Wednesday, September 4, 2002, Network Associates Coliseum
Attendance: 55,528, Time of Game: 3:38
Royals 11
55-84⇐ Lost 3 ⇒4th, 25½ GB Tony Pena
at Athletics 12
88-51⇐ Won 20 ⇒1st Art Howe
Andy
| Bottom of the 9th, Athletics Batting, Tied 11-11, Royals’ Jason Grimsley facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| Kit Pellow moves from PR to 3B Luis Alicea moves from PH to SS | |||||||||||
| b9 | 11-11 | 0 | — | 8,(3-2) | O | OAK | J. Dye | J. Grimsley | -6% | 58% | Flyball: RF |
| Scott Hatteberg pinch hits for Eric Byrnes (LF) batting 6th | |||||||||||
| b9 | 11-11 | 1 | — | 2,(1-0) | R | OAK | S. Hatteberg | J. Grimsley | 42% | 100% | Home Run (CF-RF) |
……………….great scene from Moneyball with an ending that you just couldn’t have made up with real-world slices of life performances……..and Brad…………………………………you nailed it!
Koch had won the previous 2 games too, going 3-0 with 9 saves during the streak.