UNDATED: 2003.
Athletics 5, Royals 4, 11 innings
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Dan Johnson’s game-ending sacrifice fly to center in the bottom of the 11th scored Shannon Stewart on a tight play at the plate. Stewart got his right leg under catcher Paul Phillips’ tag attempt after a great throw home by David DeJesus.
Lenny DiNardo (1-1) pitched the 11th for the victory in a game that went 3 hours, 43 minutes.
Stewart and Nick Swisher hit consecutive one-out singles against Joakim Soria (1-2) before Eric Chavez was intentionally walked to bring up Johnson, who earlier extended his AL-best hitting streak to 15 games with a single.
KC’s Tony Pena Jr. hit a tying two-run triple in the ninth that took a funny bounce in center field, his career-high fourth hit.
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