CWS 4, KC 5 | Apr 29, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Sunday, April 29, 2018•Kauffman Stadium•69°F, Sunny

CWS

White Sox

Royals

Final

WIN

Kevin McCarthy

LOSS

Bruce Rondón

SAVE

Blaine Boyer

The Royals edged the White Sox 5-4 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Cheslor Cuthbert2 HR, 4 RBI

Key Moment

Top 7: Nicky Delmonico doubles (3) on a fly ball to right fielder Jorge Soler. Jose Abreu scores.

Weather: 69°F, SunnyWind: 15 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 6:15 PM UTCT: 3:19Att: 23,892Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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91.6%C

14 missed calls

+17.7% CWS

No run favor

Win Probability

KC WinCWS Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CWS	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	4	10	0
KC	0	0	0	1	3	0	0

Game 529817 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Chicago White Sox

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Yoán Moncada2B	5	0	2	0	0	2	.267/.353/.524	108.1	.573	.605
Yolmer Sánchez3B	4	0	0	0	1	1	.263/.314/.389	89.1	.198	.202
José Abreu1B	3	2	0	0	1	1	.263/.342/.485	97.7	.042	.037
Nicky DelmonicoLF	5	1	2	1	0	0	.254/.354/.338	104.6	.325	.457
Adam EngelPR	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159/.229/.206	-	-	-
Trayce ThompsonRF	2	1	0	0	1	0	.139/.162/.333	76.6	.100	.093
Tim AndersonSS	4	0	0	0	0	1	.267/.315/.436	85.2	.129	.137
Leury GarcíaCF	4	0	2	1	0	0	.263/.323/.351	100.2	.332	.333
Omar NarváezC	4	0	1	0	0	0	.189/.286/.243	99.9	.152	.157
Bench
Matt DavidsonDH	3	0	1	0	2	1	.253/.375/.609	90.6	.076	.083
Daniel PalkaRF	2	0	2	2	0	0	.400/.400/.867
Totals	36	4	10	4	5	6	-	-	-	-

2B:Palka; Delmonico 2

3B:García; Palka

TB:17

RBI:García; Palka 2; Delmonico

SB:Abreu

GIDP:Anderson

Team LOB:11

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	5	0	2	1	0	0	.250/.325/.375	100.8	.427

Pitching

Chicago White Sox

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Héctor Santiago	4.2	5	2	2	3	5	1	86-57	88.3	3.48
Chris Volstad	1.2	6	2	2	1	0	1	41-26	88.9	4.61
Luis Avilán	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-6	86.2	4.15
Bruce RondónL	1.0	1	1	0	0	1	0	14-10	91.8	5.59
Totals	8.0	12	5	4	4	7	2	151-99	-	-

WP:Volstad

HBP:Escobar (by Rondón)

Inherited runners-scored:Volstad 1-1; Avilán 3-0

Pitches-strikes:Santiago 86-57; Volstad 41-26; Avilán 10-6; Rondón 14-10

Groundouts-flyouts:Santiago 2-6; Volstad 4-0; Avilán 1-0; Rondón 1-1

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Ian Kennedy	5.0	5	2	2	2	6	0	97-66	89.8	3.48

Scoring Plays

Top 4 • CWS

2-0

Daniel Palka doubles (2) on a sharp fly ball to right fielder Jorge Soler. Jose Abreu scores. Nicky Delmonico scores.

EV: 108.0 mph365 ftLA: 44°

Bot 4 • KC

2-1

Cheslor Cuthbert homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 101.4 mph💣 381 ftLA: 35°

Bot 5 • KC

2-4

Cheslor Cuthbert homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. Salvador Perez scores. Jorge Soler scores.

EV: 101.4 mphLA: 32°

Top 6 • CWS

3-4

Leury Garcia triples (2) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jon Jay. Trayce Thompson scores.

EV: 100.2 mph359 ftLA: 17°

Top 7 • CWS

4-4

Nicky Delmonico doubles (3) on a fly ball to right fielder Jorge Soler. Jose Abreu scores.

EV: 78.1 mph273 ftLA: 27°

Bot 8 • KC

4-5

Whit Merrifield singles on a ground ball to center fielder Leury Garcia. Alcides Escobar scores.

EV: 87.6 mph80 ftLA: 4°

Bench
Cheslor Cuthbert1B	4	2	2	4	0	0	.224/.302/.329	104.1	.251	.464
Alcides EscobarSS	2	1	1	0	0	0	.215/.288/.333	100.6	.360	.365
Ian KennedyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Brian FlynnP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kevin McCarthyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Blaine BoyerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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Batting

Chicago White Sox

Kansas City Royals

Pitching

Chicago White Sox

Kansas City Royals

Game Notes