KC 2, SF 15 | Feb 27, 2019 | The Best Box Score

Wednesday, February 27, 2019•Scottsdale Stadium•71°F, Partly Cloudy

Royals

Giants

Final

WIN

Jeff Samardzija

LOSS

Chris Ellis

The Giants cruised past the Royals 15-2 in a dominant performance.

★Evan Longoria3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 8: Chris Shaw homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Breyvic Valera scores.

Weather: 71°F, Partly CloudyWind: 4 mph, VariesFirst pitch: 8:05 PM UTCT: 2:56Att: 6,311Venue: Scottsdale Stadium

Win Probability

SF WinKC Win

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

Game 566455 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Humberto ArteagaSS	2	1	1	0	0	0	.400/.400/.400
Jecksson Flores2B	2	0	1	0	0	0	.429/.556/.857
Elier HernandezRF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.250/.500/.750
Xavier FernándezDH	1	0	0	0	1	1	.000/.333/.000
Kelvin Gutiérrez3B	1	0	0	1	1	0	.333/.500/.500
Frank Schwindel1B	2	1	1	1	0	0	.250/.400/.625
Erick MejiaLF	2	0	1	0	0	0	.500/.444/1.125
Sebastián RiveroC	2	0	0	0	0	2	.200/.333/.400
Bubba StarlingCF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.667/.700/1.444
Bench
Adalberto MondesiSS	2	0	0	0	0	0	.429/.429/.571
Chris Owings2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.100/.182/.400
Jorge BonifacioRF
Totals	33	2	6	2	3	6	-

HR:Schwindel (9th off Franco, 0 on, 1 out)

3B:Mejia

TB:11

RBI:Gutiérrez; Schwindel

GIDP:Hernandez

Team LOB:7

San Francisco Giants

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
John AndreoliLF	2	1	1	2	0	0	.667/.800/.667
Alen Hanson2B	2	0

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Chris EllisL	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	12-11	9.00
Glenn Sparkman	3.0	3	3	3	2	2	21-19	7.20
Richard Lovelady	1.0	3	1	1	2	0	10-10	3.00
Kyle Zimmer	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	5-5	0.00
Andrés Machado	0.1	5	5	5	1	0	8-8	19.29
Yunior Marte	0.2	4	4	4	1	3	10-8	54.00
Totals	8.0	18	15	15	8	5	66-61	-

WP:Marte

HBP:Parra (by Sparkman)

Inherited runners-scored:Marte 2-2

Pitches-strikes:Ellis 12-11; Sparkman 21-19; Lovelady 10-10; Zimmer 5-5; Machado 8-8; Marte 10-8

Groundouts-flyouts:Ellis 0-5; Sparkman 5-2; Lovelady 1-0; Zimmer 2-0; Machado 0-0; Marte 0-1

San Francisco Giants

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Jeff SamardzijaW	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	10-10	0.00

Scoring Plays

Bot 1 • SF

0-1

Yangervis Solarte triples (1) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jorge Bonifacio. Gerardo Parra scores.

0-2

Evan Longoria out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Terrance Gore. Yangervis Solarte scores.

Bot 3 • SF

0-4

Evan Longoria homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Gerardo Parra scores.

Bot 5 • SF

0-5

Gerardo Parra homers (1) on a fly ball to right field.

Top 6 • KC

1-5

Kelvin Gutierrez walks. Humberto Arteaga scores. Jecksson Flores to 3rd. Xavier Fernandez to 2nd.

Bot 6 • SF

1-6

Mike Gerber singles on a ground ball to right fielder Elier Hernandez. Anthony Garcia scores. Hanser Alberto to 3rd.

Bot 8 • SF

1-7

Zach Green singles on a soft fly ball to center fielder Bubba Starling. Joey Bart scores.

1-9

John Andreoli singles on a ground ball to center fielder Bubba Starling. Zach Green scores. Hanser Alberto scores. Mike Gerber to 2nd.

1-11

Breyvic Valera triples (1) on a line drive to center fielder Bubba Starling. Mike Gerber scores. John Andreoli scores.

1-13

Chris Shaw homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Breyvic Valera scores.

1-14

Joey Bart homers (1) on a fly ball to center field.

1-15

Zach Green homers (1) on a fly ball to center field.

Top 9 • KC

2-15

Frank Schwindel homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.

HR:Longoria (3rd off Sparkman, 1 on, 1 out); Parra (5th off Sparkman, 0 on, 0 out); Shaw (8th off Marte, 1 on, 2 out); Bart (8th off Marte, 0 on, 2 out); Green (8th off Marte, 0 on, 2 out)

2B:Rupp; Bart; Parra

3B:Solarte; Valera

TB:40

RBI:Solarte; Valera 2; Shaw 2; Gerber; Longoria 3; Bart; Andreoli 2; Parra; Green 2

SB:Parra

CS:Hanson

SF:Longoria

Team LOB:4

WP:Franco

Pitches-strikes:Samardzija 10-10; Venditte 7-3; Suárez 8-8; Gott 15-7; Okert 6-6; Lovegrove 5-5; Franco 11-10

Groundouts-flyouts:Samardzija 1-4; Venditte 1-2; Suárez 2-2; Gott 2-1; Okert 0-2; Lovegrove 1-0; Franco 1-2

Bench
Gerardo ParraLF	2	3	2	1	0	0	.333/.375/1.000
Yangervis Solarte2B	3	1	2	1	0	1	.500/.500/1.125
Evan Longoria3B	1	1	1	3	0	0	.750/.714/1.500
Brandon CrawfordDH	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000
Cameron RuppC	2	0	1	0	0	0	.500/.600/.750
Aramis Garcia1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.125/.000
Henry RamosRF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.125/.125/.125
Abiatal AvelinoSS	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000
Drew FergusonCF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.111/.000
Jeff SamardzijaP							.000/.000/.000
Pat VenditteP							.000/.000/.000
Andrew SuárezP							.000/.000/.000
Trevor GottP							.000/.000/.000
Steven OkertP							.000/.000/.000
Kieran LovegroveP							.000/.000/.000
Enderson FrancoP							.000/.000/.000

Win Probability

Batting

Kansas City Royals

San Francisco Giants

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

San Francisco Giants

Game Notes