KC 14, CWS 6 | Aug 13, 2017 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, August 13, 2017•Guaranteed Rate Field•74°F, Partly Cloudy

Royals

CWS

White Sox

Final

WIN

Jason Vargas

LOSS

Derek Holland

The Royals cruised past the White Sox 14-6 in a dominant performance.

★Drew Butera4-for-5, 0 RBI

★Whit Merrifield3-for-6, 5 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Avisail Garcia doubles (21) on a line drive to left fielder Melky Cabrera. Tyler Saladino scores. Alen Hanson scores.

Weather: 74°F, Partly CloudyWind: 6 mph, L To RFirst pitch: 6:10 PM UTCT: 3:38Att: 27,351Venue: Guaranteed Rate Field

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89.8%C

22 missed calls

+4.6% CWS

+0.28 runs CWS

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	4	4	0	0	4	0	2	0	14	16	1
CWS	0	0	0	0	3	0	3

Game 491856 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	6	1	3	5	0	1	.296/.333/.486	103.1	.270	.437
Alex GordonCF	1	0	0	1	0	0	.198/.288/.292	76.1	.052	.047
Brandon Moss1B	1	0	0	0	1	1	.206/.286/.424	-	-	-
Melky CabreraLF	5	1	1	1	1	0	.296/.337/.453	100.1	.392	.380
Mike MoustakasDH	5	1	1	0	1	0	.283/.318/.565	90.8	.422	.395
Jorge BonifacioRF	6	2	2	2	0	2	.252/.323/.436	96	.332	.320
Cheslor Cuthbert3B	3	3	1	1	2	0	.216/.257/.304	94.6	.290	.211
Alcides EscobarSS	3	3	1	0	2	2	.229/.253/.315	100.8	.600	.543
Drew ButeraC	5	2	4	0	0	0	.270/.323/.365	97.6	.590	.542
Bench
Lorenzo CainCF	5	1	2	2	0	2	.289/.352/.435	96	.595	.587
Eric Hosmer1B	2	0	1	0	2	0	.313/.374/.493
Totals	42	14	16	12	9	8	-	-	-	-

HR:Bonifacio (3rd off Holland, 0 on, 0 out); Merrifield (3rd off Pelfrey, 2 on, 1 out)

2B:Cuthbert

3B:Merrifield

TB:25

RBI:Cain 2; Merrifield 5; Bonifacio 2; Cuthbert; Gordon; Cabrera

SB:Cain

SF:Cuthbert

GIDP:Cabrera

Team LOB:11

Chicago White Sox

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Tim AndersonSS	5	1	1	2	0	0	.242/.262/.386	102.8	.283

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jason VargasW	6.0	6	3	3	2	7	1	92-58	81	3.45
Kevin McCarthy	1.0	3	3	0	0	2	0	27-17	91.9	1.88
Ryan Buchter	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11-9	90.8	3.35
Neftalí Feliz	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	18-10	91.9	5.48
Totals	9.0	9	6	3	3	11	1	148-94	-	-

WP:Feliz

HBP:Delmonico (by Vargas); Engel (by Buchter)

Pitches-strikes:Vargas 92-58; McCarthy 27-17; Buchter 11-9; Feliz 18-10

Groundouts-flyouts:Vargas 4-6; McCarthy 2-0; Buchter 3-0; Feliz 0-1

Chicago White Sox

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Derek HollandL	2.0	7	7	7	3	2	1	67-37	86.4	5.68

Game Notes

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T2Replay review: Royals challenged (tag play), call on the field was overturned: Eric Hosmer walks. Lorenzo Cain to 3rd. Lorenzo Cain steals (22) 3rd base. Lorenzo Cain to 3rd.

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B5Replay review: Royals challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned: Leury Garcia grounds out, shortstop Alcides Escobar to first baseman Eric Hosmer.

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T1Wild pitch by Derek Holland

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T2Wild pitch by Derek Holland

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T8Wild pitch by Brad Goldberg

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B9Wild pitch by Neftalí Feliz

Scoring Plays

Top 2 • KC

4-0

Melky Cabrera singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Adam Engel. Lorenzo Cain scores. Eric Hosmer to 2nd.

EV: 100.1 mph266 ftLA: 13°

3-0

Lorenzo Cain singles on a line drive to left fielder Leury Garcia. Alcides Escobar scores. Drew Butera scores.

EV: 83.7 mph202 ftLA: 16°

1-0

Drew Butera singles on a line drive to left fielder Leury Garcia. Cheslor Cuthbert scores. Alcides Escobar to 3rd. Drew Butera to 2nd. Throwing error by left fielder Leury Garcia.

EV: 95.9 mph150 ftLA: 9°

Top 3 • KC

8-0

Whit Merrifield homers (14) on a fly ball to center field. Cheslor Cuthbert scores. Alcides Escobar scores.

EV: 103.1 mph💣 397 ftLA: 30°

5-0

Jorge Bonifacio homers (15) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 93.3 mph💣 367 ftLA: 34°

Bot 5 • CWS

8-2

Tim Anderson homers (13) on a fly ball to center field. Yoan Moncada scores.

8-3

Jose Abreu singles on a line drive to center fielder Lorenzo Cain. Tyler Saladino scores.

EV: 96.8 mph198 ftLA: 8°

Top 6 • KC

12-3

Whit Merrifield triples (5) on a line drive to right fielder Avisail Garcia. Jorge Bonifacio scores. Drew Butera scores.

EV: 92.5 mph334 ftLA: 24°

10-3

Cheslor Cuthbert out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Adam Engel. Mike Moustakas scores.

EV: 86.6 mph318 ftLA: 33°

9-3

Jorge Bonifacio singles on a line drive to center fielder Adam Engel. Melky Cabrera scores. Mike Moustakas to 3rd.

EV: 96.0 mph274 ftLA: 15°

Bot 7 • CWS

12-5

Avisail Garcia doubles (21) on a line drive to left fielder Melky Cabrera. Tyler Saladino scores. Alen Hanson scores.

EV: 83.0 mph234 ftLA: 21°

12-6

Nicky Delmonico doubles (2) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Alex Gordon. Avisail Garcia scores.

EV: 108.4 mph259 ftLA: 8°

Top 8 • KC

14-6

Melky Cabrera lines out to center fielder Adam Engel.

EV: 97.3 mph297 ftLA: 15°

13-6

Alex Gordon grounds into a force out, third baseman Alen Hanson to second baseman Yoan Moncada. Cheslor Cuthbert scores. Alcides Escobar to 3rd. Drew Butera out at 2nd. Alex Gordon to 1st.

EV: 64.5 mph9 ftLA: -15°

Bench
José Abreu1B	4	0	2	1	0	1	.292/.345/.513	111.1	.411	.380
Derek HollandP							1.000/1.000/1.000	-	-	-
Mike PelfreyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Chris BeckP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Gregory InfanteP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Brad GoldbergP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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