CLE 9, KC 3 | Jul 2, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Tuesday, July 3, 2018•Kauffman Stadium•88°F, Clear

CLE

Indians

Royals

Final

WIN

Corey Kluber

LOSS

Jakob Junis

The Indians cruised past the Royals 9-3 in a dominant performance.

★Francisco Lindor2 HR, 7 RBI

★Rajai Davis3-for-3, 0 RBI

Key Moment

Top 4: Francisco Lindor hits a grand slam (22) to right field. Yan Gomes scores. Tyler Naquin scores. Rajai Davis scores.

Weather: 88°F, ClearWind: 8 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 12:15 AM UTCT: 2:44Att: 18,285Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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88.7%D

15 missed calls

+8.6% CLE

+0.33 runs CLE

Win Probability

KC WinCLE Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	9	11	0
KC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Game 530671 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Cleveland Indians

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Erik GonzálezSS	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293/.338/.453	-	-	-
Brandon GuyerLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.155/.248/.299	-	-	-
José Ramírez3B	4	0	2	0	1	0	.298/.402/.612	110.2	.560	.659
Edwin EncarnaciónDH	4	0	0	1	0	1	.230/.307/.477	105.4	.227	.453
Yonder Alonso1B	4	0	0	0	1	0	.253/.323/.442	99.5	.277	.258
Jason Kipnis2B	5	0	0	0	0	1	.214/.293/.338	95.9	.191	.196
Yan GomesC	3	1	2	0	0	0	.254/.319/.451	102	.387	.414
Tyler NaquinRF	3	2	1	0	0	0	.282/.315/.376	105.2	.242	.244
Rajai DavisCF	3	3	3	0	0	0	.258/.317/.311	98.7	.549	.518
Bench
Francisco LindorSS	4	3	2	7	0	0	.298/.373/.581	108.1	.586	.1091
Michael BrantleyLF	4	0	1	1	0	0	.307/.353/.491
Totals	34	9	11	9	2	2	-	-	-	-

HR:Lindor (4th off Junis, 3 on, 1 out); Lindor (6th off Junis, 2 on, 1 out)

2B:Ramírez 2; Davis

TB:20

RBI:Encarnación; Brantley; Lindor 7

SB:Ramírez

SF:Encarnación; Brantley

GIDP:Brantley

Team LOB:6

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	4	1	1	1	0	0	.288/.359/.410	105.8	.735

Pitching

Cleveland Indians

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Corey KluberW	6.0	7	3	3	5	1	99-63	89.1	2.64
Dan Otero	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	14-10	86.5	5.87
George Kontos	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	11-9	89	4.68
Marc Rzepczynski	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	9-6	88.8	8.00
Totals	9.0	8	3	3	5	1	133-88	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Kluber 99-63; Otero 14-10; Kontos 11-9; Rzepczynski 9-6

Groundouts-flyouts:Kluber 7-6; Otero 1-2; Kontos 3-0; Rzepczynski 1-1

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jakob JunisL	5.1	8	9	8	1	2	2	94-60	87	5.13

Scoring Plays

Bot 1 • KC

0-1

Whit Merrifield homers (5) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 105.8 mph💣 405 ftLA: 23°

0-2

Salvador Perez singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Rajai Davis. Mike Moustakas scores.

EV: 106.6 mph263 ftLA: 12°

Top 3 • CLE

2-2

Edwin Encarnacion out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jorge Bonifacio. Francisco Lindor scores. Jose Ramirez to 3rd.

EV: 99.8 mph369 ftLA: 30°

1-2

Michael Brantley out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jorge Bonifacio. Rajai Davis scores.

EV: 78.6 mph290 ftLA: 24°

Top 4 • CLE

6-2

Francisco Lindor hits a grand slam (22) to right field. Yan Gomes scores. Tyler Naquin scores. Rajai Davis scores.

EV: 108.1 mph💣 409 ftLA: 26°

Top 6 • CLE

9-2

Francisco Lindor homers (23) on a fly ball to right center field. Tyler Naquin scores. Rajai Davis scores.

EV: 105.0 mph💣 418 ftLA: 26°

Bot 6 • KC

9-3

Jorge Bonifacio singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Tyler Naquin. Rosell Herrera scores. Lucas Duda to 2nd.

EV: 103.9 mph51 ft0

Bench
Lucas Duda1B	3	0	1	0	0	2	.245/.310/.387	96.3	.960	.869
Alex GordonLF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.246/.326/.339	80.1	.046	.043
Jakob JunisP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Brian FlynnP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jason AdamP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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