CLE 5, KC 10 | Sep 29, 2021 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, September 30, 2021•Kauffman Stadium•78°F, Cloudy

CLE

Indians

Royals

Final

WIN

Greg Holland

LOSS

Nick Wittgren

The Royals cruised past the Indians 10-5 in a dominant performance.

★Salvador Perez3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Hunter Dozier triples (6) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder Oscar Mercado. Andrew Benintendi scores. Carlos Santana scores.

Weather: 78°F, CloudyWind: 3 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 12:10 AM UTCT: 3:16Att: 10,373Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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88.7%D

17 missed calls

+16.2% CLE

+0.46 runs KC

Win Probability

KC WinCLE Win

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

Game 632302 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Cleveland Indians

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Myles StrawCF	5	1	1	1	0	0	.272/.348/.349	98.5	.310	.297
Amed RosarioSS	5	0	1	1	0	2	.282/.318/.411	104.3	.203	.187
José Ramírez3B	4	0	0	1	0	1	.266/.357/.541	109.6	.336	.456
Franmil ReyesDH	3	1	1	0	1	0	.255/.325/.528	109.7	.358	.361
Harold RamírezLF	4	0	2	0	0	0	.267/.305/.402	111.3	.401	.377
Yu Chang1B	4	1	2	1	0	1	.232/.267/.425	100.8	.542	.511
Owen Miller2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	.203/.242/.310	108.2	.281	.333
Austin HedgesC	4	1	2	1	0	1	.180/.220/.302	104.9	.446	.416
Óscar MercadoRF	3	0	1	0	1	0	.218/.295/.361	92.5	.232	.230
Bench
Zach PlesacP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Nick WittgrenP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	36	5	11	5	2	5	-	-	-	-

2B:Chang; Rosario

TB:13

RBI:Chang; Hedges; Rosario; Ramírez; Straw

SB:Straw

SF:Ramírez

GIDP:Miller

Team LOB:7

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	5	1	2	1	0	1	.279/.318/.398	104.3	.394

Pitching

Cleveland Indians

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Zach Plesac	6.0	7	5	5	3	2	1	97-61	89.2	4.67
Nick WittgrenL	1.0	2	3	3	1	0	0	18-9	87.2	5.14
Justin Garza	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	22-13	92.4	4.71
Totals	8.0	11	10	10	5	3	1	137-83	-	-

WP:Plesac 2; Wittgren 2

HBP:Dozier (by Plesac)

Pitches-strikes:Plesac 97-61; Wittgren 18-9; Garza 22-13

Groundouts-flyouts:Plesac 3-12; Wittgren 2-1; Garza 1-1

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Daniel Lynch IV	3.0	7	4	4	2	2	0	81-49	90.3	5.69

Top 1 • CLE

1-0

Jose Ramirez out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. Myles Straw scores.

EV: 101.1 mph382 ftLA: 35°

Bot 1 • KC

1-3

Salvador Perez homers (48) on a fly ball to center field. Whit Merrifield scores. Nicky Lopez scores.

EV: 113.4 mph💣 439 ftLA: 24°

Bot 2 • KC

1-4

Kyle Isbel singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Myles Straw. Michael A. Taylor scores.

EV: 103.0 mph55 ft0

1-5

Whit Merrifield doubles (41) on a fly ball to center fielder Myles Straw. Kyle Isbel scores.

EV: 97.0 mph387 ftLA: 34°

Top 3 • CLE

2-5

Amed Rosario doubles (25) on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Kyle Isbel. Austin Hedges scores. Oscar Mercado to 3rd.

EV: 104.3 mph39 ftLA: -3°

Top 4 • CLE

4-5

Myles Straw grounds into a force out, third baseman Hanser Alberto to second baseman Whit Merrifield. Owen Miller scores. Austin Hedges out at 2nd. Myles Straw to 1st.

EV: 76.5 mph6 ftLA: -23°

3-5

Austin Hedges singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Michael A. Taylor, deflected by pitcher Daniel Lynch. Yu Chang scores. Owen Miller to 3rd.

EV: 104.9 mph75 ftLA: 4°

Top 5 • CLE

5-5

Yu Chang doubles (14) on a line drive to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Franmil Reyes scores. Harold Ramirez to 3rd.

EV: 84.3 mph144 ftLA: 12°

Bot 7 • KC

5-7

Hunter Dozier triples (6) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder Oscar Mercado. Andrew Benintendi scores. Carlos Santana scores.

EV: 103.4 mph386 ftLA: 25°

5-8

Michael A. Taylor flies out to shortstop Amed Rosario.

EV: 74.1 mph226 ftLA: 46°

Bot 8 • KC

5-9

Hanser Alberto doubles (19) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Myles Straw. Kyle Isbel scores.

EV: 101.6 mph382 ftLA: 22°

5-10

Cam Gallagher singles on a line drive to left fielder Harold Ramirez. Hanser Alberto scores.

EV: 95.0 mph198 ftLA: 10°

Bench
Salvador PerezC	2	1	1	3	0	1	.277/.318/.553	113.4	.994	.1976
Daniel Lynch IVP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Joel PayampsP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Greg HollandP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Domingo TapiaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Scott BarlowP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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