Royals

Hitters	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
W. Merrifield 2B	3-5	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	22	.232	.270	.317
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Merrifield singled to left. 2nd: Merrifield struck out swinging. 4th: Merrifield singled to right center. 6th: Merrifield reached on infield single to shortstop. 8th: Merrifield flied out to right.
A. Benintendi LF	2-5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	15	.303	.368	.394
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Benintendi singled to left, Merrifield to second. 2nd: Benintendi singled to left center, Lopez scored. 4th: Benintendi grounded out to second. 6th: Benintendi flied out to left. 8th: Benintendi flied out to left.
B. Witt Jr. SS	1-5	5	1	1	0	0	0	3	20	.245	.287	.446
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Witt Jr. struck out swinging. 2nd: Witt Jr. struck out swinging. 5th: Witt Jr. singled to center. 6th: Witt Jr. flied out to left. 9th: Witt Jr. struck out swinging.
S. Perez C	2-4	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	16	.214	.253	.429
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Perez doubled to deep center, Merrifield scored, Benintendi to third. 3rd: Perez homered to center (422 feet). 5th: Perez grounded into fielder's choice to third, Witt Jr. safe at second on fielding error by third baseman Davidson, Witt Jr. safe at third on error. 6th: Perez walked. 9th: Perez struck out swinging.
M. Melendez DH	0-2	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	27	.244	.338	.443
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Melendez struck out swinging. 3rd: Melendez walked. 5th: Melendez hit sacrifice fly to right, Witt Jr. scored. 6th: Melendez grounded out to shortstop. 9th: Melendez walked.
H. Dozier 1B	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	24	.256	.316	.415
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Dozier walked. 3rd: Dozier grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Melendez out at second. 5th: Dozier grounded out to shortstop. 7th: Dozier struck out looking. 9th: Dozier grounded out to shortstop.
K. Isbel RF	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	.235	.258	.306
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Isbel fouled out to first. 3rd: Isbel flied out to right. 5th: Isbel walked. 7th: Isbel grounded out to pitcher.
M. Taylor CF	2-4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	14	.279	.364	.400
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Taylor popped out to first. 4th: Taylor singled to right. 5th: Taylor reached on infield single to third, Perez scored, Isbel to third. 7th: Taylor struck out swinging.
N. Lopez 3B	1-4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	11	.215	.286	.251
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Lopez singled to center. 4th: Lopez grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Taylor out at second. 5th: Lopez grounded out to pitcher. 8th: Lopez grounded out to third.

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
D. Lynch	5.0	4	1	1	2	10	0	99-67	5.19	99
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game
D. Coleman	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	23-10	3.42	23
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game
T. Clarke	1.2	0	0	0	0	3	0	19-14	5.06	19
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game
G. Speier	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	19-11	2.41	19
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game
J. Staumont	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	9-4	3.28	9
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game

Athletics

Hitters	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C. Pinder LF	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	20	.248	.277	.394
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Pinder fouled out to right. 2nd: Pinder singled to right, Pache to second, Bride to third. 5th: Pinder struck out swinging. 7th: Pinder struck out swinging.
S. Vogt PH	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.161	.278	.452
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 9th: Vogt lined out to right.
R. Laureano RF-CF	1-3	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	19	.252	.336	.378
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Laureano walked. 2nd: Laureano grounded out to shortstop. 5th: Laureano doubled to left. 7th: Laureano struck out swinging.
C. Bethancourt DH	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	.254	.291	.418
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Bethancourt struck out swinging. 3rd: Bethancourt struck out swinging. 5th: Bethancourt struck out swinging.
J. Lowrie PH-DH	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.206	.276	.301
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 8th: Lowrie struck out swinging.
S. Murphy C	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	.204	.281	.380
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 1st: Murphy struck out swinging. 3rd: Murphy struck out swinging. 6th: Murphy grounded out to second. 8th: Murphy popped out to second.
M. Davidson 3B	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.147	.216	.324
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Davidson struck out swinging. 3rd: Davidson struck out swinging.
T. Kemp PH-2B	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	11	.233	.315	.282
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 6th: Kemp walked. 8th: Kemp grounded out to second.
S. Brown 1B	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	23	.202	.269	.404
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Brown grounded out to shortstop. 4th: Brown struck out looking. 6th: Brown struck out looking. 9th: Brown walked.
E. Andrus SS	2-4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	17	.229	.291	.351
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Andrus singled to center. 4th: Andrus flied out to right. 6th: Andrus singled to left, Kemp to second. 9th: Andrus lined out to center.
J. Bride 2B-3B	1-3	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	25	.308	.357	.308
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Bride singled to left, Andrus to third. 4th: Bride grounded out to second. 6th: Bride struck out looking. 9th: Bride walked, Brown to second.
C. Pache CF	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	9	.157	.206	.219
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 2nd: Pache walked. 5th: Pache struck out swinging.
L. Barrera PH-RF	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.211	.278	.310
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile 7th: Barrera bunt popped out to pitcher. 9th: Barrera struck out swinging.

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
F. Montas	5.0	10	5	3	3	4	1	103-62	3.53	103
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game
A. Pruitt	3.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	49-29	2.45	49
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game
L. Trivino	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	13-8	8.66	13
Today's at BatsFull Player Profile No at bats in this game

Win Probability 100%

OAK

KC 100%

OAK

Bottom 9

Vogt lined out to right.

According to ESPN Analytics

Game Stats

Walks Issued
- KC5
- 5OAK
Stolen Bases
- KC1
- 0OAK
Strikeouts Thrown
- KC16
- 8OAK
Total Bases
- KC15
- 6OAK

Game Information

Oakland Coliseum

Oakland, California

Attendance: 8,772

25%

Capacity: 35,067

Game Time: 3:28

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire - Ron Kulpa, First Base Umpire - Charlie Ramos, Second Base Umpire - Chris Conroy, Third Base Umpire - Carlos Torres

Royals top A's 5-1 in battle of baseball's two worst teams

— Daniel Lynch had a career-high 10 strikeouts in five innings to win for the first time in nearly two months, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Oakland Athletics 5-1 on Friday night in a matchup of teams with the two worst records in the major...

6/18/2022 AP

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	11	0
Athletics OAK	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1

WINDaniel LynchD. Lynch(3-6)5.0 IP, 1 ER, 10 K, 2 BB

LOSSFrankie MontasF. Montas(3-7)5.0 IP, 3 ER, 4 K, 3 BB

Scoring Summary

		KC	OAK
1st	Perez doubled to deep center, Merrifield scored, Benintendi to third.	1	0
2nd	Benintendi singled to left center, Lopez scored.	2	0
2nd	Andrus scored on Lynch wild pitch.	2	1
3rd	Perez homered to center (422 feet).	3	1
5th	Melendez hit sacrifice fly to right, Witt Jr. scored.	4	1
5th	Taylor reached on infield single to third, Perez scored, Isbel to third.	5	1