KC 10, SF 6 | Feb 26, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Monday, February 26, 2018•Scottsdale Stadium•64°F, Sunny

Royals

Giants

Final

WIN

Brian Flynn

LOSS

Tyler Beede

The Royals defeated the Giants 10-6.

Key Moment

Bot 9: Alen Hanson triples (1) on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Donnie Dewees. Gregor Blanco scores. Kyle Jensen scores.

Weather: 64°F, SunnyWind: 2 mph, Out To CFFirst pitch: 8:05 PM UTCT: 2:55Att: 6,946Venue: Scottsdale Stadium

Win Probability

SF WinKC Win

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

Game 533844 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Bubba StarlingCF	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000/.250/.000
Jack LópezSS	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000
Ryan O'Hearn1B	2	1	1	0	0	1	.333/.500/1.000
Chase VallotDH	1	1	0	0	1	0	.000/.500/.000
Donnie DeweesRF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.000/1.000/1.500
Meibrys ViloriaC	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000/.500/.000
Humberto Arteaga3B	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.000/.667/1.000
Terrance GoreLF	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.000/1.000/1.000
Nicky Lopez2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250/.250/.250
Bench
Whit MerrifieldCF	3	2	2	2	0	0	.600/.600/1.400
Alcides EscobarSS	3	0	1	0	0	1	.200/.200/.200
Alex GordonLF
Totals	34	10	9	9	5	9	-

HR:Merrifield (4th off Holland, 1 on, 2 out)

2B:Mejia; Merrifield; Asche

3B:Mejia; O'Hearn

TB:19

RBI:Mejia 2; Merrifield 2; Gore 2; Dewees; Gordon; Arteaga

SF:Gordon

GIDP:Lopez

Team LOB:3

San Francisco Giants

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Grégor BlancoCF	2	1	1	1	0	1	.500/.500/1.000
Jerry Sands1B	2	0

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
Brian FlynnW	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	16-12	0.00
Sam GaviglioH	2.0	1	1	1	2	3	21-13	4.50
Blaine Boyer	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	6-6	0.00
Scott Barlow	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	14-14	0.00
Brad Keller	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	4-4	0.00
Scott Blewett	1.0	5	5	5	1	1	14-10	45.00
Totals	9.0	13	6	6	4	10	75-59	-

WP:Gaviglio

Pitches-strikes:Flynn 16-12; Gaviglio 21-13; Boyer 6-6; Barlow 14-14; Keller 4-4; Blewett 14-10

Groundouts-flyouts:Flynn 2-1; Gaviglio 0-3; Boyer 0-1; Barlow 2-1; Keller 1-2; Blewett 1-1

San Francisco Giants

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Tyler BeedeL	2.0	4	3	3	1	1	0	19-15	13.50

Scoring Plays

Top 1 • KC

1-0

Alex Gordon out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Mac Williamson. Whit Merrifield scores.

Top 2 • KC

3-0

Erick Mejia triples (1) on a line drive to right fielder Mac Williamson. Cody Asche scores. Drew Butera scores.

Bot 3 • SF

3-1

Nick Hundley out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Whit Merrifield. Orlando Calixte scores. Brandon Belt to 3rd.

Top 4 • KC

5-1

Whit Merrifield homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Erick Mejia scores.

Top 8 • KC

10-1

Nicky Lopez grounds into a double play, shortstop Ryan Howard to second baseman Miguel Gomez to first baseman Jerry Sands. Humberto Arteaga scores. Terrance Gore out at 2nd. Nicky Lopez out at 1st.

9-1

Terrance Gore singles on a soft line drive to right fielder Alen Hanson. Donnie Dewees scores. Meibrys Viloria scores. Humberto Arteaga to 3rd.

7-1

Humberto Arteaga walks. Chase Vallot scores. Donnie Dewees to 3rd. Meibrys Viloria to 2nd.

6-1

Donnie Dewees singles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Chris Shaw. Ryan O'Hearn scores. Chase Vallot to 2nd.

Bot 9 • SF

10-2

Jonah Arenado singles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Terrance Gore. Miguel Gomez scores.

10-3

Gregor Blanco doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Donnie Dewees. Jonah Arenado scores. Ryan Howard to 3rd.

10-4

Jerry Sands grounds out, second baseman Nicky Lopez to first baseman Ryan O'Hearn. Ryan Howard scores. Gregor Blanco to 3rd.

10-6

Alen Hanson triples (1) on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Donnie Dewees. Gregor Blanco scores. Kyle Jensen scores.

Inherited runners-scored:Cyr 3-3

Pitches-strikes:Beede 19-15; Holland 23-17; Gearrin 3-3; Law 3-3; Osich 7-7; Fernández 10-2; Cyr 9-5; IV 5-5

Groundouts-flyouts:Beede 1-4; Holland 1-1; Gearrin 1-2; Law 2-1; Osich 1-0; Fernández 0-0; Cyr 1-0; IV 1-1

Bench
Steven DuggarCF	3	0	0	0	0	2	.250/.250/.750
Brandon Belt1B	3	0	2	0	0	0	.286/.286/.286
Brandon CrawfordDH	2	0	0	0	1	0	.000/.333/.000
Nick HundleyC	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.000/.750/2.500
Mac WilliamsonRF	2	0	1	0	0	1	.429/.429/.857
Jarrett ParkerLF	1	0	0	0	1	1	.125/.222/.250
Josh Rutledge2B	2	0	0	0	0	2	.250/.250/.250
Chase d'Arnaud3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.286/.286/.429
Orlando CalixteSS	1	1	1	0	1	0	.556/.600/.556
Tyler BeedeP							.000/.000/.000
Derek HollandP							.000/.000/.000
Cory GearrinP							.000/.000/.000
Derek LawP							.000/.000/.000
Josh OsichP							.000/.000/.000
Julian FernándezP							.000/.000/.000
Tyler CyrP							.000/.000/.000
Madison Younginer IVP							.000/.000/.000

Win Probability

Batting

Kansas City Royals

San Francisco Giants

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

San Francisco Giants

Game Notes