KC 8, BAL 9 | Sep 8, 2021 | The Best Box Score

Wednesday, September 8, 2021•Oriole Park at Camden Yards•83°F, Partly Cloudy

Royals

BAL

Orioles

Final

WIN

Manny Barreda

LOSS

Josh Staumont

SAVE

Tyler Wells

The Orioles edged the Royals 9-8 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Whit Merrifield3-for-5, 0 RBI

★Andrew Benintendi4-for-5, 5 RBI

★Kelvin Gutiérrez3-for-4, 2 RBI

Key Moment

Top 9: Andrew Benintendi homers (13) on a fly ball to right field. Edward Olivares scores. Whit Merrifield scores.

Weather: 83°F, Partly CloudyWind: 6 mph, L To RFirst pitch: 11:05 PM UTCT: 3:32Att: 4,965Venue: Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Ump Audit

Sean Barber

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88.2%D

18 missed calls

+35.9% KC

+2.08 runs KC

Win Probability

BAL WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	8	13	2
BAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Game 632576 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	5	3	3	0	0	1	.280/.324/.402	98.5	.422	.500
Nicky LopezSS	5	1	2	1	0	0	.293/.362/.365	95.5	.402	.396
Salvador PerezC	4	1	1	1	1	0	.276/.316/.548	108.7	.300	.479
Andrew BenintendiLF	5	1	4	5	0	0	.259/.305/.415	105.9	.434	.641
Carlos Santana1B	5	0	0	0	0	1	.223/.326/.370	109.8	.298	.294
Adalberto Mondesi3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.298/.310/.649	87.9	.022	.021
Hunter DozierRF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.201/.276/.345	-	-	-
Michael A. TaylorDH	3	1	1	0	1	1	.243/.298/.352	84.9	.642	.600
Edward OlivaresCF	2	1	1	0	0	0	.227/.281/.409	76.3	.698	.641
Bench
Ryan O'HearnRF	4	0	1	0	0	0	.222/.253/.380	98.2	.080	.082
Mike MinorP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	37	8	13	7	2	5	-	-	-	-

HR:Perez (7th off Diplán, 0 on, 1 out); Benintendi (9th off Tate, 2 on, 2 out)

2B:Lopez; Merrifield; Benintendi

TB:22

RBI:Perez; Lopez; Benintendi 5

SB:Merrifield

CS:Olivares

Team LOB:6

Baltimore Orioles

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Cedric MullinsCF	4	2	0	0	1	0	.305/.369/.538	96	.191

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Mike Minor	6.0	5	0	0	0	3	0	90-60	87.3	5.05
Joel Payamps	1.0	2	3	3	1	3	0	31-21	92.5	3.18
Josh StaumontLH	0.1	2	3	2	1	0	0	25-16	93.1	3.44
Jake BrentzBS	0.2	2	3	0	0	1	1	28-19	93.5	3.28
Totals	8.0	11	9	5	2	7	1	174-116	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Staumont 2-2; Brentz 3-3

Pitches-strikes:Minor 90-60; Payamps 31-21; Staumont 25-16; Brentz 28-19

Groundouts-flyouts:Minor 7-9; Payamps 0-0; Staumont 0-1; Brentz 1-1

Baltimore Orioles

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Matt Harvey	4.1	9	4	3	1	2	0	74-51	88.6	6.27

Top 1 • KC

1-0

Andrew Benintendi singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Ryan McKenna. Nicky Lopez scores.

EV: 103.7 mph281 ftLA: 14°

Top 3 • KC

2-0

Nicky Lopez grounds out, pitcher Matt Harvey to first baseman Ryan Mountcastle.

EV: 95.5 mph16 ftLA: -12°

Top 5 • KC

4-0

Andrew Benintendi singles on a ground ball to first baseman Ryan Mountcastle. Whit Merrifield scores. Nicky Lopez to 3rd. Salvador Perez to 2nd.

EV: 68.9 mph15 ftLA: -6°

3-0

Nicky Lopez doubles (16) on a fly ball to center fielder Ryan McKenna. Michael A. Taylor scores. Whit Merrifield to 3rd.

EV: 90.5 mph349 ftLA: 31°

Top 7 • KC

5-0

Salvador Perez homers (42) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 105.4 mph💣 419 ftLA: 34°

Bot 8 • BAL

5-1

Austin Hays doubles (21) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Edward Olivares. Cedric Mullins scores. Ryan Mountcastle to 3rd.

EV: 103.7 mph393 ftLA: 20°

5-2

Anthony Santander singles on a line drive to right fielder Hunter Dozier. Ryan Mountcastle scores. Austin Hays to 3rd. Pedro Severino to 2nd.

EV: 96.7 mph258 ftLA: 16°

5-3

Ramon Urias singles on a ground ball to right fielder Hunter Dozier. Austin Hays scores. Pedro Severino to 3rd. Anthony Santander to 2nd.

EV: 91.0 mph23 ftLA: -5°

5-5

Kelvin Gutierrez singles on a line drive to center fielder Edward Olivares. Pedro Severino scores. Anthony Santander scores. Ramon Urias to 2nd.

EV: 97.9 mph212 ftLA: 10°

5-7

Cedric Mullins reaches on a fielding error by right fielder Hunter Dozier. Ramon Urias scores. Kelvin Gutierrez scores. Cedric Mullins to 2nd.

EV: 96.0 mph332 ftLA: 43°

5-9

Ryan Mountcastle homers (26) on a fly ball to left field. Cedric Mullins scores.

EV: 104.0 mph💣 366 ftLA: 25°

Top 9 • KC

8-9

Andrew Benintendi homers (13) on a fly ball to right field. Edward Olivares scores. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 101.6 mph💣 384 ftLA: 30°

HBP:Olivares (by Tate)

IBB:Harvey

Inherited runners-scored:Abad 3-1

Pitches-strikes:Harvey 74-51; Abad 32-18; Diplán 11-7; Barreda 12-9; Tate 15-13; Wells 2-2

Groundouts-flyouts:Harvey 6-3; Abad 2-2; Diplán 0-2; Barreda 0-2; Tate 1-1; Wells 1-0

Bench
Jorge MateoSS	3	0	0	0	0	0	.247/.295/.382	83.4	.038	.042
DJ StewartPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.208/.329/.388	90.2	.005	.005
Ryan McKennaCF	3	0	2	0	0	1	.195/.301/.263	93.9	.595	.559
Matt HarveyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Fernando AbadP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Marcos DiplánP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Manny BarredaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-