SEA 1, KC 8 | Sep 18, 2021 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, September 18, 2021•Kauffman Stadium•88°F, Clear

SEA

Mariners

Royals

Final

WIN

Kris Bubic

LOSS

Yusei Kikuchi

The Royals cruised past the Mariners 8-1 in a dominant performance.

Key Moment

Bot 8: Nicky Lopez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Mitch Haniger. Hunter Dozier scores. Kyle Isbel to 3rd. Whit Merrifield to 2nd.

Weather: 88°F, ClearWind: 6 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 11:10 PM UTCT: 3:27Att: 20,085Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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94.4%B

9 missed calls

+19.5% SEA

No run favor

Win Probability

KC WinSEA Win

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

Game 632449 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Seattle Mariners

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
J.P. CrawfordSS	3	0	0	0	1	0	.265/.332/.364	88.8	.029	.049
Mitch HanigerRF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.251/.316/.469	98	.187	.187
Ty France1B	3	1	2	0	1	0	.291/.365/.441	100.7	.386	.559
Kyle Seager3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.207/.286/.438	92	.086	.078
Abraham Toro2B	3	0	0	1	0	0	.251/.326/.394	104.9	.399	.377
Luis TorrensDH	3	0	0	0	0	1	.236/.301/.426	100.1	.082	.075
Jarred KelenicCF	1	0	0	0	2	0	.170/.250/.326	97.7	.340	.563
Jake FraleyLF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.212/.352/.381	95	.243	.435
Cal RaleighC	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172/.215/.279	-	-	-
Bench
Tom MurphyC	2	0	0	0	0	0	.204/.301/.368	98.2	.360	.329
Dylan MooreLF	2	0	1	0	0	0	.177/.273/.337
Totals	27	1	3	1	4	2	-	-	-	-

2B:France

TB:4

RBI:Toro

CS:Moore

GIDP:Haniger; Murphy

Team LOB:3

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	5	2	2	0	0	1	.280/.320/.398	99.6	.293

Pitching

Seattle Mariners

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Yusei KikuchiL	3.0	8	3	3	0	3	0	86-54	89.4	4.32
Yohan Ramírez	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	16-10	91.1	3.52
Sean Doolittle	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	1	23-14	90.7	4.86
Erik Swanson	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-10	89.6	3.27
Matt Andriese	2.0	4	4	2	1	1	0	41-26	86.9	5.56
Totals	8.0	15	8	6	2	6	1	180-114	-	-

WP:Kikuchi 3; Ramírez

Pitches-strikes:Kikuchi 86-54; Ramírez 16-10; Doolittle 23-14; Swanson 14-10; Andriese 41-26

Groundouts-flyouts:Kikuchi 2-4; Ramírez 0-2; Doolittle 1-2; Swanson 1-1; Andriese 4-2

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Kris BubicW	6.1	2	1	1	4	2	0	97-57	86.9	4.80

Bot 1 • KC

0-1

Andrew Benintendi singles on a line drive to right fielder Mitch Haniger.

EV: 99.4 mph181 ftLA: 10°

0-2

Adalberto Mondesi singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Jarred Kelenic. Andrew Benintendi scores. Carlos Santana to 2nd.

EV: 105.3 mph18 ftLA: -6°

Bot 3 • KC

0-3

Michael A. Taylor doubles (14) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jarred Kelenic. Adalberto Mondesi scores.

EV: 106.5 mph400 ftLA: 20°

Bot 5 • KC

0-4

Michael A. Taylor homers (12) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 107.1 mph💣 433 ftLA: 26°

Top 7 • SEA

1-4

Abraham Toro grounds out, second baseman Whit Merrifield to first baseman Carlos Santana. Ty France scores.

EV: 99.7 mph109 ftLA: 6°

Bot 8 • KC

1-5

Nicky Lopez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Mitch Haniger. Hunter Dozier scores. Kyle Isbel to 3rd. Whit Merrifield to 2nd.

EV: 98.9 mph39 ftLA: -2°

1-6

Salvador Perez singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jarred Kelenic. Kyle Isbel scores. Whit Merrifield to 3rd. Nicky Lopez to 2nd.

EV: 111.1 mph272 ftLA: 14°

1-7

Andrew Benintendi out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jarred Kelenic. Whit Merrifield scores. Nicky Lopez to 3rd. Salvador Perez to 2nd.

EV: 88.6 mph300 ftLA: 44°

1-8

Carlos Santana grounds out sharply, second baseman Abraham Toro to first baseman Ty France. Nicky Lopez scores. Salvador Perez to 3rd.

EV: 107.3 mph62 ftLA: 1°

Bench
Hanser AlbertoDH	3	0	1	0	0	0	.269/.291/.396	87.5	.173	.161
Kris BubicP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Domingo TapiaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Josh StaumontP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Gabe SpeierP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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