KC 4, NYY 5 | Jul 28, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, July 28, 2018•Yankee Stadium•84°F, Partly Cloudy

Royals

NYY

Yankees

Final

WIN

Dellin Betances

LOSS

Brian Flynn

SAVE

Aroldis Chapman

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

★Rosell Herrera3-for-5, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 8: Greg Bird homers (9) on a fly ball to right center field.

Weather: 84°F, Partly CloudyWind: 8 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 11:05 PM UTCT: 3:27Att: 45,043Venue: Yankee Stadium

Ump Audit

Manny Gonzalez

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89.9%C

17 missed calls

+3.5% NYY

+0.90 runs NYY

Win Probability

NYY WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	12	0
NYY	2	0	0	1	0	0	0

Game 530959 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	5	1	1	0	1	2	.300/.372/.422	78.2	.218	.202
Rosell HerreraCF	5	0	3	1	0	1	.260/.298/.350	112	.317	.296
Salvador PerezDH	4	1	2	1	1	0	.234/.273/.431	108	.601	.845
Jorge BonifacioRF	5	0	1	0	0	3	.224/.313/.376	87.4	.487	.462
Lucas Duda1B	3	0	0	1	1	2	.239/.310/.403	94.7	.197	.177
Adalberto MondesiSS	1	0	1	0	0	0	.294/.310/.471	85.6	.627	.613
Alex GordonLF	1	0	0	0	0	1	.236/.309/.336	-	-	-
Alcides Escobar3B	3	0	0	0	1	0	.199/.250/.270	99.1	.235	.239
Drew ButeraC	3	0	1	1	2	1	.193/.276/.294	101.7	.230	.294
Bench
Hunter Dozier3B	4	1	1	0	0	2	.205/.263/.326	73.3	.581	.534
Brian GoodwinCF	4	1	2	0	0	1	.256/.347/.427
Totals	38	4	12	4	6	13	-	-	-	-

HR:Perez (3rd off Sabathia, 0 on, 1 out)

2B:Butera; Dozier; Bonifacio

TB:18

RBI:Perez; Herrera; Butera; Duda

SB:Mondesi 2

Team LOB:15

New York Yankees

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Brett GardnerLF	3	1	1	0	2	0	.249/.341/.386	90.3	.205

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Heath Fillmyer	5.0	5	3	3	2	2	1	84-45	88.2	3.29
Brian FlynnL	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	1	37-21	89.8	3.83
Glenn Sparkman	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	18-9	91.1	4.15
Totals	8.0	10	5	5	4	4	2	139-75	-	-

HBP:Bird (by Fillmyer)

Inherited runners-scored:Sparkman 1-1

Pitches-strikes:Fillmyer 84-45; Flynn 37-21; Sparkman 18-9

Groundouts-flyouts:Fillmyer 5-8; Flynn 1-3; Sparkman 1-1

New York Yankees

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
CC Sabathia	4.2	6	2	2	2	8	1	79-49	86.3	3.53

Scoring Plays

Bot 1 • NYY

0-1

Miguel Andujar singles on a ground ball to second baseman Whit Merrifield. Brett Gardner scores. Giancarlo Stanton to 3rd.

EV: 87.2 mph6 ftLA: -18°

0-2

Neil Walker out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Rosell Herrera. Giancarlo Stanton scores. Miguel Andujar to 3rd.

EV: 88.8 mph291 ftLA: 45°

Top 3 • KC

1-2

Salvador Perez homers (17) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 108.0 mph💣 429 ftLA: 31°

Bot 4 • NYY

1-3

Shane Robinson homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 99.5 mph💣 391 ftLA: 29°

Top 5 • KC

2-3

Lucas Duda walks. Whit Merrifield scores. Rosell Herrera to 3rd. Salvador Perez to 2nd.

Top 6 • KC

3-3

Rosell Herrera singles on a ground ball to left fielder Shane Robinson. Brian Goodwin scores. Whit Merrifield to 2nd.

EV: 85.5 mph15 ftLA: -10°

Top 7 • KC

4-3

Drew Butera walks. Hunter Dozier scores. Brian Goodwin to 3rd. Alcides Escobar to 2nd.

Bot 8 • NYY

4-4

Greg Bird homers (9) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 107.4 mph💣 395 ftLA: 21°

4-5

Aaron Hicks out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Alex Gordon. Neil Walker scores.

EV: 87.8 mph315 ftLA: 22°

HBP:Duda (by Sabathia)

Inherited runners-scored:Holder 3-0; Green 2-1

Pitches-strikes:Sabathia 79-49; Holder 27-17; Green 6-5; Britton 26-11; Betances 12-12; Chapman 18-12

Groundouts-flyouts:Sabathia 2-4; Holder 1-1; Green 1-0; Britton 2-0; Betances 1-1; Chapman 0-1

Bench
Kyle HigashiokaC	3	0	0	0	0	0	.139/.205/.417	92.2	.211	.202
Tyler Wade2B	3	0	1	0	0	1	.186/.238/.305	76.6	.598	.560
Shane RobinsonLF	2	1	1	1	0	0	.375/.500/.750	99.5	.443	.732
CC SabathiaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jonathan HolderP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Chad GreenP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Zack BrittonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Dellin BetancesP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Aroldis ChapmanP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-