KC 14, LAD 8 | Mar 15, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, March 15, 2018•Camelback Ranch•68°F, Partly Cloudy

Royals

LAD

Dodgers

Final

WIN

Jason Hammel

LOSS

Rich Hill

The Royals cruised past the Dodgers 14-8 in a dominant performance.

★Frank Schwindel2 HR, 4 RBI

★Ryan O'Hearn2 HR, 5 RBI

Key Moment

Top 9: Frank Schwindel homers (2) on a fly ball to left field.

Weather: 68°F, Partly CloudyWind: 10 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 8:05 PM UTCT: 3:06Att: 10,917Venue: Camelback Ranch

Win Probability

LAD WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	6	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	14	19	0
LAD	3	0	1	0	0	0	0

Game 534095 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Alfredo EscaleraCF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.200/.200/.200
Billy BurnsLF	2	0	0	1	0	1	.182/.182/.182
Michael SaundersRF	3	1	1	0	0	1	.308/.379/.385
Logan MoonDH	1	1	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000
Cody Asche3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	.278/.417/.556
Frank Schwindel1B	2	2	2	4	0	0	.231/.259/.731
Nick DiniC	1	1	1	1	0	0	.182/.231/.455
Humberto ArteagaSS	2	1	1	0	0	0	.412/.429/.529
Erick Mejia2B	2	0	1	0	0	0	.333/.360/.583
Bench
Jon JayCF	3	1	2	0	1	0	.400/.471/.533
Alex GordonLF	3	0	0	0	1	2	.114/.238/.143
Jorge SolerRF
Totals	46	14	19	14	2	10	-

HR:O'Hearn (1st off Hill, 2 on, 1 out); O'Hearn (2nd off Ramos, 1 on, 1 out); Schwindel (6th off Liberatore, 2 on, 1 out); Schwindel (9th off Spitzbarth, 0 on, 0 out); Dini (9th off Spitzbarth, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Soler; Duda; Cuthbert; Arteaga

3B:Gallagher

TB:40

RBI:Dini; Schwindel 4; Goins; Burns; Duda 2; O'Hearn 5

Team LOB:7

Los Angeles Dodgers

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Yusniel DíazLF	1	1	1	1	0	0	.182/.250/.545
Alex VerdugoDH	2	0

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Jason HammelW	4.0	5	4	4	1	1	2	29-20	7.88
Brian Flynn	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8-8	1.13
Mike Broadway	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	8-8	2.08
Glenn Sparkman	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-3	0.00
Kevin McCarthy	1.0	5	4	4	0	0	1	11-8	7.56
Totals	9.0	12	8	8	1	4	3	59-47	-

WP:McCarthy

HBP:Pederson (by Hammel)

Pitches-strikes:Hammel 29-20; Flynn 8-8; Broadway 8-8; Sparkman 3-3; McCarthy 11-8

Groundouts-flyouts:Hammel 6-4; Flynn 2-2; Broadway 0-1; Sparkman 2-1; McCarthy 3-0

Los Angeles Dodgers

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Rich HillL	0.1	7	6	6	0	1	1	11-11	8.59

Game Notes

👋

T1Cheslor Cuthbert hits a ground-rule double (1) on a ground ball through the hole at shortstop, on fan interference. Lucas Duda to 3rd.

🥎

B9Passed ball

💨

B9Wild pitch by Kevin McCarthy

Scoring Plays

Top 1 • KC

6-0

Ryan Goins singles on a line drive to center fielder Joc Pederson. Cam Gallagher scores.

5-0

Ryan O'Hearn homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Lucas Duda scores. Cheslor Cuthbert scores.

2-0

Lucas Duda singles on a line drive to right fielder Trayce Thompson. Jon Jay scores. Jorge Soler scores.

Bot 1 • LAD

6-1

Corey Seager grounds out, shortstop Ryan Goins to first baseman Ryan O'Hearn. Andrew Toles scores.

6-3

Yasmani Grandal homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Joc Pederson scores.

Top 2 • KC

8-3

Ryan O'Hearn homers (2) on a fly ball to center field. Cheslor Cuthbert scores.

Bot 3 • LAD

8-4

Corey Seager homers (1) on a fly ball to center field.

Top 6 • KC

11-4

Frank Schwindel homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Michael Saunders scores. Logan Moon scores.

Top 9 • KC

14-4

Billy Burns grounds into a force out, shortstop Gavin Lux to second baseman Omar Estevez. Humberto Arteaga scores. Erick Mejia out at 2nd. Billy Burns to 1st.

13-4

Nick Dini homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.

12-4

Frank Schwindel homers (2) on a fly ball to left field.

Bot 9 • LAD

14-5

Edwin Rios homers (1) on a fly ball to center field.

14-6

Omar Estevez grounds out, third baseman Cody Asche to first baseman Frank Schwindel. Gavin Lux scores.

14-7

Yusniel Diaz doubles (1) on a line drive to center fielder Alfredo Escalera. Rylan Bannon scores.

14-8

Alex Verdugo singles on a line drive to center fielder Alfredo Escalera. Yusniel Diaz scores.

HR:Grandal (1st off Hammel, 1 on, 1 out); Seager (3rd off Hammel, 0 on, 0 out); Rios (9th off McCarthy, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Toles; Díaz

3B:Lux

TB:25

RBI:Verdugo; Díaz; Grandal 2; Estévez; Rios; Seager 2

SB:Pederson; Toles

GIDP:Utley 2

Team LOB:4

Inherited runners-scored:Ramos 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Hill 11-11; Ramos 16-12; Jansen 5-5; Fields 3-3; Cingrani 11-7; Liberatore 9-9; Jankowski 11-11; Spitzbarth 11-10

Groundouts-flyouts:Hill 0-0; Ramos 0-3; Jansen 0-2; Fields 1-2; Cingrani 0-2; Liberatore 1-2; Jankowski 2-0; Spitzbarth 2-0

Bench
Andrew TolesLF	4	1	1	0	0	2	.333/.333/.639
Corey SeagerDH	3	1	1	2	0	0	.208/.321/.417
Joc PedersonCF	2	1	0	0	1	0	.143/.231/.200
Yasmani GrandalC	3	1	2	2	0	1	.267/.333/.700
Enrique Hernández1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	.310/.444/.793
Chase Utley2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.214/.267/.286
Trayce ThompsonRF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.310/.333/.345
Jake Peter3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	.313/.324/.688
Donovan SolanoSS	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333/.406/.444
Rich HillP							.000/.000/.000
Cesár RamosP							.000/.000/.000
Kenley JansenP							.000/.000/.000
Josh FieldsP							.000/.000/.000
Tony CingraniP							.000/.000/.000
Adam LiberatoreP							.000/.000/.000
Jordan JankowskiP							.000/.000/.000
Shea SpitzbarthP							.000/.000/.000