KC 8, CLE 6 | Sep 8, 2020 | The Best Box Score

Tuesday, September 8, 2020•Progressive Field•84°F, Partly Cloudy

Royals

CLE

Indians

Final

WIN

Greg Holland

LOSS

Adam Cimber

SAVE

Scott Barlow

The Royals defeated the Indians 8-6.

★Whit Merrifield3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 7: Cam Gallagher doubles (5) on a line drive to left fielder Josh Naylor. Nicky Lopez scores.

Weather: 84°F, Partly CloudyWind: 5 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 10:10 PM UTCT: 3:130Venue: Progressive Field

Ump Audit

Mark Carlson

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89.9%C

15 missed calls

+19.5% KC

No run favor

Win Probability

CLE WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	2	1	8	10	0
CLE	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0

Game 631559 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	5	2	2	3	0	0	.253/.303/.443	105.5	.563	.830
Adalberto MondesiSS	4	1	1	0	0	2	.201/.226/.273	94.8	.229	.274
Hunter Dozier1B	5	1	1	0	0	3	.240/.365/.448	85.3	.450	.432
Maikel FrancoDH	4	0	1	2	0	0	.267/.306/.466	109.2	.366	.281
Alex GordonLF	5	0	2	0	0	0	.223/.314/.355	102.1	.257	.238
Bubba StarlingCF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250/.295/.350	-	-	-
Edward OlivaresRF	4	0	1	0	0	2	.250/.276/.393	100.7	.527	.500
Nicky Lopez3B	3	2	1	2	0	0	.217/.297/.296	93.7	.141	.130
Cam GallagherC	3	1	1	1	1	2	.261/.333/.435	81.7	.907	.820
Bench
Matt Reynolds3B	3	1	0	0	0	2	.000/.000/.000	69.3	.122	.110
Jakob JunisP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	36	8	10	8	2	11	-	-	-	-

HR:Merrifield (3rd off McKenzie, 2 on, 1 out)

2B:Gallagher; Lopez; Merrifield

TB:16

RBI:Franco 2; Gallagher; Lopez 2; Merrifield 3

SB:Mondesi

SF:Franco

Team LOB:6

Cleveland Indians

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
César Hernández2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	.263/.342/.383	100.8	.295

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jakob Junis	4.1	7	5	5	0	3	3	68-47	84.2	5.57
Kyle Zimmer	1.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	25-15	87.2	1.53
Greg HollandW	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	23-18	86	2.42
Scott BarlowS	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	22-17	84.3	2.86
Totals	9.0	9	6	6	1	11	3	138-97	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Zimmer 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Junis 68-47; Zimmer 25-15; Holland 23-18; Barlow 22-17

Groundouts-flyouts:Junis 7-3; Zimmer 1-0; Holland 1-2; Barlow 1-0

Cleveland Indians

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Triston McKenzie	5.0	3	3	3	1	7	1	92-57	88.8	2.57

Bot 1 • CLE

0-2

Carlos Santana homers (5) on a fly ball to center field. Mike Freeman scores.

EV: 107.4 mph💣 429 ftLA: 28°

Bot 2 • CLE

0-3

Sandy Leon homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 103.9 mph💣 439 ftLA: 31°

Top 3 • KC

3-3

Whit Merrifield homers (8) on a fly ball to left field. Nicky Lopez scores. Cam Gallagher scores.

EV: 105.5 mph💣 406 ftLA: 31°

Bot 3 • CLE

3-5

Francisco Lindor homers (7) on a fly ball to right field. Cesar Hernandez scores.

EV: 93.7 mph💣 371 ftLA: 35°

Top 7 • KC

5-5

Cam Gallagher doubles (5) on a line drive to left fielder Josh Naylor. Nicky Lopez scores.

EV: 81.7 mph222 ftLA: 18°

4-5

Nicky Lopez grounds into a force out, shortstop Francisco Lindor to second baseman Cesar Hernandez. Matt Reynolds scores. Edward Olivares out at 2nd. Nicky Lopez to 1st.

EV: 93.7 mph9 ftLA: -15°

Top 8 • KC

7-5

Nicky Lopez hit by pitch. Hunter Dozier scores. Alex Gordon to 3rd. Bubba Starling to 2nd.

6-5

Maikel Franco out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Delino DeShields. Adalberto Mondesi scores.

EV: 87.7 mph316 ftLA: 33°

Top 9 • KC

8-5

Maikel Franco singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Delino DeShields. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 109.2 mph164 ftLA: 6°

Bot 9 • CLE

8-6

Sandy Leon grounds out, first baseman Hunter Dozier to second baseman Whit Merrifield to first baseman Hunter Dozier. Tyler Naquin scores. Josh Naylor to 2nd.

EV: 74.7 mph6 ftLA: -23°

HBP:Lopez (by Pérez)

Inherited runners-scored:Pérez 1-1; Plutko 3-0

Pitches-strikes:McKenzie 92-57; Karinchak 9-8; Quantrill 17-11; Cimber 13-11; Pérez 15-7; Plutko 18-12

Groundouts-flyouts:McKenzie 5-3; Karinchak 0-1; Quantrill 3-1; Cimber 0-1; Pérez 0-0; Plutko 1-2

Bench
Triston McKenzieP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
James KarinchakP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Cal QuantrillP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Adam CimberP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Oliver PérezP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Adam PlutkoP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-