TOR 6, KC 5 | Aug 14, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Wednesday, August 15, 2018•Kauffman Stadium•73°F, Rain

TOR

Blue Jays

Royals

Final

WIN

Jake Petricka

LOSS

Blaine Boyer

SAVE

Ken Giles

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

★Kevin Pillar3 RBI

★Adalberto Mondesi4-for-4, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Top 8: Kevin Pillar homers (10) on a line drive to left field. Aledmys Diaz scores.

Weather: 73°F, RainWind: 8 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 12:15 AM UTCT: 3:06Att: 13,680Venue: Kauffman Stadium

Ump Audit

Marvin Hudson

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90.5%C

15 missed calls

+3.4% TOR

+0.52 runs KC

Win Probability

KC WinTOR Win

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

Game 531208 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Toronto Blue Jays

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Randal GrichukRF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.228/.287/.456	-	-	-
Devon Travis2B	5	0	0	0	0	1	.246/.295/.400	103.6	.355	.408
Justin Smoak1B	4	0	2	0	1	1	.259/.367/.476	106.8	.744	.936
Teoscar HernándezLF	3	1	0	0	1	1	.241/.300/.488	107.9	.244	.228
Kendrys MoralesDH	1	1	0	0	3	0	.239/.323/.408	91.1	.131	.118
Russell Martin3B	3	0	1	1	0	0	.201/.345/.346	106.9	.413	.394
Aledmys DíazSS	3	1	0	0	1	1	.258/.291/.462	105.6	.200	.181
Kevin PillarCF	4	1	2	3	0	0	.247/.277/.412	103.4	.603	.861
Danny JansenC	4	1	1	1	0	0	.429/.429/.857	102.7	.314	.491
Bench
Curtis GrandersonRF	3	1	0	0	1	0	.231/.332/.409	83	.327	.306
Ryan BoruckiP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	31	6	6	5	7	4	-	-	-	-

HR:Jansen (4th off Fillmyer, 0 on, 1 out); Pillar (8th off Boyer, 1 on, 2 out)

2B:Smoak

TB:13

RBI:Martin; Pillar 3; Jansen

GIDP:Hernández; Díaz

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	1	0	.299/.367/.418	102.1	.327

Pitching

Toronto Blue Jays

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Ryan Borucki	4.0	6	4	4	4	1	81-43	86.1	3.29
Joe Biagini	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	23-16	93.5	6.38
Thomas Pannone	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	6-3	85.5	6.00
Jake PetrickaW	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	15-10	92.1	4.91
Tyler ClippardH	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	16-11	84.4	3.70
Ken GilesS	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	12-9	-	5.94
Totals	9.0	12	5	5	4	8	153-92	-	-

IBB:Borucki

Pitches-strikes:Borucki 81-43; Biagini 23-16; Pannone 6-3; Petricka 15-10; Clippard 16-11; Giles 12-9

Groundouts-flyouts:Borucki 6-4; Biagini 2-1; Pannone 0-0; Petricka 1-0; Clippard 0-1; Giles 1-0

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Heath Fillmyer	5.0	5	4	4	5	3	1	93-52	87.4	3.61

Scoring Plays

Top 2 • TOR

2-0

Kevin Pillar singles on a line drive to center fielder Brett Phillips. Kendrys Morales scores.

EV: 92.3 mph253 ftLA: 15°

1-0

Aledmys Diaz grounds into a double play, shortstop Adalberto Mondesi to second baseman Whit Merrifield to first baseman Hunter Dozier. Teoscar Hernandez scores. Kendrys Morales to 3rd. Russell Martin out at 2nd. Aledmys Diaz out at 1st.

EV: 104.7 mph15 ftLA: -6°

Top 3 • TOR

3-0

Russell Martin hit by pitch. Curtis Granderson scores. Justin Smoak to 3rd. Kendrys Morales to 2nd.

Bot 3 • KC

3-1

Whit Merrifield singles on a soft line drive to right fielder Curtis Granderson. Adalberto Mondesi scores.

EV: 59.0 mph169 ftLA: 29°

3-2

Alex Gordon singles on a line drive to right fielder Curtis Granderson. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 105.9 mph54 ftLA: 2°

3-3

Salvador Perez doubles (16) on a line drive to right fielder Curtis Granderson. Alex Gordon scores.

EV: 94.7 mph297 ftLA: 18°

Top 4 • TOR

4-3

Danny Jansen homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 102.7 mph💣 384 ftLA: 32°

Bot 4 • KC

4-4

Adalberto Mondesi singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kevin Pillar. Alcides Escobar scores.

EV: 83.9 mph72 ftLA: 4°

Bot 7 • KC

4-5

Jorge Bonifacio doubles (11) on a line drive to left fielder Teoscar Hernandez. Salvador Perez scores.

EV: 99.9 mph180 ftLA: 11°

Top 8 • TOR

6-5

Kevin Pillar homers (10) on a line drive to left field. Aledmys Diaz scores.

EV: 103.4 mph💣 394 ftLA: 21°

Bench
Heath FillmyerP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jason AdamP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Blaine BoyerP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tim HillP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-