CLE 9, KC 5 | Feb 23, 2020 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, February 23, 2020•Surprise Stadium•62°F, Partly Cloudy

CLE

Indians

Royals

Final

WIN

James Karinchak

LOSS

Kyle Zimmer

The Indians defeated the Royals 9-5.

Key Moment

Top 7: Gavin Collins homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.

Weather: 62°F, Partly CloudyWind: 2 mph, Out To RFFirst pitch: 8:05 PM UTCT: 3:06Att: 4,465Venue: Surprise Stadium

Win Probability

KC WinCLE Win

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

Game 604830 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Cleveland Indians

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Mitch LongoCF	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000/1.000/2.000
Tyler Krieger2B	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000
Cameron RuppDH	2	1	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000
Alex CallRF	0	2	0	0	2	0	.000/1.000/.000
Wilson Garcia1B	2	1	2	1	0	0	1.000/1.000/1.000
Andruw Monasterio3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000
Ka'ai TomLF	2	0	1	2	0	1	.500/.500/.500
Ernie ClementSS	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333/.333/.333
Gavin CollinsC	3	1	1	1	0	1	.333/.333/1.333
Bench
Delino DeShieldsCF	2	0	0	0	1	0	.000/.333/.000
Mike Freeman2B	3	0	1	2	0	1	.333/.333/.333
Domingo SantanaDH
Totals	39	9	12	8	5	8	-

HR:Reyes (6th off Hahn, 0 on, 0 out); Collins (7th off Kowar, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Longo; Chang; Giljegiljaw

TB:21

RBI:Freeman 2; Collins; Tom 2; Giljegiljaw; Garcia; Reyes

Team LOB:9

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Nick HeathLF	2	1	0	0	1	0	.250/.500/.500
Khalil LeeRF	2	1

Pitching

Cleveland Indians

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Jefry Rodriguez	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	1	19-12	4.50
Adam Cimber	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7-3	0.00
James KarinchakW	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-5	0.00
Phil MatonH	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-3	0.00
Dominic LeoneH	1.0	2	2	1	0	2	0	10-10	9.00
Kyle Dowdy	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-5	0.00
Jared Robinson	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	13-7	0.00
Dalbert Siri	1.0	1	2	1	2	0	0	13-5	9.00
Totals	9.0	5	5	3	5	8	1	75-50	-

WP:Robinson

Pitches-strikes:Rodriguez 19-12; Cimber 7-3; Karinchak 5-5; Maton 3-3; Leone 10-10; Dowdy 5-5; Robinson 13-7; Siri 13-5

Groundouts-flyouts:Rodriguez 3-0; Cimber 1-2; Karinchak 1-1; Maton 2-1; Leone 1-0; Dowdy 1-1; Robinson 1-0; Siri 2-2

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Scott Blewett	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8-8	0.00
Foster Griffin

Bot 2 • KC

0-1

Bubba Starling homers (1) on a line drive to left field.

Top 3 • CLE

1-1

Kungkuan Giljegiljaw doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Hunter Dozier. Yu Chang scores.

Top 5 • CLE

3-1

Mike Freeman singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Khalil Lee. Yu Chang scores. Beau Taylor scores. Delino DeShields to 3rd.

Top 6 • CLE

4-1

Franmil Reyes homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field.

Bot 6 • KC

4-3

Kelvin Gutierrez singles on a ground ball to center fielder Mitch Longo. Nick Heath scores. Khalil Lee scores.

Top 7 • CLE

7-3

Andruw Monasterio reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Kelvin Gutierrez. Alex Call scores. Wilson Garcia to 2nd.

6-3

Wilson Garcia singles on a line drive to left fielder Nick Heath. Cameron Rupp scores. Alex Call to 3rd.

5-3

Gavin Collins homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.

Top 9 • CLE

9-3

Ka'ai Tom singles on a ground ball to right fielder Khalil Lee. Alex Call scores. Wilson Garcia scores.

Bot 9 • KC

9-4

MJ Melendez out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Mitch Longo. Kelvin Gutierrez scores.

9-5

Matt Reynolds reaches on a throwing error by third baseman Andruw Monasterio. Kyle Isbel scores. Brett Phillips to 3rd. Matt Reynolds to 2nd.

HBP:Longo (by Kowar)

Inherited runners-scored:Hahn 2-0; Sparkman 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Blewett 8-8; Griffin 7-7; Singer 7-7; Zimmer 12-4; Hahn 11-7; Kowar 13-7; Sparkman 11-11; McCarthy 12-8

Groundouts-flyouts:Blewett 3-2; Griffin 0-2; Singer 1-0; Zimmer 1-1; Hahn 0-3; Kowar 2-1; Sparkman 1-0; McCarthy 1-1

Bench
Whit Merrifield2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000
Hunter DozierLF	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000/.500/.000
Salvador PerezDH	3	0	1	0	0	1	.250/.400/.250
Jorge SolerRF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.250/.250/1.000
Maikel Franco3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000
Ryan O'Hearn1B	2	0	0	0	0	1	.333/.500/1.333
Travis Jones1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000
Bubba StarlingCF	2	1	1	1	0	0	.333/.333/1.333
Meibrys ViloriaC	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000
Nicky LopezSS	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000/.500/.000
Scott BlewettP							.000/.000/.000
Foster GriffinP							.000/.000/.000
Brady SingerP							.000/.000/.000
Kyle ZimmerP							.000/.000/.000
Jesse HahnP							.000/.000/.000
Jackson KowarP							.000/.000/.000
Glenn SparkmanP							.000/.000/.000
Kevin McCarthyP							.000/.000/.000

Win Probability

Batting

Cleveland Indians

Kansas City Royals

Pitching

Cleveland Indians

Kansas City Royals

Game Notes