CWS 5, KC 3 | Jul 27, 2021 | The Best Box Score

Wednesday, July 28, 2021•Kauffman Stadium•88°F, Clear

CWS

White Sox

Royals

Final

WIN

Reynaldo López

LOSS

Kyle Zimmer

SAVE

Liam Hendriks

The White Sox defeated the Royals 5-3.

★Eloy Jiménez3 RBI

⚾Brad Keller7.0 IP, 1 ER, 4 K

Key Moment

Top 8: Eloy Jimenez homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Adam Engel scores. Jose Abreu scores.

Weather: 88°F, ClearWind: 7 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 12:10 AM UTCT: 2:35Att: 14,298Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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88.2%D

15 missed calls

+10.3% KC

No run favor

Win Probability

KC WinCWS Win

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

Game 633166 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Chicago White Sox

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Tim AndersonSS	4	0	1	0	0	1	.303/.337/.443	104.1	.322	.442
Yoán Moncada3B	4	0	0	1	0	0	.270/.387/.412	108.7	.294	.300
José Abreu1B	2	1	0	0	2	0	.249/.333/.463	99.5	.259	.421
Seby ZavalaC	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182/.280/.273	-	-	-
Gavin SheetsDH	3	1	1	1	1	1	.231/.311/.569	108.9	.536	.1005
Andrew VaughnLF	4	0	1	0	0	0	.258/.317/.452	97.9	.153	.216
Brian GoodwinRF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.242/.319/.419	88.6	.237	.225
Leury García2B	4	1	1	0	0	2	.246/.322/.348	104.5	.401	.368
Adam EngelCF	0	1	0	0	0	0	.262/.347/.538	73.4	-	-
Bench
Eloy JiménezLF	4	1	2	3	0	0	.250/.250/.625	109.3	.451	.690
Zack CollinsC	2	0	0	0	0	1	.212/.331/.363
Totals	31	5	6	5	3	6	-	-	-	-

HR:Sheets (4th off Keller, 0 on, 2 out); Jiménez (8th off Zimmer, 2 on, 2 out)

2B:García

TB:13

RBI:Moncada; Sheets; Jiménez 3

GIDP:Moncada; Jiménez

Team LOB:3

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.274/.320/.404	100.7	.261

Pitching

Chicago White Sox

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Dylan Cease	6.0	6	3	2	1	6	89-57	90.3	4.14
Reynaldo LópezW	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	10-5	91.9	2.00
Michael KopechH	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	14-11	91.9	1.56
Liam HendriksS	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	14-10	96.4	2.44
Totals	9.0	6	3	2	2	11	127-83	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Cease 89-57; López 10-5; Kopech 14-11; Hendriks 14-10

Groundouts-flyouts:Cease 5-6; López 0-1; Kopech 0-0; Hendriks 0-2

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Brad Keller	7.0	4	1	1	2	4	1	90-58	90.8	5.55

Bot 2 • KC

0-1

Hunter Dozier out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Brian Goodwin. Jorge Soler scores. Andrew Benintendi to 2nd.

EV: 98.3 mph383 ftLA: 33°

0-2

Michael A. Taylor reaches on a fielding error by right fielder Andrew Vaughn. Andrew Benintendi scores.

EV: 93.1 mph310 ftLA: 20°

Top 4 • CWS

1-2

Gavin Sheets homers (6) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 108.9 mph💣 429 ftLA: 25°

Bot 4 • KC

1-3

Ryan O'Hearn singles on a ground ball to right fielder Andrew Vaughn. Andrew Benintendi scores.

EV: 94.1 mph19 ftLA: -5°

Top 8 • CWS

5-3

Eloy Jimenez homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Adam Engel scores. Jose Abreu scores.

EV: 109.3 mph💣 459 ftLA: 33°

2-3

Yoan Moncada grounds out sharply, second baseman Whit Merrifield to first baseman Carlos Santana. Leury Garcia scores. Adam Engel to 3rd.

EV: 104.9 mph78 ftLA: 2°

WP:Brentz

HBP:Engel (by Brentz)

IBB:Zimmer

Inherited runners-scored:Zimmer 1-1

Pitches-strikes:Keller 90-58; Brentz 18-12; Zimmer 9-6; Staumont 12-7

Groundouts-flyouts:Keller 9-6; Brentz 2-0; Zimmer 0-0; Staumont 1-1

Bench
Ryan O'HearnRF	3	0	1	1	0	2	.225/.257/.413	94.9	.283	.255
Brad KellerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jake BrentzP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kyle ZimmerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Josh StaumontP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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