BAL 2, KC 9 | Jul 16, 2021 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, July 17, 2021•Kauffman Stadium•84°F, Partly Cloudy

BAL

Orioles

Royals

Final

WIN

Josh Staumont

LOSS

Keegan Akin

The Royals cruised past the Orioles 9-2 in a dominant performance.

★Pedro Severino3-for-4, 1 RBI

★Nicky Lopez4 RBI

★Whit Merrifield4-for-4, 3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 8: Pedro Severino homers (5) on a fly ball to left field.

Weather: 84°F, Partly CloudyWind: 4 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 12:10 AM UTCT: 3:01Att: 23,763Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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Ben May

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88.7%D

16 missed calls

+7.8% BAL

No run favor

Win Probability

KC WinBAL Win

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

Game 633328 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Baltimore Orioles

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Cedric MullinsCF	3	1	2	0	0	1	.317/.384/.543	100.5	.468	.454
Austin HaysLF	2	0	0	0	1	1	.244/.306/.430	101.2	.169	.168
Trey ManciniDH	4	0	0	1	0	1	.253/.328/.454	97.5	.182	.186
Ryan Mountcastle1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.252/.301/.441	98.9	.206	.210
Anthony SantanderRF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.227/.270/.380	105.2	.183	.168
Ramón UríasSS	4	0	0	0	0	2	.274/.342/.434	105.9	.366	.355
Pedro SeverinoC	4	1	3	1	0	0	.230/.307/.348	110.3	.706	.1005
Pat Valaika2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	.192/.255/.245	98.5	.248	.349
Kelvin Gutiérrez3B	3	0	0	0	0	3	.216/.256/.291	75.4	-	-
Bench
Keegan AkinP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
César ValdezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	31	2	6	2	1	9	-	-	-	-

HR:Severino (8th off Brentz, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Severino

TB:10

RBI:Severino; Mancini

GIDP:Hays

Team LOB:5

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit MerrifieldRF	4	2	4	3	0	0	.278/.327/.416	100.5	.498

Pitching

Baltimore Orioles

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Keegan AkinL	3.0	8	6	6	3	2	74-47	88.1	8.19
César Valdez	3.0	3	0	0	0	2	40-31	78.4	6.25
Shaun Anderson	2.0	4	3	2	1	2	37-26	87.7	8.03
Totals	8.0	15	9	8	4	6	151-104	-	-

WP:Akin

Pitches-strikes:Akin 74-47; Valdez 40-31; Anderson 37-26

Groundouts-flyouts:Akin 3-4; Valdez 4-2; Anderson 2-2

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Danny Duffy	4.0	2	1	1	1	3	0	54-35	88.6	2.51

Bot 1 • KC

0-1

Salvador Perez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Anthony Santander. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 74.0 mph80 ftLA: 7°

Bot 2 • KC

0-3

Nicky Lopez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Anthony Santander. Jorge Soler scores. Hanser Alberto scores. Nicky Lopez to 2nd.

EV: 100.0 mph119 ftLA: 6°

0-4

Whit Merrifield doubles (21) on a ground ball to left fielder Austin Hays. Nicky Lopez scores.

EV: 93.1 mph19 ftLA: -7°

0-5

Salvador Perez singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Austin Hays. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 114.4 mph253 ftLA: 13°

Bot 3 • KC

0-6

Whit Merrifield out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Anthony Santander. Hanser Alberto scores.

EV: 95.7 mph361 ftLA: 26°

Top 4 • BAL

1-6

Trey Mancini grounds out, third baseman Hunter Dozier to first baseman Carlos Santana. Cedric Mullins scores.

EV: 61.8 mph14 ftLA: -12°

Bot 7 • KC

1-8

Nicky Lopez doubles (9) on a line drive to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Jorge Soler scores. Michael A. Taylor scores. Nicky Lopez to 3rd. Nicky Lopez advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by center fielder Cedric Mullins.

EV: 94.8 mph285 ftLA: 17°

1-9

Whit Merrifield singles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Austin Hays. Nicky Lopez scores.

EV: 100.5 mph102 ftLA: 5°

Top 8 • BAL

2-9

Pedro Severino homers (5) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 105.2 mph💣 415 ftLA: 25°

WP:Duffy

HBP:Mullins (by Brentz); Hays (by Brentz)

Pitches-strikes:Duffy 54-35; Zimmer 20-12; Staumont 15-11; Holland 8-6; Brentz 22-13; Barlow 15-8

Groundouts-flyouts:Duffy 4-4; Zimmer 2-0; Staumont 1-0; Holland 0-2; Brentz 0-1; Barlow 0-2

Bench
Salvador PerezC	4	0	2	2	0	0	.278/.302/.501	114.4	.390	.452
Andrew BenintendiLF	4	0	2	0	0	1	.278/.330/.440	99.6	.356	.435
Danny DuffyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kyle ZimmerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Josh StaumontP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Greg HollandP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jake BrentzP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Scott BarlowP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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Batting

Baltimore Orioles

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Pitching

Baltimore Orioles

Kansas City Royals

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