CWS 2, KC 7 | Sep 3, 2021 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, September 4, 2021•Kauffman Stadium•78°F, Drizzle

CWS

White Sox

Royals

Final

WIN

Carlos Hernández

LOSS

Dallas Keuchel

The Royals cruised past the White Sox 7-2 in a dominant performance.

★Andrew Benintendi3-for-4, 1 RBI

★Michael A. Taylor3-for-4, 3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 2: Andrew Benintendi triples (2) on a fly ball to right fielder Andrew Vaughn. Carlos Santana scores.

Weather: 78°F, DrizzleWind: 6 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 12:10 AM UTCT: 3:17Att: 14,210Venue: Kauffman Stadium

Ump Audit

Carlos Torres

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90.7%C

15 missed calls

+41.4% CWS

+0.79 runs CWS

Win Probability

KC WinCWS Win

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

Game 632633 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Chicago White Sox

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Luis Robert Jr.CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.330/.370/.528	104	.267	.284
Danny Mendick2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217/.306/.289	-	-	-
José Abreu1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	.263/.344/.497	106.6	.282	.310
Brian GoodwinLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227/.318/.401	-	-	-
Seby ZavalaC	1	0	0	0	0	1	.198/.258/.407	83.7	-	-
Leury GarcíaSS	4	0	2	1	0	0	.252/.329/.348	97.6	.378	.358
Gavin SheetsDH	4	0	1	1	0	1	.240/.308/.542	92.6	.026	.025
Andrew VaughnRF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.248/.322/.425	89.6	.118	.133
Romy Gonzalez3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000	83.8	.327	.294
Bench
Yoán Moncada3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.264/.374/.397	99.6	.515	.652
Eloy JiménezLF	3	0	1	0	1	1	.272/.319/.512
Totals	33	2	6	2	3	6	-	-	-	-

TB:6

RBI:García; Sheets

Team LOB:7

Kansas City Royals

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Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	5	0	0	0	0	0	.277/.321/.399	101.5	.302

Pitching

Chicago White Sox

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Dallas KeuchelL	3.0	7	6	5	2	1	75-42	84.2	5.22
Matt Foster	1.2	3	1	1	0	2	34-25	89.4	5.66
Mike Wright Jr.	2.1	2	0	0	1	2	40-21	87.7	4.66
José Ruiz	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	10-6	90.8	3.35
Totals	8.0	12	7	6	3	6	159-94	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Foster 1-0; Jr. 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Keuchel 75-42; Foster 34-25; Jr. 40-21; Ruiz 10-6

Groundouts-flyouts:Keuchel 5-2; Foster 0-3; Jr. 4-1; Ruiz 1-1

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Carlos HernándezW	6.0	5	2	2	3	3	0	95-57	91.1	3.57

Bot 2 • KC

0-1

Michael A. Taylor grounds out, shortstop Leury Garcia to first baseman Jose Abreu. Edward Olivares scores.

EV: 92.9 mph5 ftLA: -23°

0-2

Andrew Benintendi triples (2) on a fly ball to right fielder Andrew Vaughn. Carlos Santana scores.

EV: 89.5 mph351 ftLA: 30°

Bot 3 • KC

0-5

Adalberto Mondesi singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Luis Robert. Nicky Lopez scores. Salvador Perez scores. Edward Olivares scores. Adalberto Mondesi to 2nd. Fielding error by center fielder Luis Robert.

EV: 105.4 mph106 ftLA: 5°

0-6

Michael A. Taylor singles on a ground ball to left fielder Eloy Jimenez. Adalberto Mondesi scores.

EV: 91.5 mph57 ftLA: 2°

Bot 5 • KC

0-7

Michael A. Taylor singles on a line drive to left fielder Eloy Jimenez. Salvador Perez scores. Carlos Santana to 2nd.

EV: 95.4 mph245 ftLA: 13°

Top 6 • CWS

2-7

Gavin Sheets singles on a fly ball to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Yasmani Grandal scores.

EV: 74.9 mph214 ftLA: 55°

1-7

Leury Garcia grounds out, pitcher Carlos Hernandez to first baseman Hunter Dozier. Jose Abreu scores. Yasmani Grandal to 2nd.

EV: 76.9 mph3 ftLA: -60°

Bench
Salvador PerezC	3	2	2	0	1	0	.275/.314/.534	107.1	.459	.434
Carlos HernándezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Domingo TapiaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Josh StaumontP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tyler ZuberP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-