NYY 2, KC 5 | May 18, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, May 19, 2018•Kauffman Stadium•84°F, Clear

NYY

Yankees

Royals

Final

WIN

Jakob Junis

LOSS

CC Sabathia

SAVE

Kelvin Herrera

The Royals defeated the Yankees 5-2.

★Aaron Hicks3-for-4, 0 RBI

★Salvador Perez3 RBI

★Whit Merrifield3-for-4, 0 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Salvador Perez doubles (5) on a fly ball to right fielder Aaron Judge. Mike Moustakas scores.

Weather: 84°F, ClearWind: 9 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 12:15 AM UTCT: 2:46Att: 26,433Venue: Kauffman Stadium

Ump Audit

Sam Holbrook

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90.1%C

15 missed calls

+6.6% KC

+0.33 runs KC

Win Probability

KC WinNYY Win

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

Game 530071 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

New York Yankees

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Brett GardnerLF	5	0	1	0	0	1	.224/.346/.293	105.3	.219	.216
Aaron JudgeRF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.297/.430/.574	102.4	.158	.158
Didi GregoriusSS	4	0	0	0	0	1	.247/.333/.519	101.4	.183	.183
Giancarlo StantonDH	4	1	2	0	0	2	.258/.344/.509	90.3	.126	.121
Gary SánchezC	4	0	0	0	0	1	.209/.311/.496	101.5	.325	.468
Aaron HicksCF	4	1	3	0	0	1	.228/.331/.376	103.7	.312	.303
Neil Walker1B	4	0	1	1	0	1	.209/.296/.255	103.5	.370	.343
Miguel Andujar3B	3	0	0	1	0	0	.275/.287/.449	109.8	.382	.343
Gleyber Torres2B	2	0	1	0	2	0	.338/.398/.500	98.6	.494	.494
Bench
CC SabathiaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Chasen ShreveP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	34	2	8	2	2	7	-	-	-	-

TB:8

RBI:Andujar; Walker

SF:Andujar

Team LOB:8

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	4	2	3	0	0	0	.300/.363/.435	102.4	.433

Pitching

New York Yankees

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
CC SabathiaL	5.0	4	4	2	4	5	1	99-62	84.8	2.40
Chasen Shreve	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10-7	87.8	3.12
David Robertson	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	18-10	87.4	4.43
Jonathan Holder	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	12-10	88.3	4.05
Totals	8.0	6	5	3	5	7	1	139-89	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Sabathia 99-62; Shreve 10-7; Robertson 18-10; Holder 12-10

Groundouts-flyouts:Sabathia 5-6; Shreve 1-2; Robertson 2-1; Holder 0-1

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jakob JunisW	5.1	7	2	2	1	3	0	101-62	86.9	3.51

Scoring Plays

Bot 1 • KC

0-1

Salvador Perez pops into a force out, second baseman Gleyber Torres to shortstop Didi Gregorius. Whit Merrifield scores. Mike Moustakas out at 2nd. Salvador Perez to 1st.

EV: 60.7 mph193 ftLA: 32°

Bot 3 • KC

0-2

Jon Jay reaches on a fielding error by second baseman Gleyber Torres. Abraham Almonte scores. Whit Merrifield to 3rd. Salvador Perez to 2nd.

EV: 64.4 mph5 ftLA: -29°

0-3

Hunter Dozier walks. Whit Merrifield scores. Salvador Perez to 3rd. Jon Jay to 2nd.

Bot 5 • KC

0-4

Salvador Perez homers (6) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 104.1 mph💣 402 ftLA: 37°

Top 6 • NYY

2-4

Miguel Andujar out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Jorge Soler. Aaron Hicks scores.

EV: 93.5 mph323 ftLA: 33°

1-4

Neil Walker singles on a ground ball to center fielder Abraham Almonte. Giancarlo Stanton scores. Aaron Hicks to 3rd.

EV: 103.5 mph73 ftLA: 2°

Bot 7 • KC

2-5

Salvador Perez doubles (5) on a fly ball to right fielder Aaron Judge. Mike Moustakas scores.

EV: 97.8 mph304 ftLA: 25°

Bench
Jakob JunisP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tim HillP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kevin McCarthyP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Brad KellerP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kelvin HerreraP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-