KC 8, COL 7 | May 15, 2022 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, May 15, 2022•Coors Field•72°F, Sunny

Royals

COL

Rockies

Final

WIN

Josh Staumont

LOSS

Daniel Bard

SAVE

Scott Barlow

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

★Emmanuel Rivera3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Randal Grichuk singles on a line drive to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. C.J. Cron scores. Ryan McMahon scores. Brendan Rodgers to 3rd.

Weather: 72°F, SunnyWind: 5 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 7:10 PM UTCT: 3:23Att: 34,505Venue: Coors Field

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93.4%B

12 missed calls

+5.6% COL

+0.28 runs KC

Win Probability

COL WinKC Win

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

Game 663010 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	4	1	2	2	0	0	.191/.220/.260	105.9	.389	.498
Michael A. TaylorCF	3	0	0	0	2	1	.228/.333/.326	87.6	.326	.310
Salvador PerezDH	5	0	1	2	0	1	.209/.244/.411	100	.235	.256
Carlos Santana1B	4	0	0	0	1	1	.143/.310/.229	95.7	.106	.101
Hunter Dozier3B	5	0	2	0	0	0	.282/.325/.455	105.4	.362	.352
Bobby Witt Jr.SS	2	2	1	1	2	0	.217/.254/.375	104.2	.523	.1036
MJ MelendezC	3	1	0	0	1	1	.217/.333/.261	100.5	.223	.277
Andrew BenintendiLF	0	1	0	0	1	0	.316/.375/.421	64.4	-	-
Kyle IsbelRF	0	1	0	0	0	0	.185/.214/.222	-	-	-
Bench
Emmanuel Rivera3B	3	2	2	3	0	0	.240/.321/.480	107.1	.568	.894
Nicky Lopez2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.190/.283/.220
Totals	33	8	9	8	7	4	-	-	-	-

HR:Rivera (5th off Gomber, 1 on, 2 out); Merrifield (6th off Gomber, 0 on, 0 out); Jr. (7th off Chacín, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Rivera

TB:19

RBI:Perez 2; Merrifield 2; Rivera 3; Jr.

CS:Dozier

SF:Merrifield

GIDP:Taylor

Team LOB:6

Colorado Rockies

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Connor JoeDH	4	1	1	0	1	1	.282/.369/.452	106.8	.385

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Daniel Lynch IV	5.1	3	0	0	4	4	96-54	87.7	3.30
Collin SniderH	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	9-6	90.5	4.50
Amir Garrett	0.1	0	2	2	2	0	18-8	85.2	4.35
Taylor Clarke	0.2	4	4	2	0	0	27-18	91.1	2.63
Josh StaumontW	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	16-10	88.6	3.95
Scott BarlowS	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	16-11	83.1	1.15
Totals	9.0	9	7	5	6	6	182-107	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Snider 2-0; Garrett 1-0; Clarke 3-3

Pitches-strikes:IV 96-54; Snider 9-6; Garrett 18-8; Clarke 27-18; Staumont 16-10; Barlow 16-11

Groundouts-flyouts:IV 3-8; Snider 1-1; Garrett 0-1; Clarke 1-2; Staumont 0-2; Barlow 1-1

Colorado Rockies

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Austin Gomber	6.0	4	3	3	3	3	2	84-52	85.3	4.38

Top 5 • KC

2-0

Emmanuel Rivera homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.

EV: 107.1 mph💣 441 ftLA: 24°

Top 6 • KC

3-0

Whit Merrifield homers (2) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 105.9 mph💣 388 ftLA: 24°

Top 7 • KC

6-0

Whit Merrifield out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Sam Hilliard. Emmanuel Rivera scores.

EV: 91.2 mph323 ftLA: 26°

5-0

Emmanuel Rivera doubles (1) on a line drive to center fielder Yonathan Daza. MJ Melendez scores.

EV: 95.4 mph333 ftLA: 19°

4-0

Bobby Witt Jr. homers (3) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 104.2 mph💣 436 ftLA: 26°

Bot 7 • COL

6-2

Yonathan Daza singles on a line drive to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. Elias Diaz scores. Garrett Hampson scores. Connor Joe to 3rd.

EV: 79.7 mph217 ftLA: 18°

6-3

C.J. Cron singles on a line drive to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. Connor Joe scores. Yonathan Daza to 3rd.

EV: 84.4 mph291 ftLA: 20°

6-4

Ryan McMahon reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by second baseman Nicky Lopez. Yonathan Daza scores. C.J. Cron to 2nd. Throwing error by second baseman Nicky Lopez.

EV: 91.7 mph74 ftLA: 3°

6-6

Randal Grichuk singles on a line drive to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. C.J. Cron scores. Ryan McMahon scores. Brendan Rodgers to 3rd.

EV: 96.5 mph276 ftLA: 14°

6-7

Elias Diaz out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Whit Merrifield. Brendan Rodgers scores.

EV: 93.8 mph369 ftLA: 29°

Top 9 • KC

8-7

Salvador Perez singles on a line drive to left fielder Sam Hilliard. Andrew Benintendi scores. Kyle Isbel scores. Michael A. Taylor to 2nd.

EV: 94.8 mph291 ftLA: 16°

Bench
Austin GomberP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jhoulys ChacínP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Robert StephensonP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tyler KinleyP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Daniel BardP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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Colorado Rockies

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