NEW YORK (40-62) @ KANSAS CITY (39-69)
STARTING PITCHERS
14X (9-5 2.22) 7X (10-10 2.98)
The Athletics broke a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the 4th, the three run rally capped by a run scoring double by Joe Nossek. Al Downing started strong, punching out 5 of the first 7 he faced before being solved just one inning later. Jim Nash was the recipients this offensive generosity, going the distance, firing a five hit complete game.
NYY 010 000 000 1 5 1
KCA 001 300 01x 5 7 0
2B NYY Tresh 14
KXA Nossek 5
HR KCA Roof 7 (3rd off Downing)
RBI NYY Gibbs 24
KCA D. Green 2(28) Nossek 2(16) Roof 22
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Downing 7 6 1 1 10 4 4 29 58
Nash 9 5 0 3 6 1 1 33 76
WP Nash 11-10 2.87 LP Downing 9-6 2.38
SCORING PLAYS
TOP 2 .. Tresh walked. Bi. Robinson walked. Gibbs singled scoring a run. NYY 1 KCA 0
BOTTOM 3 .. Roof homered. NYY 1 KCA 1
BOTTOM 4 .. Cater singled. Hershberger singled. D. Green singled scoring a run. Nossek doubled scoring two runs. NYY 1 KCA 4
BOTTOM 8 .. Harrelson walked and advanced on a grounder. D. Green singled scoring a run. NYY 1 KCA 5
NOTES: Jim Nash continues to shine as he did in his rookie year, notching his 11th win to lead the team. He leads the A’s staff on complete games. Joe Nossek broke his 0-22 skid with his RBI double. Tom Tresh snapped an 0-15 with his two bagger in the 9th.
STAR OF THE GAME 2-4 2RBI
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