KC 7, PHI 5 | Aug 4, 2023 | The Best Box Score

Friday, August 4, 2023•Citizens Bank Park•76°F, Cloudy

Royals

PHI

Phillies

Final

WIN

Jordan Lyles

LOSS

Aaron Nola

SAVE

Austin Cox

The Royals defeated the Phillies 7-5.

★Dairon Blanco3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 8: Dairon Blanco hits a sacrifice bunt. Samad Taylor scores. Dairon Blanco to 1st.

Weather: 76°F, CloudyWind: 7 mph, Out To CFFirst pitch: 11:05 PM UTCT: 3:04Att: 36,510Venue: Citizens Bank Park

Ump Audit

CB Bucknor

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90.3%C

15 missed calls

+6.3% KC

No run favor

Win Probability

PHI WinKC Win

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

Game 717140 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Maikel Garcia3B	5	1	1	0	0	0	.282/.327/.390	102.1	.351	.346
Bobby Witt Jr.SS	5	1	2	2	0	2	.270/.308/.480	105.7	.641	.910
Michael Massey2B	5	1	1	1	0	1	.218/.276/.364	105.5	.308	.485
Salvador Perez1B	4	0	1	0	1	0	.246/.289/.427	90.3	.315	.291
Edward OlivaresDH	4	1	2	0	0	0	.252/.305/.416	106.8	.288	.347
Samad TaylorLF	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200/.298/.225	-	-	-
Freddy FerminC	4	1	2	1	0	2	.302/.342/.496	103.7	.581	.702
Dairon BlancoRF	3	0	1	3	0	1	.246/.297/.420	99.8	.446	.414
Kyle IsbelCF	4	0	0	0	0	3	.227/.259/.378	103.4	.063	.089
Bench
MJ MelendezLF	3	1	1	0	1	2	.214/.292/.348	92.8	.134	.227
Jordan LylesP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	37	7	11	7	2	11	-	-	-	-

HR:Jr. (3rd off Nola, 1 on, 1 out); Massey (6th off Nola, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Fermin; Olivares 2

3B:Melendez

TB:22

RBI:Fermin; Massey; Blanco 3; Jr. 2

SB:Blanco 3; Jr.

CS:Jr.

Team LOB:6

Philadelphia Phillies

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Kyle SchwarberDH	4	0	0	0	0	1	.178/.319/.415	113.9	.245

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jordan LylesW	5.2	8	5	5	0	2	1	91-60	85	6.24
Dylan ColemanH	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	11-4	88.7	10.80
Carlos HernándezH	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	18-10	92.9	3.60
Nick WittgrenH	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16-9	86.5	5.54
Austin CoxS	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-6	86	3.58
Totals	9.0	9	5	5	2	4	1	146-89	-	-

HBP:Marsh (by Lyles); Schwarber (by Cox)

Inherited runners-scored:Coleman 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Lyles 91-60; Coleman 11-4; Hernández 18-10; Wittgren 16-9; Cox 10-6

Groundouts-flyouts:Lyles 7-8; Coleman 0-0; Hernández 0-3; Wittgren 3-0; Cox 1-0

Philadelphia Phillies

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Aaron NolaL	5.1	8	5	5	1	8	2	100-64	87.6	4.58

Game Notes

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T5Replay review: Phillies challenged (tag play), call on the field was overturned: Bobby Witt Jr. picked off and caught stealing 3rd base, pitcher Aaron Nola to shortstop Trea Turner to third baseman Alec Bohm.

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T8Replay review: Phillies challenged (fair or foul in outfield), call on the field was upheld: MJ Melendez triples (3) on a fly ball to left fielder Brandon Marsh.

Bot 1 • PHI

0-2

Nick Castellanos homers (16) on a fly ball to left field. Alec Bohm scores.

EV: 100.3 mph💣 390 ftLA: 31°

Top 3 • KC

2-2

Bobby Witt Jr. homers (20) on a fly ball to left center field. Maikel Garcia scores.

EV: 105.7 mph💣 410 ftLA: 31°

Bot 4 • PHI

2-4

Johan Rojas doubles (3) on a fly ball to left fielder MJ Melendez. Bryson Stott scores. Brandon Marsh scores.

EV: 92.7 mph349 ftLA: 26°

Top 6 • KC

6-4

Dairon Blanco singles on a fly ball to right fielder Nick Castellanos. MJ Melendez scores. Freddy Fermin scores.

EV: 65.5 mph191 ftLA: 28°

4-4

Freddy Fermin doubles (7) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Brandon Marsh. Edward Olivares scores. MJ Melendez to 3rd.

EV: 103.7 mph346 ftLA: 20°

3-4

Michael Massey homers (9) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 105.5 mph💣 412 ftLA: 34°

Bot 6 • PHI

6-5

Trea Turner singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Dairon Blanco. Bryson Stott scores.

EV: 105.1 mph223 ftLA: 10°

Top 8 • KC

7-5

Dairon Blanco hits a sacrifice bunt. Samad Taylor scores. Dairon Blanco to 1st.

EV: 46.3 mph2 ftLA: -72°

Bench
Aaron NolaP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Yunior MarteP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jeff HoffmanP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Dylan CoveyP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-