BAL 1, KC 9 | Sep 2, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, September 2, 2018•Kauffman Stadium•88°F, Partly Cloudy

BAL

Orioles

Royals

Final

WIN

Jorge López

LOSS

David Hess

The Royals cruised past the Orioles 9-1 in a dominant performance.

★Alcides Escobar3-for-3, 1 RBI

★Alex Gordon3-for-5, 1 RBI

⚾Jorge López7.0 IP, 1 ER, 8 K

Key Moment

Bot 8: Hunter Dozier triples (3) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Alex Gordon scores.

Weather: 88°F, Partly CloudyWind: 8 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 6:15 PM UTCT: 2:48Att: 18,463Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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92.6%B

11 missed calls

+7.4% BAL

+0.40 runs BAL

Win Probability

KC WinBAL Win

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

Game 531448 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Baltimore Orioles

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Cedric MullinsCF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.278/.342/.486	99.1	.303	.357
Joey RickardRF	4	0	2	0	0	2	.236/.294/.420	90.3	.533	.497
Jonathan VillarSS	4	1	1	1	0	1	.261/.321/.387	104.3	.551	.1015
Trey Mancini1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.243/.303/.419	94.9	.380	.366
Chris DavisDH	3	0	2	0	0	1	.177/.254/.316	107.4	.350	.379
John AndreoliLF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.194/.250/.222	78	.185	.167
Breyvic Valera2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.167/.250/.167	100.5	.332	.312
Renato Núñez3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.230/.309/.348	82.9	.049	.066
Caleb JosephC	3	0	0	0	0	1	.204/.247/.314	98	.241	.285
Bench
Jace Peterson3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	.203/.313/.320	82.9	.055	.073
David HessP							.000/.333/.000	-
Totals	31	1	6	1	0	10	-	-	-	-

HR:Villar (1st off López, 0 on, 2 out)

TB:9

RBI:Villar

SB:Rickard

GIDP:Mancini

Team LOB:3

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit MerrifieldDH	5	1	2	1	0	1	.312/.377/.448	98.3	.539

Pitching

Baltimore Orioles

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
David HessL	4.0	9	5	4	0	3	76-45	84.5	5.27
Sean Gilmartin	2.2	2	0	0	2	2	40-22	82.6	2.31
Mike Wright Jr.	1.0	3	4	4	1	2	32-20	92.8	5.64
Tanner Scott	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	93.8	5.86
Totals	8.0	14	9	8	3	7	150-89	-	-

WP:Hess

HBP:Herrera (by Jr.)

Inherited runners-scored:Jr. 1-0; Scott 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Hess 76-45; Gilmartin 40-22; Jr. 32-20; Scott 2-2

Groundouts-flyouts:Hess 5-4; Gilmartin 3-1; Jr. 0-1; Scott 1-0

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jorge LópezW	7.0	5	1	1	0	8	1	99-68	88.5	4.24

Scoring Plays

Top 1 • BAL

1-0

Jonathan Villar homers (11) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 104.3 mph💣 415 ftLA: 24°

Bot 2 • KC

1-1

Alcides Escobar singles on a line drive to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Rosell Herrera scores. Brett Phillips to 2nd.

EV: 85.0 mph258 ftLA: 22°

Bot 3 • KC

1-2

Ryan O'Hearn flies out to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Alex Gordon to 3rd.

EV: 90.8 mph345 ftLA: 37°

1-3

Jorge Bonifacio doubles (12) on a sharp fly ball to left fielder John Andreoli. Alex Gordon scores.

EV: 101.3 mph393 ftLA: 24°

1-4

Rosell Herrera flies out to left fielder John Andreoli.

EV: 94.6 mph350 ftLA: 33°

Bot 4 • KC

1-5

Whit Merrifield singles on a line drive to left fielder John Andreoli. Brett Phillips scores. Alcides Escobar to 3rd.

EV: 89.2 mph213 ftLA: 14°

Bot 8 • KC

1-7

Meibrys Viloria doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Joey Rickard. Rosell Herrera scores. Alcides Escobar scores.

EV: 106.5 mph368 ftLA: 20°

1-8

Alex Gordon doubles (17) on a line drive to center fielder Cedric Mullins, deflected by left fielder John Andreoli. Meibrys Viloria scores.

EV: 91.5 mph299 ftLA: 20°

1-9

Hunter Dozier triples (3) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Alex Gordon scores.

EV: 107.0 mph342 ftLA: 17°

Bench
Jorge LópezP	.500/.500/1.000	-	-	-
Tim HillP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kevin McCarthyP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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