Royals 4, Athletics 3, Final 10 - Jul. 30, 2008

Oakland A’s struggle with more of the same - lose to Royals again
as.sportsbloggingnetwork.com 7/30/2008 — When are the Oakland A’s going to field a team that can hit? It seems like they’ll never have a team that can consistently score four or more runs in a game. When the Kansas City Royals are outplaying you, it’s time to do a little self reflection. Rather than reflect, recently the A’s have been deflecting trade rumors. Hopefully, after the trade deadline, some of the players who have...

Ziegler extends record, Ellis ties one: A’s still swept by Royals
as.sportsbloggingnetwork.com 7/31/2008 — Even when things seem to go right for the A’s lately, something goes terribly wrong and they add to their mounting deficit of games that they trail the Angels and the Red Sox. Records were broken and tied Wednesday, reports about Frank Thomas coming back this week along with Keith Foulke’s eminent return would seem to bode well for this struggling team, but it turns out to be all for naught…

Royals vs. Athletics - Box Score - July 30, 2008
sports.espn.go.com 7/31/2008 — Kansas City Royals Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG M Aviles 2B-SS 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 .325 M Maier CF 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 .200 A Gordon 3B 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .253 J Guillen RF 4 0 1 2 0 0 4 .259 D DeJesus LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301 M Teahen LF-RF 5 0 1 0 0 2 4 .247 B ...

Royals Top A's At Coliseum — The Game of Baseball

Game 108: Kansas City @ Oakland — Royal Reflections

Game 109 Open Thread - Royals (49-59) at A's (53-53) — Royals Review

Open Thread: Game 107 - A's vs. Royals — Athletics Nation

Wednesday Afternoon Liveglog Club: Royals @ Athletics, 7/30/08 — Walkoff Walk

Another: The Finale in Oakland — Around the Horn in KC

Open Thread: Game 107 - A's vs. Royals (cont) — Athletics Nation

At Least We Scored Three? — Athletics Nation

Royals-A's: Oakland Drops Series as They Can't Figure Out KC's Pitching — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/30/2008
The Royals continued their recent success against the A's in Oakland on Tuesday night, as they won the 12th of their last 20 games at McAfee Coliseum, defeating the home team 5-2.  Once again, the Royals used a good starting-pitching ...

Thomas expects to return in 'two weeks' — FOXSports.com News for MLB 7/30/2008
The Athletics plan to activate designated hitter Frank Thomas from the disabled list as early as Friday. Thomas faced live pitching against Oakland reliever Keith Foulke in a simulated game Wednesday, the final step in his recovery from a strained ...

DeJesus out of lineup with sore back — Major League Baseball News 7/30/2008
Royals outfielder David DeJesus was not in the starting lineup on Wednesday afternoon against the A's in the finale of a three-game series with a sore back. DeJesus is expected to return Friday at home against the White Sox.

Royals' sweep of A's long time coming — Major League Baseball News 7/30/2008
Jose Guillen hit a sacrifice fly to score Esteban German in the 10th inning, as the Royals swept a three-game series in Oakland for the first time in 20 seasons with a 4-3 victory on Wednesday. Ramon Ramirez earned the win in relief.

Royals get rare 3-game sweep in Oakland (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 7/30/2008
Jose Guillen drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the Athletics 4-3 on Wednesday to complete their first three-game sweep in Oakland in 20 years. The Royals last swept the A's in a ...

Royals-A's: KC Wins Fourth in a Row as They Complete the Sweep of Oakland — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/30/2008
OAKLAND— It seemed like just another day at the ballpark lately for Royals closer Joakim Soria, as he set down the A's 1-2-3 to end Wednesday afternoon's game in Oakland. Soria wrapped up a 4-3 Royals' victory while collecting his 30th save ...