| Royals 1st | |
| Joe Blanton pitching: | |
| David DeJesus: | Ball, DeJesus flied out to center. |
| Mark Grudzielanek: | Strike looking, Foul, Grudzielanek struck out looking. |
| Emil Brown: | Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Brown fouled out to first. |
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) | |
| Athletics 1st | |
| Scott Elarton pitching: | |
| Mark Kotsay: | Foul, Kotsay flied out to right. |
| Nick Swisher: | Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Swisher flied out to center. |
| Eric Chavez: | Ball, Ball, Ball, Chavez walked. |
| Frank Thomas: | Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Thomas homered to left, Chavez scored. |
| Bobby Crosby: | Ball, Ball, Crosby flied out to center. |
| End of Inning (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) | |
| Royals 2nd | |
| Joe Blanton pitching: | |
| Matt Stairs: | Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Stairs flied out to right. |
| Tony Graffanino: | Strike looking, Strike looking, Graffanino grounded out to shortstop. |
| Shane Costa: | Ball, Ball, Costa singled to left. |
| Angel M. Berroa: | Strike looking, Strike swinging, Berroa singled to left, Costa to second. |
| Paul Bako: | Strike (foul tip), Foul, Ball, Bako grounded out to first. |
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) | |
| Athletics 2nd | |
| Scott Elarton pitching: | |
| Jay Payton: | Ball, Payton flied out to left. |
| Dan Johnson: | Johnson singled to center. |
| Jason Kendall: | Pickoff attempt, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Kendall walked, Johnson to second. |
| Marco Scutaro: | Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Scutaro struck out looking. |
| Mark Kotsay: | Foul, Kotsay fouled out to third. |
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) | |
| Royals 3rd | |
| Joe Blanton pitching: | |
| Esteban German: | Ball, Strike looking, German flied out to center. |
| David DeJesus: | Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, DeJesus singled to right. |
| Mark Grudzielanek: | Pickoff attempt to first, Ball, Pickoff attempt to first, Grudzielanek reached on an infield single, DeJesus to second. |
| Emil Brown: | Strike looking, Brown grounded out to first, DeJesus to third, Grudzielanek to second. |
| Matt Stairs: | Foul, Ball, Stairs lined out to right. |
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) | |
| Athletics 3rd | |
| Scott Elarton pitching: | |
| Nick Swisher: | Swisher flied out to center. |
| Eric Chavez: | Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Chavez struck out swinging. |
| Frank Thomas: | Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Thomas struck out swinging. |
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) | |
| Royals 4th | |
| Joe Blanton pitching: | |
| Tony Graffanino: | Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Graffanino struck out swinging. |
| Shane Costa: | Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Costa grounded out to second. |
| Angel M. Berroa: | Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Berroa grounded out to shortstop. |
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) | |
| Athletics 4th | |
| Scott Elarton pitching: | |
| Bobby Crosby: | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Crosby homered to left center. |
| Jay Payton: | Payton flied out to left. |
| Dan Johnson: | Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Johnson flied out to center. |
| Jason Kendall: | Ball, Kendall grounded out to third. |
| End of Inning (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) | |
| Royals 5th | |
| Joe Blanton pitching: | |
| Paul Bako: | Strike looking, Strike swinging, Bako struck out looking. |
| Esteban German: | Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, German walked. |
| David DeJesus: | Pickoff attempt to first, Ball, Strike swinging, DeJesus grounded into double play second to shortstop to first, German out at second. |
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) | |
| Athletics 5th | |
| Scott Elarton pitching: | |
| Marco Scutaro: | Ball, Ball, Foul, Scutaro grounded out to third. |
| Mark Kotsay: | Strike looking, Ball, Kotsay grounded out to shortstop. |
| Nick Swisher: | Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Swisher struck out swinging. |
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) | |
| Royals 6th | |
| Joe Blanton pitching: | |
| Mark Grudzielanek: | Foul, Ball, Grudzielanek grounded out to right. |
| Emil Brown: | Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Brown struck out swinging. |
| Matt Stairs: | Strike (foul tip), Stairs flied out to center. |
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) | |
| Athletics 6th | |
| Scott Elarton pitching: | |
| Eric Chavez: | Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Chavez struck out on foul tip. |
| Frank Thomas: | Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Thomas singled to left center. |
| Bobby Crosby: | Ball, Strike looking, Crosby singled to right, Thomas to second. |
| Jay Payton: | Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Payton singled to center, Thomas to third, Crosby to second. |
| Dan Johnson: | Johnson grounded into double play second to shortstop to first, Payton out at second. |
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) | |
| Royals 7th | |
| Joe Blanton pitching: | |
| Tony Graffanino: | Foul, Graffanino popped out to second. |
| Shane Costa: | Costa grounded out to first. |
| Angel M. Berroa: | Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Berroa walked. |
| Paul Bako: | Bako grounded into fielder's choice to second, Berroa out at second. |
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) | |
| Athletics 7th | |
| Scott Elarton pitching: | |
| Jason Kendall: | Kendall grounded out to second. |
| Marco Scutaro: | Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Scutaro struck out looking. |
| Mark Kotsay: | Ball, Ball, Ball, Kotsay walked. |
| Nick Swisher: | Pickoff attempt, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Swisher walked, Kotsay to second. |
| Eric Chavez: | Joel Peralta relieved Scott Elarton, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Chavez tripled to right, Kotsay and Swisher scored. |
| Frank Thomas: | Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Thomas popped out to first. |
| End of Inning (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) | |
| Royals 8th | |
| Joe Blanton pitching: | |
| Esteban German: | Ball, Strike looking, German flied out to center. |
| David DeJesus: | Strike looking, Foul, Foul, DeJesus grounded out to second. |
| Mark Grudzielanek: | Grudzielanek doubled to left. |
| Emil Brown: | Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Brown grounded out to pitcher. |
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) | |
| Athletics 8th | |
| Joel Peralta pitching: | |
| Bobby Crosby: | Strike looking, Crosby flied out to right. |
| Jay Payton: | Payton flied out to center. |
| Dan Johnson: | Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Johnson walked. |
| Jason Kendall: | Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Kendall homered to left center, Johnson scored. |
| Marco Scutaro: | Scutaro grounded out to shortstop. |
| End of Inning (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) | |
| Royals 9th | |
| Joe Blanton pitching: | |
| Matt Stairs: | Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Stairs struck out swinging. |
| Tony Graffanino: | Ball, Ball, Foul, Graffanino flied out to right. |
| Shane Costa: | Ball, Costa flied out to right. |
| End of Inning (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) | |
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