Top 1st inning--> Brandon Moss 2-Run Jack off James Shields with 2 outs, OAK 2 KC 0
Bottom 1st Inning--> Billy Butler RBI Single, then boneheaded play by Ned Yost trying to steal a run instead runs himself out of inning with alex gordon at plate--> silver lining soto gets injured on play at plate is out for rest of game OAK 2 KC 1
Bottom 3rd--> Derrick Norris comes in after Soto Injury, Cain RBI double to left & Eric Hosmer RBI Single OAK 2 KC 3
Top 6--> STUPIDEST MANAGERIAL DECISION IN RECENT PLAYOFF HISTORY, james shields gets into trouble runners on 1st & 2nd with Moss coming up with no outs, decides to go to yordano ventura good starting pitcher with electric stuff however is not a reliever, he has best bullpen in mlb with herrera, davis, holand. Moss smokes a 2-0 98 mph fastball for a 3 run jack to dead center
Herrerra comes in after the jack to help ease scoring but struggles himself with Derrick Norris & Coco Crisp RBI singles
OAK 7 KC 3 --> Game over with big game lester
Bottom 8th inning--> Melvin makes a mistake bringing out Lester for 8th inning although Lester is a beast and had below 100 pitches it was time for greggerson & doolittle WHY? u may ask because leading off bottom of 8th inning were Escobar, Aoki, Cain, Hosmer (4 hitters who own lester) & butler who already had rbi single sucess vs lester in 1st inning. Melvin leaves him in & then we were off to races lorenzo cain rbi single stole second, billy butler rbi single (pinch-ran for him, questionable move taking out one of big bats by Ned Yost as run didnt come around) Hosmer scores wild pitch, Salvador Perez swung at everything looked terrible struck out with 1 out game tying run on 3rd'
OAK 7 KC 6
Top 9--> Greg Holland WTF 3 walks in 9th but he got out of it
Bottom 9--> Nice pinch hit move by ned yost willingham single, pinch run by dyson who was sacrificed to second & had huge cajones to steal 3rd with 1 out & aoki missed a homer by a couple feet with sac fly to tie game
OAK 7 KC 7
Top 12--> Finnegan was lighting it up for A's in extras, & bottom 10 & 11 royals had chances with runner on 2nd with 1 out, however walk to reddick & callapso RBI single to left off of jason frasor who made a huge mistake with a wild pitch letting reddick who led off inning with walk go to 3rd with 1 out.
OAK 8 KC 7
Bottom 12--> leadoff man doesnt get on for first time since bott. 7, hosmer 2-2 count hits a ball that looks like a homer just hits off top of fence for 3B, colon comes up & has RBI chopper to 3B, alex gordon had terrible game, but was bailed out by colon who stole second as derrick norris dropped the ball on pitchout (smh) & salvador perez who swings at everything got a ball on outter part of plate pulled in by donaldson who was not playing no doubles defense (questionable move by Melvin) and that was game winner vs. Jason Hammel
Billy Beane--> Lester did his thing for most part but he is not no wainwright, king felix, kershaw you traded for him knowing hes a free agent & will not resign with you, & guy does not throw over to first base
Hammel--> you traded for with samardijiza blows game
Crisp--> is so old he got hurt on a swing, miss cespedes much?
you focused on pitching so much when u had a good team and did samardijiza trade already you forgot about clubhouse chemistry with cespedes & on top of that u had 2nd most errors in baseball and although no errors were made last night some plays in outfield/infield woulda been made by royals fielders
For next series, love the way royals but the Angels managerial experience over Ned Yost is what scares me to even put money on royals to win series, ned you got bailed out by your players you should thank them with your paycheck lol
I was on royals ML, even without money on this game, is why I love October Baseball as a fan & bettor lol