KC 8, CWS 6 | Sep 11, 2019 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, September 12, 2019•Guaranteed Rate Field•87°F, Cloudy

Royals

CWS

White Sox

Final

WIN

Glenn Sparkman

LOSS

Reynaldo López

SAVE

Ian Kennedy

The Royals defeated the White Sox 8-6.

★Jorge Soler2 HR, 4 RBI

★Adalberto Mondesi3-for-5, 2 RBI

★Eloy Jiménez4 RBI

Key Moment

Top 8: Jorge Soler homers (43) on a fly ball to left center field. Adalberto Mondesi scores.

Weather: 87°F, CloudyWind: 14 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 12:10 AM UTCT: 3:16Att: 14,385Venue: Guaranteed Rate Field

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90.7%C

14 missed calls

+4.6% KC

+0.21 runs CWS

Win Probability

CWS WinKC Win

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

Game 567336 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	5	1	1	0	0	2	.306/.353/.472	95.8	.177	.222
Adalberto MondesiSS	5	3	3	2	0	1	.270/.297/.439	106.4	.582	.817
Jorge SolerDH	5	2	4	4	0	0	.255/.347/.552	109	.567	.904
Alex GordonLF	5	0	1	0	0	1	.264/.340/.402	99	.184	.177
Brett PhillipsCF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.156/.278/.267	93.5	.040	.065
Hunter Dozier3B	2	0	0	0	0	2	.289/.362/.546	102	-	-
Cheslor Cuthbert1B	4	0	1	0	1	0	.245/.289/.372	103.2	.144	.130
Bubba StarlingRF	4	1	1	1	0	0	.208/.246/.308	98.5	.140	.229
Meibrys ViloriaC	4	0	1	0	0	1	.233/.286/.311	105.3	.519	.477
Bench
Ryan McBroomRF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.250/.308/.333	76.4	.045	.041
Ryan O'Hearn1B	2	1	2	1	1	0	.194/.287/.367
Totals	41	8	14	8	2	9	-	-	-	-

HR:Soler (1st off López, 2 on, 1 out); Mondesi (3rd off López, 1 on, 0 out); Starling (4th off López, 0 on, 0 out); O'Hearn (5th off López, 0 on, 2 out); Soler (8th off Fulmer, 2 on, 2 out)

2B:Soler

TB:30

RBI:Soler 4; Starling; Mondesi 2; O'Hearn

SB:Mondesi 2

Team LOB:8

Chicago White Sox

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Leury GarcíaRF	5	0	1	0	0	0	.276/.307/.375	97.4	.311

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Glenn SparkmanW	5.0	4	3	3	1	4	1	76-51	89.8	5.94
Scott BarlowH	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	24-14	89.9	4.60
Jesse Hahn	0.2	3	2	2	1	0	1	27-14	91.4	6.75
Tim HillH	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3-3	84.6	3.73
Ian KennedyS	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-9	90.9	3.39
Totals	9.0	8	6	6	2	6	2	139-91	-	-

WP:Sparkman

Inherited runners-scored:Hill 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Sparkman 76-51; Barlow 24-14; Hahn 27-14; Hill 3-3; Kennedy 9-9

Groundouts-flyouts:Sparkman 4-7; Barlow 2-3; Hahn 1-1; Hill 0-0; Kennedy 1-2

Chicago White Sox

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Reynaldo LópezL	4.2	9	6	6	1	6	4	88-60	91.4	5.35

Top 1 • KC

2-0

Jorge Soler homers (42) on a fly ball to left center field. Adalberto Mondesi scores.

EV: 98.6 mph💣 366 ftLA: 37°

Bot 1 • CWS

2-3

Eloy Jimenez homers (26) on a fly ball to right center field. Tim Anderson scores. Yoan Moncada scores.

EV: 102.5 mph💣 390 ftLA: 32°

Top 3 • KC

4-3

Adalberto Mondesi homers (9) on a fly ball to center field. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 106.4 mph💣 429 ftLA: 26°

Top 4 • KC

5-3

Bubba Starling homers (4) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 98.5 mph💣 383 ftLA: 32°

Top 5 • KC

6-3

Ryan O'Hearn homers (13) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 102.8 mph💣 404 ftLA: 31°

Bot 6 • CWS

6-4

Eloy Jimenez grounds out, shortstop Adalberto Mondesi to first baseman Ryan O'Hearn. Jose Abreu scores.

EV: 69.4 mph91 ftLA: 7°

Top 8 • KC

8-4

Jorge Soler homers (43) on a fly ball to left center field. Adalberto Mondesi scores.

EV: 109.0 mph💣 439 ftLA: 32°

Bot 8 • CWS

8-6

Jose Abreu homers (32) on a fly ball to left field. Tim Anderson scores.

EV: 110.5 mph💣 418 ftLA: 24°

Inherited runners-scored:Osich 1-0; Fulmer 2-0

Pitches-strikes:López 88-60; Ruiz 22-13; Osich 4-3; Fulmer 29-21; Santiago 15-9; Herrera 6-5

Groundouts-flyouts:López 4-4; Ruiz 1-2; Osich 1-0; Fulmer 0-3; Santiago 1-1; Herrera 0-1

Bench
Zack CollinsDH	3	0	0	0	0	1	.093/.264/.209	95	.028	.025
Adam EngelCF	3	0	1	0	0	1	.227/.303/.341	90.7	.176	.160
Reynaldo LópezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
José RuizP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Josh OsichP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Carson FulmerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Héctor SantiagoP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kelvin HerreraP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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