NYY 4, KC 8 | Aug 10, 2021 | The Best Box Score

Wednesday, August 11, 2021•Kauffman Stadium•91°F, Partly Cloudy

NYY

Yankees

Royals

Final

WIN

Josh Staumont

LOSS

Nestor Cortes

The Royals defeated the Yankees 8-4.

★Salvador Perez2 HR, 3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Hanser Alberto hits a sacrifice bunt. Throwing error by pitcher Stephen Ridings. Michael A. Taylor scores. Hanser Alberto to 2nd.

Weather: 91°F, Partly CloudyWind: 8 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 12:10 AM UTCT: 3:03Att: 18,218Venue: Kauffman Stadium

Ump Audit

Bill Miller

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86.2%D

22 missed calls

+11.9% NYY

+0.36 runs KC

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

Game 632987 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

New York Yankees

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
DJ LeMahieu2B	4	0	1	1	1	0	.267/.344/.365	102.8	.260	.314
Giancarlo StantonLF	4	0	1	0	1	2	.260/.361/.447	107.2	.101	.094
Aaron JudgeRF	4	0	1	0	0	2	.278/.365/.504	94.1	.326	.318
Joey GalloDH	3	0	0	0	1	3	.214/.367/.468	81.8	-	-
Luke Voit1B	3	0	0	0	1	0	.233/.319/.375	101.6	.109	.157
Rougned Odor3B	3	1	0	0	1	3	.221/.302/.418	95.8	-	-
Kyle HigashiokaC	4	1	1	2	0	2	.185/.261/.411	103.7	.255	.492
Jonathan DavisCF	3	1	0	0	1	0	.136/.268/.185	90.8	.189	.211
Andrew VelazquezSS	4	1	1	0	0	2	.125/.125/.250	105.8	.344	.519
Bench
Nestor CortesP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Stephen RidingsP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	32	4	5	3	6	14	-	-	-	-

HR:Higashioka (4th off IV, 1 on, 1 out)

2B:Velazquez

TB:9

RBI:LeMahieu; Higashioka 2

Team LOB:7

Kansas City Royals

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Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit MerrifieldDH	5	2	2	0	0	0	.268/.314/.386	99.2	.462

Pitching

New York Yankees

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Nestor CortesL	5.2	7	5	4	0	5	2	80-55	85.4	2.70
Stephen Ridings	0.2	2	2	1	0	0	0	11-8	91.1	2.25
Joely Rodríguez	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	90.9	5.63
Nick Nelson	1.0	0	1	0	2	0	0	26-15	91.3	8.79
Totals	8.0	10	8	5	2	5	2	126-84	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Ridings 1-1; Rodríguez 1-1

Pitches-strikes:Cortes 80-55; Ridings 11-8; Rodríguez 9-6; Nelson 26-15

Groundouts-flyouts:Cortes 2-10; Ridings 1-1; Rodríguez 2-0; Nelson 1-3

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Daniel Lynch IV	4.2	4	3	3	4	6	1	100-58	89.9	5.97

Bot 1 • KC

0-2

Salvador Perez homers (28) on a fly ball to left center field. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 102.2 mph💣 418 ftLA: 33°

Top 3 • NYY

1-2

Giancarlo Stanton singles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Andrew Benintendi.

EV: 104.5 mph9 ftLA: -16°

Top 4 • NYY

3-2

Kyle Higashioka homers (7) on a fly ball to left center field. Rougned Odor scores.

EV: 103.7 mph💣 408 ftLA: 38°

Bot 5 • KC

3-3

Nicky Lopez strikes out swinging.

Top 6 • NYY

4-3

DJ LeMahieu singles on a ground ball to right fielder Hunter Dozier. Jonathan Davis scores.

EV: 90.3 mph107 ftLA: 6°

Bot 6 • KC

4-4

Salvador Perez homers (29) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 99.9 mph💣 377 ftLA: 38°

4-5

Hunter Dozier doubles (20) on a line drive to center fielder Jonathan Davis. Emmanuel Rivera scores. Hunter Dozier out at 3rd on the throw, center fielder Jonathan Davis to shortstop Andrew Velazquez to third baseman Rougned Odor.

EV: 108.6 mph368 ftLA: 15°

Bot 7 • KC

4-6

Hanser Alberto hits a sacrifice bunt. Throwing error by pitcher Stephen Ridings. Michael A. Taylor scores. Hanser Alberto to 2nd.

EV: 27.6 mph5 ftLA: -45°

4-7

Nicky Lopez out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Joely Rodriguez to first baseman Luke Voit. Hanser Alberto scores.

EV: 23.1 mph9 ftLA: -18°

Bot 8 • KC

4-8

Hanser Alberto out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jonathan Davis. Andrew Benintendi scores.

EV: 95.2 mph335 ftLA: 18°

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Batting

New York Yankees

Kansas City Royals

Pitching

New York Yankees

Kansas City Royals

Game Notes

Bench
Daniel Lynch IVP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Domingo TapiaP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Josh StaumontP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Wade DavisP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Scott BarlowP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-