Royals take 3 of 4 from A's. Both teas have identical 5-3 records

8/21 - Royals Stadium

Heredia vs Leibrandt

A's 16, Royals 2

Gil Heredia went the distance thanks to plenty of run support and a weak Royals offense.  Oakland scored 16 run on 18 hits.  Only 1 homer was hit all day and that oddly came by KC's Bo Jackson.  Eric Chavez (4-5, 3 runs and 4 RBI's) was the offensive standout for Oakland.  Jason Giambi went 4 for 4 with 4 runs scored and 2 RBI.  Both had 2 doubles on the day.  The game got so out of hand KC brought in Bill Buckner to pitch a perfect 9th.  Maybe they should have started him ?

8/22

Hudson vs Saberhagen

Royals 4, A's 3 (13 inn)

Bret Saberahagen pretended he was a 1960's era pitcher by going 11 full innings and giving up just 1 earned run (a solo blast to Giambi in the 1st).  KC would score a walk off run in the bottom of the 13th off of Jeff Tam when Bo Jackson singled home George Brett, who doubled with 1 out.

8/23 - Oakland Coliseum

Gubicza vs Mulder

Royals 2, A's 1

KC struck first with 2 runs in the opening frame.  Gubicza (8 IP / 1 R) made it hold up until the 9th when Jeff Montgomery came on to pitch a perfect 9th to earn his 2nd save of the season.  KC's offense came from one swing of the bat, which was a 2 run shot by Danny Tartabull in the first.  Oakland got their only run in the 5th when Tejada singled home Santangelo, but they could not get any closer.

8/24

Aquino vs Zito

Royals 8, A's 4

Tied 3-3 after 4, the Royals got to Zito for 2 more big runs to give the unheralded Aquino a 2 run lead thanks to a error by Chavez at 3rd base.  Kevin Seitzer's 2 run single with 2 out was the big hit.  In the top of the 7th the Royals added 3 more to go up 8-3.  4 consecutive singles with 2 outs by Boone, Brett, White and Stillwell accounted for the 3 runs to put the game away as the A's just couldn't hit their way out of a disappointing outing by so-called ace Zito.