Programming note: To get you prepared for tonight’s A’s-Royals Wild Card matchup, watch SportsNet Central: October Quest at 4 p.m. on Comcast SportsNet California
Oakland Athletics manager Bob Melvin and Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost have announced their lineups for Tuesday's AL Wild Card game.
Adam Dunn is absent from the starting lineup with Brandon Moss playing DH and batting fourth, and Sam Fuld batting second and playing in left field:
Oakland Athletics (88-74)
1. Coco Crisp (S) CF
2. Sam Fuld (L) LF
3. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B
4. Brandon Moss (L) DH
5. Josh Reddick (L) RF
6. Jed Lowrie (S) SS
7. Stephen Vogt (L) 1B
8. Geovany Soto (R) C
9. Eric Sogard (L) 2B
LHP Jon Lester (16-11, 2.46 ERA)
Kansas City Royals (89-73)
1. Alcides Escobar (R) SS
2. Nori Aoki (L) RF
3. Lorenzo Cain (R) CF
4. Eric Hosmer (L) 1B
5. Billy Butler (R) DH
6. Alex Gordon (L) LF
7. Salvador Perez (R) C
8. Omar Infante (R) 2B
9. Mike Moustakas (L) 3B
RHP James Shields (14-8, 3.21ERA)
