Oakland 6, Kansas City 0
When: 10:05 PM ET, Monday, August 2, 2010
Where: Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature:
60°
Umpires:
Home -
Bill Hohn, 1B -
Gary Darling, 2B -
John Tumpane, 3B -
Paul Emmel
Attendance:
10047
By SportsDirect Inc.
All-Star right-hander Trevor Cahill hurled his first career shutout and Rajai Davis hit a two-run homer to lead the Oakland Athletics to a 6-0 over the Kansas City Royals on Monday night.
Cahill (11-4) allowed just three hits while pitching the first complete game of his two-year career. He struck out three and walked four.
Oakland turned five double plays behind Cahill, including on a game-ending grounder in the ninth. Cahill allowed a third-inning single to Mitch Maier, an eighth-inning double to Wilson Betemit and a ninth-inning single to Chris Getz.
Davis hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning to give the Athletics an insurmountable 5-0 lead.
Oakland struck in the bottom of the first inning on Kevin Kouzmanoff’s run-scoring single.
Matt Watson added a two-run double in the fourth to give the Athletics a 3-0 edge.
Coco Crisp singled in the final Oakland run in the eighth.
Royals starter Brian Bannister (7-11) gave up five runs and seven hits in five innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Kansas City |
|
Oakland |
|
Brian Bannister |
Player |
Trevor Cahill
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
5.0 |
IP |
9.0 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
7 |
Hits |
3 |
|
9.00 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Kansas City
|
3 |
0 |
4 |
.120 |
9 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Oakland
|
9 |
1 |
13 |
.290 |
15 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
0 |