KC 11, CHC 9 | Mar 18, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, March 18, 2018•Sloan Park•63°F, Sunny

Royals

CHC

Cubs

Final

WIN

Burch Smith

LOSS

Mike Montgomery

SAVE

Brandon Maurer

The Royals defeated the Cubs 11-9.

★Jorge Soler3-for-3, 1 RBI

★Frank Schwindel3-for-4, 3 RBI

★Mike Moustakas3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Trent Giambrone homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Jeffrey Baez scores. Fernando Kelli scores.

Weather: 63°F, SunnyWind: 8 mph, Out To RFFirst pitch: 8:05 PM UTCT: 2:59Att: 15,200Venue: Sloan Park

Win Probability

CHC WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	2	1	0	1	1	3	1	2	0	11	15	1
CHC	0	2	2	0	2	0	3

Game 534144 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Alfredo EscaleraCF	2	1	1	0	0	0	.300/.300/.300
Cody Asche3B	1	1	1	0	1	0	.292/.419/.542
Adalberto MondesiDH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.231/.231/.538
Ryan O'Hearn1B	1	0	1	2	0	0	.433/.485/1.133
Billy BurnsLF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.214/.241/.214
Anderson MillerRF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143/.250/.571
Erick MejiaSS	1	0	0	0	0	0	.370/.414/.630
Drew ButeraC	4	0	1	1	0	1	.222/.303/.333
Angelo Castellano2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333/.500/.333
Bench
Jon JayCF	2	1	0	0	1	1	.333/.440/.429
Cheslor Cuthbert3B	4	3	3	0	0	0	.326/.341/.535
Mike MoustakasDH
Totals	40	11	15	11	5	7	-

HR:Schwindel (1st off Chatwood, 1 on, 2 out); Soler (2nd off Chatwood, 0 on, 0 out); Moustakas (6th off Wilson, 2 on, 2 out)

2B:Soler; Schwindel 2; Cuthbert; O'Hearn

TB:29

RBI:Soler; Butera; Schwindel 3; Goins; Moustakas 3; O'Hearn 2

SF:Butera; Goins

GIDP:Cuthbert

Team LOB:10

Chicago Cubs

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Stephen Bruno2B	2	0	1	0	0	0	.333/.333/.500
Luis VázquezSS	2	0

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Danny Duffy	4.1	7	6	4	3	4	1	42-29	9.00
Brian Flynn	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7-6	0.93
Burch SmithWBS	1.0	3	3	3	0	2	1	10-10	9.00
Glenn SparkmanH	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	10-10	0.00
Brandon MaurerS	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	10-6	1.69
Totals	9.0	13	9	7	4	11	2	79-61	-

WP:Duffy

Inherited runners-scored:Flynn 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Duffy 42-29; Flynn 7-6; Smith 10-10; Sparkman 10-10; Maurer 10-6

Groundouts-flyouts:Duffy 6-3; Flynn 2-1; Smith 1-0; Sparkman 0-0; Maurer 0-1

Chicago Cubs

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Tyler Chatwood	5.0	7	5	4	3	6	2	49-34	2.81
Steve Cishek

Scoring Plays

Top 1 • KC

2-0

Frank Schwindel homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Cheslor Cuthbert scores.

Top 2 • KC

3-0

Jorge Soler homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field.

Bot 2 • CHC

3-2

Peter Bourjos doubles (1) on a ground ball to center fielder Jon Jay, deflected by second baseman Humberto Arteaga. Kyle Schwarber scores. Albert Almora scores. Tommy La Stella to 3rd.

Bot 3 • CHC

3-4

Tommy La Stella singles on a fly ball to left fielder Alex Gordon. Kyle Schwarber scores. Albert Almora scores.

Top 4 • KC

4-4

Ryan Goins out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Kyle Schwarber. Jorge Soler scores.

Top 5 • KC

5-4

Frank Schwindel doubles (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Albert Almora. Cheslor Cuthbert scores.

Bot 5 • CHC

5-6

Willson Contreras homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Javier Baez scores.

Top 6 • KC

8-6

Mike Moustakas homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Jon Jay scores. Cheslor Cuthbert scores.

Top 7 • KC

9-6

Drew Butera out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Fernando Kelli. Jorge Soler scores.

Bot 7 • CHC

9-9

Trent Giambrone homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Jeffrey Baez scores. Fernando Kelli scores.

Top 8 • KC

11-9

Ryan O'Hearn doubles (1) on a fly ball to left fielder Jeffrey Baez. Alfredo Escalera scores. Cody Asche scores.

HR:Contreras (5th off Duffy, 1 on, 0 out); Giambrone (7th off Smith, 2 on, 2 out)

2B:Bourjos

TB:20

RBI:Contreras 2; Bourjos 2; Giambrone 3; Stella 2

SB:Jr.

GIDP:Báez

Team LOB:6

WP:Chatwood

HBP:Jay (by Chatwood)

Inherited runners-scored:Berg 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Chatwood 49-34; Cishek 2-2; Wilson 9-5; Berg 1-1; Montgomery 21-17

Groundouts-flyouts:Chatwood 4-4; Cishek 0-2; Wilson 0-0; Berg 1-0; Montgomery 6-3

Bench
Ben Zobrist2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	.238/.273/.381
Javier BáezSS	3	1	1	0	0	0	.318/.348/.500
Willson ContrerasC	4	1	1	2	0	1	.320/.320/.840
Kyle SchwarberLF	1	2	1	0	2	0	.378/.477/.757
Albert Almora Jr.CF	3	2	1	0	0	0	.171/.190/.390
Tommy La Stella3B	2	0	1	2	1	0	.300/.333/.350
Efren Navarro1B	2	0	0	0	0	2	.263/.310/.421
Peter BourjosRF	3	0	1	2	0	0	.342/.366/.395
Tyler ChatwoodP	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000
Gioskar AmayaPH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500/.571/.667

Win Probability

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Chicago Cubs

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Chicago Cubs

Game Notes