KC 8, SF 9 | Mar 19, 2024 | The Best Box Score

Wednesday, March 20, 2024•Scottsdale Stadium•69°F, Clear

Royals

Giants

Final

WIN

Nick Swiney

LOSS

Walter Pennington

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

★Thairo Estrada3-for-3, 4 RBI

★Luis Matos3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 9: John Rave hits an inside-the-park home run (1) on a line drive to right-center field. Austin Nola scores.

Weather: 69°F, ClearWind: 1 mph, CalmFirst pitch: 2:05 AM UTCT: 2:58Att: 8,078Venue: Scottsdale Stadium

Win Probability

SF WinKC Win

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

Game 747891 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Kyle IsbelDH	3	2	2	1	2	0	.323/.382/.484
Shervyen Newton3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000
Nate EatonRF	2	0	0	0	0	2	.269/.321/.615
Austin NolaC	1	1	1	0	0	0	.217/.250/.217
John RaveLF	2	2	2	2	0	0	.250/.286/.450
Tyler TolbertCF	2	0	1	0	0	1	.250/.296/.333
Logan Porter1B	2	0	1	0	0	1	.211/.250/.211
Devin Mann2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200/.273/.200
Cam DevanneySS	1	0	1	1	0	0	.278/.350/.444
Bench
Nick Loftin2B	4	1	2	2	1	1	.344/.462/.563
MJ MelendezRF	3	0	0	0	0	2	.333/.450/.667
Salvador PerezC
Totals	39	8	13	8	4	8	-

HR:Pratto (2nd off Bivens, 0 on, 1 out); Loftin (3rd off Garrett, 3 on, 0 out); Rave (9th off Olsen, 1 on, 2 out)

2B:Pratto

TB:23

RBI:Isbel; Perez; Loftin 2; Rave 2; Devanney; Pratto

SB:Tolbert; Brosseau; Isbel 2

GIDP:Perez

Team LOB:8

San Francisco Giants

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Donovan Walton2B	1	1	1	0	0	0	.267/.476/.267
Yusniel DíazRF	1	0

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Seth Lugo	4.0	6	5	4	0	5	1	31-31	7.15
Jonah DipotoH	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1.93
Luis CessaBS	0.2	1	3	3	2	1	1	14-6	4.50
Nick Anderson	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-5	7.71
Matt Sauer	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-5	2.00
Dan Altavilla	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5-5	10.80
Walter PenningtonL	0.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	10-6	1.69
Totals	8.2	9	9	8	3	10	2	71-59	-

Inherited runners-scored:Cessa 1-1

Pitches-strikes:Lugo 31-31; Dipoto 1-1; Cessa 14-6; Anderson 5-5; Sauer 5-5; Altavilla 5-5; Pennington 10-6

Groundouts-flyouts:Lugo 6-3; Dipoto 1-0; Cessa 0-1; Anderson 0-2; Sauer 1-1; Altavilla 1-1; Pennington 1-0

San Francisco Giants

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Spencer Bivens	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	10-9	5.00
Amir Garrett

Top 1 • KC

1-0

Salvador Perez flies into a force out, left fielder Michael Conforto to second baseman Thairo Estrada. Kyle Isbel scores. MJ Melendez out at 2nd. Salvador Perez to 1st.

Top 2 • KC

2-0

Nick Pratto homers (3) on a fly ball to right field.

Bot 2 • SF

2-1

Luis Matos reaches on a fielding error by shortstop Garrett Hampson. Thairo Estrada scores.

2-2

Tom Murphy doubles (4) on a line drive to center fielder Dairon Blanco. Luis Matos scores.

Top 3 • KC

4-2

Nick Loftin homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. Kyle Isbel scores.

Top 4 • KC

5-2

Kyle Isbel singles on a line drive to center fielder Luis Matos. Mike Brosseau scores.

Bot 4 • SF

5-4

Luis Matos homers (4) on a fly ball to left field. Thairo Estrada scores.

Bot 5 • SF

5-8

Thairo Estrada hits a grand slam (2) to left field. Michael Conforto scores. LaMonte Wade Jr. scores. Matt Chapman scores.

Top 8 • KC

6-8

Cam Devanney singles on a ground ball to center fielder Ismael Munguia. John Rave scores. Logan Porter to 2nd.

Top 9 • KC

8-8

John Rave hits an inside-the-park home run (1) on a line drive to right-center field. Austin Nola scores.

Bot 9 • SF

8-9

LaMonte Wade Jr. singles on a ground ball to center fielder Tyler Tolbert. Donovan Walton scores. Marco Luciano to 2nd.

WP:Swiney

Inherited runners-scored:Sanchez 1-0; Swiney 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Bivens 10-9; Garrett 21-12; Sanchez 8-8; Stashak 16-8; Garza 8-8; Olsen 13-12; Swiney 5-3

Groundouts-flyouts:Bivens 3-3; Garrett 2-2; Sanchez 2-0; Stashak 4-0; Garza 1-1; Olsen 0-0; Swiney 0-0

Bench
Mike YastrzemskiRF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.150/.320/.150
Wilmer Flores1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.375/.459/.656
Michael ConfortoLF	3	1	2	0	0	0	.296/.429/.333
Jorge SolerDH	2	0	0	0	1	0	.296/.424/.296
Matt Chapman3B	2	1	0	0	1	0	.278/.409/.500
Thairo Estrada2B	3	3	3	4	0	0	.342/.375/.605
Luis MatosCF	3	2	1	3	0	1	.262/.326/.667
Nick AhmedSS	3	0	0	0	0	2	.435/.536/.826
Tom MurphyC	3	0	1	1	0	2	.233/.294/.367
Spencer BivensP							.000/.000/.000
Amir GarrettP							.000/.000/.000
Juan SanchezP							.000/.000/.000
Cody StashakP							.000/.000/.000
Justin GarzaP							.000/.000/.000
Mat OlsenP							.000/.000/.000
Nick SwineyP							.000/.000/.000

Win Probability

Batting

Kansas City Royals

San Francisco Giants

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

San Francisco Giants

Game Notes