KC 8, SEA 7 | Aug 27, 2021 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, August 28, 2021•T-Mobile Park•65°F, Partly Cloudy

Royals

SEA

Mariners

Final

WIN

Josh Staumont

LOSS

Yohan Ramírez

The Royals edged the Mariners 8-7 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Salvador Perez3-for-5, 4 RBI

★Edward Olivares3 RBI

★Nicky Lopez3-for-6, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Top 12: Edward Olivares homers (5) on a fly ball to left field. Hanser Alberto scores.

Weather: 65°F, Partly CloudyWind: 1 mph, In From LFFirst pitch: 2:10 AM UTCT: 4:40Att: 22,953Venue: T-Mobile Park

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92.2%B

15 missed calls

+17.1% KC

+0.33 runs KC

Win Probability

SEA WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
KC	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	16	0
SEA	3

Game 632753 • 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	0	1	1	.281/.326/.403	100.6	.385	.483
Nicky LopezSS	6	1	3	1	0	0	.282/.353/.354	98.7	.266	.259
Salvador PerezC	5	1	3	4	1	1	.275/.312/.534	107	.454	.655
Hanser AlbertoDH	0	1	0	0	0	0	.263/.278/.384	-	-	-
Andrew BenintendiLF	6	0	1	0	0	0	.256/.302/.404	102.9	.140	.192
Hunter Dozier1B	6	1	0	0	0	2	.208/.278/.362	100.3	.261	.335
Edward OlivaresRF	1	1	1	3	0	0	.259/.290/.517	95.5	.227	.201
Michael A. TaylorCF	6	0	1	0	0	3	.244/.301/.356	106.6	.443	.465
Emmanuel Rivera3B	5	0	2	0	0	0	.280/.333/.347	99.8	.273	.278
Bench
Carlos SantanaDH	6	0	0	0	0	2	.225/.331/.369	98.5	.064	.079
Ryan O'HearnRF	4	1	3	0	0	0	.235/.268/.405
Totals	50	8	16	8	2	9	-	-	-	-

HR:Perez (4th off Gilbert, 3 on, 2 out); Olivares (12th off Ramírez, 1 on, 2 out)

2B:Merrifield; Benintendi; O'Hearn

TB:25

RBI:Perez 4; Olivares 3; Lopez

SB:Merrifield

SF:Olivares

GIDP:Santana

Team LOB:12

Seattle Mariners

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
J.P. CrawfordSS	6	2	2	0	0	0	.263/.326/.359	99.3	.340

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Kris Bubic	4.1	9	5	5	4	6	90-54	85.3	5.18
Carlos Hernández	5.2	1	1	0	0	6	80-57	91.7	3.62
Richard Lovelady	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	6-4	88.3	3.48
Josh StaumontW	1.1	1	1	0	1	2	31-20	93.6	3.33
Totals	12.0	11	7	5	6	15	207-135	-	-

WP:Staumont

IBB:Lovelady

Inherited runners-scored:Staumont 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Bubic 90-54; Hernández 80-57; Lovelady 6-4; Staumont 31-20

Groundouts-flyouts:Bubic 3-4; Hernández 5-6; Lovelady 1-0; Staumont 2-0

Seattle Mariners

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Logan Gilbert	4.0	9	5	5	1	5	1	91-60	90.5	5.44

Top 1 • KC

1-0

Nicky Lopez singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jarred Kelenic. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 82.9 mph39 ftLA: -2°

Bot 1 • SEA

1-1

Abraham Toro walks. J.P. Crawford scores. Mitch Haniger to 3rd. Ty France to 2nd.

1-3

Luis Torrens doubles (10) on a fly ball to right fielder Ryan O'Hearn. Mitch Haniger scores. Ty France scores. Abraham Toro to 3rd.

EV: 98.1 mph315 ftLA: 24°

Bot 2 • SEA

1-4

Luis Torrens walks. J.P. Crawford scores. Mitch Haniger to 3rd. Ty France to 2nd.

1-5

Tom Murphy singles on a line drive to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Mitch Haniger scores. Ty France to 3rd. Luis Torrens to 2nd.

EV: 99.0 mph155 ftLA: 10°

Top 4 • KC

5-5

Salvador Perez hits a grand slam (36) to center field. Ryan O'Hearn scores. Whit Merrifield scores. Nicky Lopez scores.

EV: 104.3 mph💣 412 ftLA: 31°

Top 10 • KC

6-5

Edward Olivares out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jarred Kelenic. Hunter Dozier scores.

EV: 86.7 mph318 ftLA: 29°

Bot 10 • SEA

6-6

Luis Torrens out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Kyle Seager scores.

EV: 103.7 mph353 ftLA: 37°

Top 12 • KC

8-6

Edward Olivares homers (5) on a fly ball to left field. Hanser Alberto scores.

EV: 95.5 mph💣 360 ftLA: 25°

Bot 12 • SEA

8-7

Abraham Toro grounds out, shortstop Nicky Lopez to first baseman Hunter Dozier. Ty France scores.

EV: 103.2 mph8 ftLA: -15°

WP:Gilbert

IBB:Smith

Inherited runners-scored:Sewald 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Gilbert 91-60; Doolittle 20-15; Sadler 12-6; Andriese 8-4; Steckenrider 10-7; Sewald 12-11; Swanson 11-6; Smith 11-8; Ramírez 14-10

Groundouts-flyouts:Gilbert 3-4; Doolittle 0-2; Sadler 2-0; Andriese 1-2; Steckenrider 0-2; Sewald 1-2; Swanson 1-2; Smith 0-2; Ramírez 1-1

Bench
Tom MurphyC	4	0	1	1	1	3	.206/.297/.367	99	.800	.759
Dylan MooreLF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.176/.274/.326	102.5	.190	.187
Logan GilbertP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Sean DoolittleP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Casey SadlerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Matt AndrieseP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Drew SteckenriderP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Paul SewaldP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Erik SwansonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Joe SmithP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Yohan RamírezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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