TB 6, KC 5 | May 15, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Wednesday, May 16, 2018•Kauffman Stadium•78°F, Clear

Rays

Royals

Final

WIN

Jonny Venters

LOSS

Kelvin Herrera

SAVE

Alex Colomé

The Rays edged the Royals 6-5 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Whit Merrifield3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Whit Merrifield singles on a soft line drive to center fielder Mallex Smith. Alex Gordon scores. Hunter Dozier scores.

Weather: 78°F, ClearWind: 9 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 12:15 AM UTCT: 2:53Att: 21,500Venue: Kauffman Stadium

Ump Audit

Sean Barber

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90.1%C

12 missed calls

+14.6% KC

+0.75 runs KC

Win Probability

KC WinTB Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TB	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	10	0
KC	0	1	0	0	2	0	2

Game 530036 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Tampa Bay Rays

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Denard SpanLF	5	1	1	0	0	1	.248/.378/.385	98.9	.425	.424
C.J. CronDH	5	1	2	2	0	2	.284/.331/.503	110.2	.375	.713
Joey Wendle2B	5	0	1	1	0	1	.284/.328/.394	94.9	.278	.279
Daniel Robertson3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	.261/.414/.424	98.1	.700	.670
Brad Miller1B	2	1	1	0	2	0	.235/.321/.418	82.9	.055	.073
Adeiny HechavarríaSS	4	0	1	1	0	0	.268/.299/.339	92.8	.272	.255
Mallex SmithCF	3	1	1	1	0	2	.310/.388/.434	90	.973	.450
Johnny FieldRF	1	1	1	0	0	0	.289/.333/.489	89.6	.860	.857
Jesús SucreC	3	0	1	1	0	1	.238/.250/.262	82.5	.274	.248
Bench
Matt Duffy3B	3	1	1	0	0	0	.322/.352/.430	98.5	.271	.363
Carlos GómezRF	1	0	0	0	1	1	.200/.252/.345
Totals	34	6	10	6	3	9	-	-	-	-

HR:Cron (1st off Kennedy, 1 on, 0 out)

2B:Miller; Smith; Duffy

TB:16

RBI:Cron 2; Wendle; Hechavarría; Smith; Sucre

SF:Smith

Team LOB:7

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit MerrifieldDH	5	0	2	3	0	0	.290/.357/.426	104.4	.316

Pitching

Tampa Bay Rays

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Anthony Banda	5.0	6	3	3	0	1	52-38	92.8	5.40
José AlvaradoH	1.2	2	2	2	1	1	28-15	95.2	2.95
Sergio RomoBS	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	8-6	78	4.96
Jonny VentersW	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	9-7	90	1.42
Alex ColoméS	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	16-12	90	4.34
Totals	9.0	11	5	5	1	4	113-78	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Romo 2-2

Pitches-strikes:Banda 52-38; Alvarado 28-15; Romo 8-6; Venters 9-7; Colomé 16-12

Groundouts-flyouts:Banda 6-6; Alvarado 4-0; Romo 1-1; Venters 1-0; Colomé 0-2

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Ian Kennedy	6.0	7	5	5	3	6	1	101-66	87.4	4.98

Scoring Plays

Top 1 • TB

3-0

Adeiny Hechavarria singles on a line drive to left fielder Alex Gordon. Matt Duffy scores. Brad Miller to 2nd.

EV: 92.8 mph175 ftLA: 12°

2-0

C.J. Cron homers (9) on a fly ball to center field. Denard Span scores.

EV: 110.2 mph💣 433 ftLA: 27°

Bot 2 • KC

3-1

Alex Gordon grounds out to first baseman Brad Miller. Mike Moustakas scores. Alcides Escobar to 2nd.

EV: 85.5 mph7 ftLA: -16°

Top 3 • TB

4-1

Mallex Smith out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Alex Gordon. Brad Miller scores.

EV: 81.6 mph286 ftLA: 34°

Bot 5 • KC

4-2

Ryan Goins grounds out sharply, shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria to first baseman Brad Miller. Alex Gordon scores. Hunter Dozier to 3rd.

EV: 103.5 mph32 ftLA: -3°

4-3

Whit Merrifield singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Denard Span. Hunter Dozier scores. Whit Merrifield out at 2nd on the throw, left fielder Denard Span to second baseman Joey Wendle.

EV: 103.4 mph246 ftLA: 15°

Top 6 • TB

5-3

Jesus Sucre out on a sacrifice bunt, first baseman Hunter Dozier to second baseman Ryan Goins. Mallex Smith scores.

EV: 37.4 mph6 ftLA: -40°

Bot 7 • KC

5-5

Whit Merrifield singles on a soft line drive to center fielder Mallex Smith. Alex Gordon scores. Hunter Dozier scores.

EV: 78.9 mph199 ftLA: 15°

Top 9 • TB

6-5

Joey Wendle singles on a line drive to left fielder Alex Gordon. Johnny Field scores. Jesus Sucre to 2nd.

EV: 94.9 mph223 ftLA: 11°

Bench
Ian KennedyP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kevin McCarthyP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tim HillP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kelvin HerreraP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-