KC 3, CWS 9 | Aug 17, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, August 18, 2018•Guaranteed Rate Field•78°F, Clear

Royals

CWS

White Sox

Final

WIN

James Shields

LOSS

Tim Hill

The White Sox cruised past the Royals 9-3 in a dominant performance.

★José Abreu3 RBI

★Nicky Delmonico5 RBI

★Tim Anderson3-for-3, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Jose Abreu homers (22) on a line drive to left center field. Yoan Moncada scores. Yolmer Sanchez scores.

Weather: 78°F, ClearWind: 10 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 12:10 AM UTCT: 2:57Att: 24,556Venue: Guaranteed Rate Field

Ump Audit

Mark Carlson

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90.5%C

14 missed calls

+3.3% 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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	1
CWS	0	0	0	1	0	1	7

Game 531240 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit MerrifieldCF	2	1	2	1	2	0	.303/.373/.422	98	.446	.453
Alex GordonLF	3	0	0	1	0	1	.236/.317/.333	101.1	.375	.409
Salvador PerezDH	4	0	1	1	0	1	.237/.277/.439	106.6	.202	.201
Lucas Duda1B	4	0	0	0	0	3	.235/.304/.394	99.9	.067	.063
Rosell Herrera2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.249/.291/.335	91	.152	.148
Jorge BonifacioRF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.206/.293/.344	88.4	.191	.189
Hunter Dozier3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.212/.272/.329	81.8	.218	.205
Alcides EscobarSS	2	1	2	0	1	0	.208/.260/.289	90.4	.527	.502
Drew ButeraC	3	1	1	0	0	0	.184/.259/.277	82.9	.079	.084
Bench
Jakob JunisP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tim HillP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	30	3	6	3	3	7	-	-	-	-

2B:Escobar; Merrifield

TB:8

RBI:Perez; Gordon; Merrifield

CS:Merrifield

SF:Gordon

GIDP:Butera

Team LOB:4

Chicago White Sox

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Yoán Moncada2B	4	1	1	0	1	0	.219/.302/.393	105.2	.505

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jakob Junis	5.1	5	2	2	3	5	0	100-60	85.8	4.76
Tim HillLH	0.2	1	2	1	0	0	0	10-9	86.7	5.05
Jason AdamBS	0.1	4	5	5	1	1	2	20-11	83.6	6.12
Burch Smith	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	25-16	89.1	6.54
Totals	8.0	10	9	8	4	7	2	155-96	-	-

HBP:Sánchez (by Junis)

Inherited runners-scored:Hill 1-1; Adam 2-2

Pitches-strikes:Junis 100-60; Hill 10-9; Adam 20-11; Smith 25-16

Groundouts-flyouts:Junis 3-8; Hill 3-0; Adam 0-0; Smith 2-2

Chicago White Sox

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
James ShieldsW	7.0	6	3	3	2	5	0	101-66	84.9	4.39

Scoring Plays

Top 3 • KC

3-0

Salvador Perez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Leury Garcia. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 106.6 mph56 ft0

2-0

Alex Gordon out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Nicky Delmonico. Drew Butera scores.

EV: 91.7 mph317 ftLA: 43°

1-0

Whit Merrifield doubles (32) on a line drive to left fielder Nicky Delmonico. Alcides Escobar scores. Drew Butera to 3rd.

EV: 98.0 mph295 ftLA: 18°

Bot 4 • CWS

3-1

Nicky Delmonico singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jorge Bonifacio. Tim Anderson scores.

EV: 108.1 mph25 ftLA: -5°

Bot 6 • CWS

3-2

Nicky Delmonico grounds out, third baseman Hunter Dozier to first baseman Lucas Duda. Tim Anderson scores.

EV: 91.4 mph3 ftLA: -47°

Bot 7 • CWS

3-5

Jose Abreu homers (22) on a line drive to left center field. Yoan Moncada scores. Yolmer Sanchez scores.

EV: 104.7 mph💣 418 ftLA: 23°

3-6

Tim Anderson singles on a line drive to left fielder Alex Gordon. Leury Garcia scores. Omar Narvaez to 2nd.

EV: 58.9 mph169 ftLA: 25°

3-9

Nicky Delmonico homers (4) on a fly ball to right center field. Omar Narvaez scores. Tim Anderson scores.

EV: 105.8 mph💣 405 ftLA: 24°

Bench
Avisaíl GarcíaRF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.238/.268/.459	81.4	.013	.012
James ShieldsP							.167/.167/.167	-	-	-
Jace FryP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Thyago VieiraP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-