Summary | Box Score Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Royals 0 0 2 1 0 0 7 10 13 2 Athletics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5

Ariel Martinez shutout the A's and collected 12 K's while yielding only 4 singles on the day. The Royals defense was solid behind him with Birk Jones gunning out another runner at 2nd and Mike Malin making a diving catch in Left Field. The game was close until the 7th when the Royals batted around and exploded for 7 runs off of 6 hits and a few crucial errors. Jason Kurtz (2 for 3, 3B, 2RBI, R, BB) and Brandon Hughes (2 for 4, R, 2B, RBI) had the big hits in the inning with a triple and double respectively. Greg Kosc has another big game going 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored. Felix Villalobos (2 for 3, 2R, RBI, BB) and Mike Malin (2 for 4, 3RBI, R) also had multi-hit games. For the A's, Andrew Billig (2 for 4, CS, SB) picked up 2 for the four A's hits on the day.

Ariel hurls his first career MABL shutout