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August 20, 2005

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Royals 2 4 2
Athletics 1 6 0
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Royals 2 4 2
Athletics 1 6 0

Matt Stairs Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .270
OBP .667 .375
At Bats 2 296
Hits 1 80
• Singles 1 49
• Doubles 0 19
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 1 48
RBI’s 1 48

Justin Duchscherer Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 3 5
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McAfee Coliseum - August 20, 2005
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Strikeout
Justin Duchscherer
Jason Kendall
Dan Johnson
Mark Ellis
Eric Chavez
Bobby Crosby
Jay Payton
Mark Kotsay
Nick Swisher
Matt Stairs
Count: 1-2, 1 Out
Count: 1-2, 2 Outs

Stairs strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Swisher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mike MacDougal now pitching. Ellis strikes out.
Bottom 8 Swisher hits a line drive into center field. Ambres settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kielty hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ambres. Kielty reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Jeremy Affeldt now pitching. Payton hits a popup towards third. Teahen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Long hits a fly ball into center field. Kotsay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Justin Duchscherer now pitching. Ambres hits a popup towards first. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Murphy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Chavez takes first base on ball four. Kotsay moves to second.
Bottom 7 Crosby strikes out.
Bottom 7 Kotsay takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Kendall hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Murphy reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Murphy strikes out.
Top 7 Phillips hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kendall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Teahen strikes out.
Bottom 6 Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Berroa fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Ambiorix Burgos now pitching. Swisher strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bobby Kielty pinch hits for Scott Hatteberg. Kielty takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Payton hits a fly ball into left field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 There goes Chavez. The throw from Phillips and he is safe. Chavez steals third.
Bottom 6 Andy Sisco now pitching. Chavez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Long. Chavez reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Berroa strikes out.
Top 6 Stairs hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Long moves to second.
Top 6 Brown hits a line drive towards short. Crosby reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sweeney hits a fly ball into right field. Swisher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Long takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Crosby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Teahen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Kotsay hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murphy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kendall moves to third.
Bottom 5 Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Teahen fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Teahen. Kendall moves to second.
Bottom 5 Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murphy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Ambres hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Murphy takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Phillips bunts towards the mound. Zito settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Swisher hits a line drive into left field. Long settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hatteberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wood fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 4 Payton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Berroa fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Berroa. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Crosby scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Berroa hits a popup towards short. Crosby settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Stairs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stairs for the out. Sweeney scores. Brown moves to third.
Top 4 Brown hits a line drive off the glove of Johnson, and into shallow right field. Brown reaches second base with a double. Long scores. Sweeney moves to third.
Top 4 Sweeney hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Long moves to second.
Top 4 Long hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Chavez strikes out.
Bottom 3 Crosby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Teahen fields it and throws to second for the out. Ellis scores.
Bottom 3 Kotsay takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Ellis moves to third.
Bottom 3 Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stairs scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kendall for the out. Ellis moves to second.
Bottom 3 Ellis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Ambres strikes out.
Top 3 Murphy hits a fly ball into left field. Payton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Phillips hits a fly ball into left field. Payton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Swisher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Murphy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hatteberg strikes out.
Bottom 2 Payton takes first base on ball four. Johnson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Chavez strikes out.
Top 2 Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ellis fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Berroa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chavez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Stairs takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Brown hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Ellis reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Crosby strikes out. There goes Kotsay. The throw from Phillips to second, and Kotsay is out.
Bottom 1 Kotsay hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stairs scoops it up and throws to first, with Wood covering, for the out.
Top 1 Sweeney hits a fly ball into left field. Payton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Long strikes out.
Top 1 Ambres hits a fly ball into right field. Swisher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.