CLE 12, KC 5 | Aug 26, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, August 26, 2018•Kauffman Stadium•91°F, Cloudy

CLE

Indians

Royals

Final

WIN

Shane Bieber

LOSS

Jorge López

The Indians cruised past the Royals 12-5 in a dominant performance.

★Jason Kipnis4-for-5, 4 RBI

★Lucas Duda3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 8: Edwin Encarnacion homers (28) on a fly ball to left center field. Francisco Lindor scores.

Weather: 91°F, CloudyWind: 15 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 6:15 PM UTCT: 3:08Att: 18,575Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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89.1%C

20 missed calls

+30.3% CLE

+0.64 runs CLE

Win Probability

KC WinCLE Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	5	0	2	1	2	2	12	13	1
KC	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1

Game 531361 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Cleveland Indians

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Francisco LindorSS	6	1	2	2	0	1	.286/.363/.530	103.5	.328	.353
Michael BrantleyLF	5	0	2	0	1	0	.301/.358/.466	98.4	.413	.397
José Ramírez3B	5	0	0	0	0	2	.290/.403/.606	96.5	.373	.425
Edwin EncarnaciónDH	4	2	1	2	1	2	.231/.317/.474	102.3	.374	.637
Yandy Díaz1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333/.360/.417	-	-	-
Melky CabreraRF	2	4	2	1	3	0	.280/.333/.453	105.6	.550	.518
Erik González2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284/.320/.405	-	-	-
Roberto PérezC	2	1	0	0	2	0	.154/.244/.228	98.1	.279	.458
Greg AllenCF	5	0	1	2	0	0	.254/.290/.332	97.9	.299	.275
Bench
Yonder Alonso1B	5	1	1	0	0	1	.248/.312/.445	107.5	.436	.505
Jason Kipnis2B	5	3	4	4	0	0	.223/.310/.359
Totals	39	12	13	11	7	6	-	-	-	-

HR:Encarnación (8th off Newberry, 1 on, 2 out); Kipnis (9th off Maurer, 1 on, 0 out)

2B:Allen; Kipnis; Alonso

TB:22

RBI:Encarnación 2; Allen 2; Kipnis 4; Lindor 2; Cabrera

SB:Kipnis

Team LOB:8

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	5	2	2	1	0	0	.307/.374/.441	102.6	.482

Pitching

Cleveland Indians

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Shane BieberW	5.1	6	4	4	0	7	3	84-59	86.9	4.52
Oliver PérezH	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	15-11	83.3	1.17
Adam Cimber	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	79.3	3.65
Andrew Miller	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	21-13	86.9	3.38
Cody Allen	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	26-17	90.2	4.42
Totals	9.0	9	5	5	1	10	3	150-103	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Bieber 84-59; Pérez 15-11; Cimber 4-3; Miller 21-13; Allen 26-17

Groundouts-flyouts:Bieber 5-4; Pérez 1-1; Cimber 0-1; Miller 1-2; Allen 1-1

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jorge LópezL	4.0	5	5	5	3	4	0	79-48	88.4	4.86

Scoring Plays

Bot 1 • KC

0-1

Whit Merrifield homers (10) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 102.6 mph💣 430 ftLA: 28°

Top 4 • CLE

5-1

Francisco Lindor strikes out swinging.

4-1

Greg Allen doubles (6) on a line drive to left fielder Ryan O'Hearn. Melky Cabrera scores. Jason Kipnis scores. Roberto Perez to 3rd.

EV: 63.4 mph149 ftLA: 23°

2-1

Jason Kipnis singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Brett Phillips. Yonder Alonso scores. Melky Cabrera to 2nd.

EV: 102.2 mph131 ftLA: 6°

1-1

Melky Cabrera singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Alex Gordon. Edwin Encarnacion scores. Yonder Alonso to 3rd.

EV: 105.6 mph60 ftLA: 1°

Bot 4 • KC

5-2

Salvador Perez homers (23) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 103.2 mph💣 435 ftLA: 32°

Top 6 • CLE

7-2

Francisco Lindor singles on a ground ball to right fielder Alex Gordon, deflected by first baseman Lucas Duda. Melky Cabrera scores. Jason Kipnis scores.

EV: 89.9 mph78 ftLA: 4°

Bot 6 • KC

7-4

Lucas Duda homers (13) on a fly ball to right center field. Alex Gordon scores.

EV: 102.2 mph💣 432 ftLA: 28°

Top 7 • CLE

8-4

Jason Kipnis doubles (22) on a fly ball to center fielder Brett Phillips. Melky Cabrera scores.

EV: 96.7 mph406 ftLA: 28°

Top 8 • CLE

10-4

Edwin Encarnacion homers (28) on a fly ball to left center field. Francisco Lindor scores.

EV: 102.3 mph💣 410 ftLA: 24°

Bot 8 • KC

10-5

Lucas Duda singles on a ground ball to shortstop Francisco Lindor. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 101.4 mph104 ftLA: 4°

Top 9 • CLE

12-5

Jason Kipnis hits an inside-the-park home run (12) on a fly ball to right field. Melky Cabrera scores.

EV: 94.0 mph💣 351 ftLA: 34°

WP:López

Inherited runners-scored:McCarthy 2-0

Pitches-strikes:López 79-48; Smith 54-25; McCarthy 3-3; Newberry 17-10; Maurer 24-16

Groundouts-flyouts:López 3-5; Smith 4-2; McCarthy 1-0; Newberry 0-2; Maurer 3-1

Bench
Jorge LópezP	.500/.500/1.000	-	-	-
Burch SmithP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kevin McCarthyP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jake NewberryP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Brandon MaurerP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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