Royals score 7 in 5th for comeback win over A's

After a scoreless first, a Steve Collison triple led to 2 runs in the Royals 2nd inning. They added 2 more runs in the 3rd on an Andy Mumma 2-run single to take a 4-0 lead. The A's finally got things going in the 4th, loading the bases with one out, when Isidore Martinez knocked in 2 with a single. An error reloaded the bases followed by 4 straight RBIs on a walk, hit batter, sac fly and John Lawton single to give the A's the lead at 6-4. In the bottom of the 5th, Chris Caldwell singled in a run to cut the lead to one run. With one out, Jesse Kling hit a bases-clearing double to put the Royals back ahead 8-6. After reloading the bases with 2 outs, Joe Pecora knocked in the last 2 runs of the Royals 7-run inning for an 11-6 lead. Nick Collette then struck out the last 2 batters in the top of the 6th to lock up the win.

Joe Pecora led the Royals with 2 hits. Ariel Diaz Pantoja led the A's with 2 hits.

Last batter ... A's: Rajon Jernigan, Royals: Nick Collette

BOX SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
A's 000600 6 7 4
Royals 022070 11 8 1

Date: June 29, 2025     Time: 12:15pm      Venue: Pleasureville   

A's
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Mark Mueller 3 1 1 0 1 0
Manuel Sanchez 3 1 0 1 1 0
Omar Bautista 2 0 0 1 1 1
Rajon Jernigan 3 0 0 1 0 2
John Lawton 3 0 1 1 0 1
Dan McWilliams 3 1 1 0 0 0
Ariel Diaz Pantoja 3 1 2 0 0 0
Jim Marchione 2 1 1 0 1 0
Isidore Martinez 3 1 1 2 0 2
Totals 25 6 7 6 4 6
2B: Mueller
HBP: Bautista
SF: Jernigan
Royals
Hitters AB R H RBI BB K
Neal Landis 3 1 1 0 1 1
Matt Hayes 3 1 0 0 1 2
Barry Eves 3 0 0 0 1 0
Joe Pecora 4 0 2 2 0 0
Charles Chambers 2 1 0 0 2 0
Nick Collette 4 2 1 0 0 0
Chris Caldwell 2 3 1 1 1 0
Steve Collison 1 2 1 1 2 0
Andy Mumma 2 0 1 2 1 0
Jesse Kling Jr 2 1 1 3 1 0
Ricky Habel 1 0 0 1 2 0
Totals 27 11 8 10 12 3
2B: Kling Jr
3B: Collison

A's
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Isidore Martinez 4.0 4 4 1 8 3 0
Rajon Jernigan (L) 1.0 4 7 3 4 0 0
Royals
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K PT
Andy Mumma 4.0 7 6 3 3 3 0
Nick Collette (W) 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 0
HB: Mumma

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