ERA in his last three starts at Kauffman Stadium, dating back to last September 2. That is the second-lowest home ERA in the AL since that date (Jake Odorizzi, TB -- 0.45 ERA; minimum three starts).

HP - Fairchild, 1B - Joyce, 2B - Gibson, 3B - Hudson

(SportsNetwork.com) - Billy Butler returns to Kauffman Stadium as a member of
 the Oakland Athletics on Friday when they kick off a three-game set against
 the Kansas City Royals in a rematch of last year's American League Wild Card
 game.

Oakland Athletics (5-5) at Kansas City Royals (7-2), 8:10 p.m. (ET)

Kansas  City,  MO (SportsNetwork.com) - Rookie  Paulo Orlando drove in the go-
 ahead  run with a  triple in the eighth inning, as the Kansas City Royals eked
 out a 6-4 win over the Oakland Athletics in the opener of a three-game series.

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KC	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	X

Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals on April 18, 2015

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