CIN 3, KC 8 | Mar 8, 2019 | The Best Box Score

Friday, March 8, 2019•Surprise Stadium•66°F, Cloudy

CIN

Reds

Royals

Final

WIN

Ian Kennedy

LOSS

Vladimir Gutierrez

The Royals cruised past the Reds 8-3 in a dominant performance.

★Khalil Lee3-for-3, 2 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 1: Hunter Dozier singles on a ground ball to right fielder Phillip Ervin. Alex Gordon scores. Ryan O'Hearn to 3rd.

Weather: 66°F, CloudyWind: 16 mph, VariesFirst pitch: 8:05 PM UTCT: 2:25Att: 4,599Venue: Surprise Stadium

Win Probability

KC WinCIN Win

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

Game 565694 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Cincinnati Reds

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
TJ FriedlLF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333/.429/.333
Kyle WrenDH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.077/.071/.077
Christian Colón2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	.353/.476/.588
Connor Joe3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.263/.333/.421
Mason WilliamsCF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.059/.111/.118
Tyler StephensonC	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286/.455/.286
Jordan PattersonRF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.053/.053/.105
Brian O'Grady1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.308/.471/.692
Alfredo RodriguezSS	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250/.333/.250
Bench
Jesse WinkerLF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.211/.211/.579
Derek DietrichDH	2	1	0	0	0	1	.300/.348/.700
José PerazaSS
Totals	34	3	7	3	0	6	-

HR:Peraza (1st off Kennedy, 1 on, 1 out)

2B:Ervin; Suárez; Farmer

TB:13

RBI:Trahan; Peraza 2

SB:Ervin

Team LOB:6

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Bubba StarlingCF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.400/.520/.800
D.J. Burt2B	1	0

Pitching

Cincinnati Reds

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	K	P-S	ERA
Vladimir GutierrezL	1.2	8	5	5	1	14-14	7.94
Seth Varner	0.1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0.00
Raisel Iglesias	1.0	2	1	1	2	10-9	9.00
Jared Hughes	1.0	1	0	0	0	3-3	5.40
Anthony Bass	1.0	2	2	0	0	6-5	0.00
Ian Krol	1.0	0	0	0	1	5-5	1.50
Keury Mella	1.0	0	0	0	1	5-5	14.73
Lucas Sims	1.0	0	0	0	1	6-5	9.00
Totals	8.0	13	8	6	6	50-47	-

HBP:Dozier (by Bass); Lee (by Sims)

Inherited runners-scored:Varner 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Gutierrez 14-14; Varner 1-1; Iglesias 10-9; Hughes 3-3; Bass 6-5; Krol 5-5; Mella 5-5; Sims 6-5

Groundouts-flyouts:Gutierrez 3-0; Varner 0-1; Iglesias 0-1; Hughes 2-0; Bass 3-0; Krol 1-1; Mella 2-0; Sims 0-2

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Ian KennedyW	4.0	5	3	3	0	5	1	31-27	4.50

Top 1 • CIN

2-0

Jose Peraza homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Derek Dietrich scores.

Bot 1 • KC

2-1

Alex Gordon doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Phillip Ervin. Billy Hamilton scores.

2-2

Hunter Dozier singles on a ground ball to right fielder Phillip Ervin. Alex Gordon scores. Ryan O'Hearn to 3rd.

Bot 2 • KC

2-3

Billy Hamilton singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Scott Schebler. Khalil Lee scores. Meibrys Viloria to 2nd.

2-4

Humberto Arteaga singles on a ground ball to center fielder Scott Schebler, deflected by shortstop Jose Peraza. Meibrys Viloria scores. Billy Hamilton to 3rd.

2-5

Alex Gordon grounds into a force out, fielded by shortstop Jose Peraza. Billy Hamilton scores. Humberto Arteaga out at 2nd. Alex Gordon to 1st.

Bot 3 • KC

2-6

Meibrys Viloria flies out to left fielder Jesse Winker.

Top 4 • CIN

3-6

Blake Trahan grounds out, second baseman Humberto Arteaga to first baseman Ryan O'Hearn. Phillip Ervin scores.

Bot 5 • KC

3-8

Khalil Lee singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Phillip Ervin. Hunter Dozier scores. Brian Goodwin scores.

HBP:Dietrich (by Kennedy); Ervin (by Kennedy)

Pitches-strikes:Kennedy 31-27; Diekman 5-5; Peralta 3-3; Ellis 8-8; Newberry 3-3

Groundouts-flyouts:Kennedy 5-2; Diekman 2-0; Peralta 1-2; Ellis 2-4; Newberry 3-0

Bench
Billy HamiltonCF	4	2	2	1	0	0	.273/.333/.409
Humberto Arteaga2B	2	0	2	1	0	0	.500/.474/.500
Alex GordonLF	3	1	1	2	0	0	.333/.440/.429
Ryan O'Hearn1B	3	0	2	0	0	0	.304/.429/.348
Hunter Dozier3B	2	1	1	1	0	1	.231/.310/.462
Brian GoodwinRF	2	1	0	0	0	1	.059/.150/.059
Nicky LopezSS	3	1	1	0	0	1	.310/.355/.345
Meibrys ViloriaC	3	1	1	0	0	0	.400/.474/.600
Ian KennedyP							.000/.000/.000
Jake DiekmanP							.000/.000/.000
Wily PeraltaP							.000/.000/.000
Chris EllisP							.000/.000/.000
Jake NewberryP							.000/.000/.000