KC 10, CWS 5 | Aug 1, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, August 2, 2018•Guaranteed Rate Field•80°F, Partly Cloudy

Royals

CWS

White Sox

Final

WIN

Jakob Junis

LOSS

Dylan Covey

The Royals cruised past the White Sox 10-5 in a dominant performance.

★Alex Gordon4 RBI

★Leury García3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 8: Leury Garcia singles on a ground ball to left fielder Alex Gordon. Jose Abreu scores.

Weather: 80°F, Partly CloudyWind: 6 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 12:10 AM UTCT: 3:01Att: 18,019Venue: Guaranteed Rate Field

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89.6%C

17 missed calls

+2.6% KC

No run favor

Win Probability

CWS WinKC Win

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

Game 531031 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit MerrifieldCF	5	1	1	0	0	0	.296/.365/.414	92.4	.212	.207
Alex GordonLF	4	2	2	4	1	0	.243/.315/.355	103.8	.238	.419
Salvador PerezC	5	1	1	0	0	0	.234/.271/.435	107.2	.315	.349
Lucas Duda1B	4	1	1	1	1	0	.236/.310/.395	100.4	.303	.350
Rosell Herrera3B	4	1	1	1	1	0	.267/.306/.378	103.4	.220	.252
Brett PhillipsRF	5	1	2	1	0	2	.212/.278/.394	101.1	.502	.622
Ryan O'HearnDH	4	0	1	1	1	2	.286/.444/.714	101.5	.342	.319
Alcides EscobarSS	3	1	0	0	1	0	.195/.247/.265	92.4	.233	.226
Adalberto Mondesi2B	3	2	1	0	0	1	.271/.286/.427	94.6	.290	.265
Bench
Jakob JunisP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Brian FlynnP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	37	10	10	8	5	5	-	-	-	-

HR:Gordon (6th off Danish, 1 on, 1 out)

2B:Phillips; Perez; Herrera; Gordon

TB:17

RBI:Phillips; Herrera; Duda; Gordon 4; O'Hearn

SB:Merrifield

GIDP:Merrifield

Team LOB:6

Chicago White Sox

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Yoán Moncada2B	3	2	2	1	2	1	.229/.311/.411	106.4	.590

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jakob JunisW	5.2	6	4	4	3	5	1	83-52	85.7	5.12
Brian Flynn	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	15-11	91.1	3.74
Glenn Sparkman	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	10-9	91.7	4.66
Brandon Maurer	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	20-13	92.9	11.40
Totals	9.0	9	5	5	4	7	1	128-85	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Flynn 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Junis 83-52; Flynn 15-11; Sparkman 10-9; Maurer 20-13

Groundouts-flyouts:Junis 4-6; Flynn 2-1; Sparkman 2-1; Maurer 2-0

Chicago White Sox

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Dylan CoveyL	4.1	5	7	4	3	1	0	83-45	90.2	5.57

Scoring Plays

Bot 1 • CWS

0-1

Yoan Moncada homers (14) on a line drive to right field.

EV: 106.4 mph💣 363 ftLA: 23°

Top 3 • KC

2-1

Alex Gordon doubles (14) on a fly ball to center fielder Leury Garcia. Alcides Escobar scores. Adalberto Mondesi scores.

EV: 93.5 mph357 ftLA: 25°

Top 4 • KC

3-1

Ryan O'Hearn singles on a line drive to left fielder Nicky Delmonico. Brett Phillips scores. Ryan O'Hearn to 2nd.

EV: 101.5 mph149 ftLA: 6°

Top 5 • KC

8-1

Alcides Escobar lines out to right fielder Avisail Garcia.

EV: 92.4 mph265 ftLA: 18°

7-1

Brett Phillips singles on a line drive to right fielder Avisail Garcia. Lucas Duda scores. Rosell Herrera to 3rd.

EV: 99.7 mph151 ftLA: 9°

6-1

Rosell Herrera hits a ground-rule double (8) on a line drive to left field. Salvador Perez scores. Lucas Duda to 3rd.

EV: 103.4 mph271 ftLA: 17°

5-1

Lucas Duda singles on a line drive to left fielder Nicky Delmonico. Alex Gordon scores. Salvador Perez to 2nd.

EV: 89.1 mph243 ftLA: 18°

4-1

Salvador Perez reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by third baseman Yolmer Sanchez. Whit Merrifield scores. Alex Gordon to 3rd. Missed catch error by second baseman Yoan Moncada, assist to third baseman Yolmer Sanchez.

EV: 98.2 mph17 ftLA: -7°

Top 6 • KC

10-1

Alex Gordon homers (7) on a fly ball to right field. Adalberto Mondesi scores.

EV: 103.8 mph💣 394 ftLA: 36°

Bot 6 • CWS

10-2

Daniel Palka walks. Kevan Smith scores. Yoan Moncada to 3rd. Jose Abreu to 2nd.

10-4

Leury Garcia singles on a ground ball to center fielder Whit Merrifield. Yoan Moncada scores. Jose Abreu scores. Daniel Palka to 2nd.

EV: 103.7 mph108 ftLA: 3°

Bot 8 • CWS

10-5

Leury Garcia singles on a ground ball to left fielder Alex Gordon. Jose Abreu scores.

EV: 103.5 mph44 ftLA: -1°

WP:Cedeño

Inherited runners-scored:Cedeño 2-2; Santiago 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Covey 83-45; Cedeño 16-9; Danish 27-14; Vieira 20-14; Santiago 22-16

Groundouts-flyouts:Covey 8-5; Cedeño 0-1; Danish 1-2; Vieira 2-2; Santiago 0-2

Bench
Dylan CoveyP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Xavier CedeñoP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tyler DanishP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Thyago VieiraP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Héctor SantiagoP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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