CWS 9, KC 1 | May 8, 2021 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, May 8, 2021•Kauffman Stadium•76°F, Partly Cloudy

CWS

White Sox

Royals

Final

WIN

Lance Lynn

LOSS

Daniel Lynch IV

The White Sox cruised past the Royals 9-1 in a dominant performance.

★Yoán Moncada3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 9: Yermin Mercedes singles on a ground ball to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Jose Abreu scores.

Weather: 76°F, Partly CloudyWind: 11 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 11:10 PM UTCT: 3:04Att: 15,895Venue: Kauffman Stadium

Ump Audit

Edwin Moscoso

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88.7%D

18 missed calls

+4.1% CWS

No run favor

Win Probability

KC WinCWS Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CWS	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	12	0
KC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Game 634197 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Chicago White Sox

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Tim AndersonSS	5	2	2	0	0	1	.301/.330/.462	109.2	.215	.203
Nick Madrigal2B	5	1	2	0	0	0	.306/.349/.388	95.9	.322	.318
Yoán Moncada3B	5	1	2	3	0	2	.262/.360/.393	104.6	.512	.586
José Abreu1B	4	1	1	0	1	1	.211/.306/.404	108.2	.484	.731
Yermín MercedesDH	5	1	1	1	0	0	.371/.408/.577	99.9	.104	.103
Yasmani GrandalC	0	0	0	1	4	0	.121/.388/.259	100.2	-	.1115
Andrew VaughnLF	5	1	1	1	0	0	.258/.342/.348	109	.394	.619
Leury GarcíaCF	4	1	2	1	0	0	.200/.229/.263	91.3	.244	.261
Danny MendickRF	4	1	1	2	0	0	.350/.500/.500	97.3	.144	.237
Bench
Lance LynnP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Michael KopechP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	37	9	12	9	5	4	-	-	-	-

HR:Mendick (1st off IV, 1 on, 2 out)

2B:Moncada; Vaughn; Abreu

3B:García

TB:20

RBI:García; Grandal; Moncada 3; Vaughn; Mercedes; Mendick 2

SF:Grandal

GIDP:Vaughn

Team LOB:7

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	4	0	1	1	0	1	.262/.322/.405	95.7	.401

Pitching

Chicago White Sox

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Lance LynnW	5.0	1	0	0	4	6	90-51	91.9	1.52
Michael Kopech	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	28-18	92.4	1.61
Matt Foster	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	15-12	91.3	8.68
Evan Marshall	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	6-4	90.8	6.23
Totals	9.0	6	1	1	4	8	139-85	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Lynn 90-51; Kopech 28-18; Foster 15-12; Marshall 6-4

Groundouts-flyouts:Lynn 1-8; Kopech 2-3; Foster 0-2; Marshall 1-1

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Daniel Lynch IVL	0.2	7	8	8	1	0	1	34-24	90.6	18.56

Top 1 • CWS

8-0

Yoan Moncada singles on a line drive to center fielder Jarrod Dyson. Tim Anderson scores. Nick Madrigal to 2nd.

EV: 90.8 mph169 ftLA: 11°

7-0

Danny Mendick homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Leury Garcia scores.

EV: 97.3 mph💣 382 ftLA: 31°

5-0

Leury Garcia triples (1) on a line drive to right fielder Jorge Soler. Andrew Vaughn scores.

EV: 91.3 mph293 ftLA: 22°

4-0

Andrew Vaughn doubles (6) on a fly ball to center fielder Jarrod Dyson. Yermin Mercedes scores.

EV: 100.4 mph391 ftLA: 33°

3-0

Yasmani Grandal out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jarrod Dyson. Yoan Moncada scores.

EV: 100.2 mph383 ftLA: 30°

2-0

Yoan Moncada doubles (5) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Tim Anderson scores. Nick Madrigal scores.

EV: 104.6 mph331 ftLA: 19°

Bot 7 • KC

8-1

Whit Merrifield grounds out, third baseman Yoan Moncada to first baseman Jose Abreu. Jarrod Dyson scores.

EV: 85.1 mph4 ftLA: -24°

Top 9 • CWS

9-1

Yermin Mercedes singles on a ground ball to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Jose Abreu scores.

EV: 99.9 mph23 ftLA: -7°

Bench
Hanser AlbertoSS	3	0	0	0	0	0	.213/.226/.344	88.9	.216	.202
Daniel Lynch IVP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tyler ZuberP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kris BubicP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Wade DavisP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jake BrentzP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-