KC 9, PIT 6 | Apr 28, 2021 | The Best Box Score

Wednesday, April 28, 2021•PNC Park•79°F, Cloudy

Royals

PIT

Pirates

Final

WIN

Kyle Zimmer

LOSS

Mitch Keller

SAVE

Josh Staumont

The Royals defeated the Pirates 9-6.

★Jorge Soler3-for-5, 3 RBI

★Salvador Perez3-for-5, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 8: Phillip Evans singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jarrod Dyson. Adam Frazier scores.

Weather: 79°F, CloudyWind: 13 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 10:35 PM UTCT: 3:55Att: 4,226Venue: PNC Park

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92.4%B

16 missed calls

+16.0% KC

+0.35 runs PIT

Win Probability

PIT WinKC Win

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

Game 634315 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	4	2	2	0	1	1	.286/.330/.429	105.2	.398	.382
Carlos Santana1B	4	3	1	0	1	0	.244/.364/.476	106.5	.300	.313
Salvador PerezC	5	1	3	1	0	2	.266/.303/.489	107.3	.616	.676
Jarrod DysonRF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308/.357/.538	-	-	-
Andrew BenintendiLF	2	1	1	2	3	1	.221/.310/.312	88.2	.208	.231
Josh StaumontP	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Michael A. TaylorCF	4	0	0	1	1	1	.270/.333/.365	90.2	.123	.141
Nicky LopezSS	5	0	0	0	0	0	.254/.324/.349	99.5	.215	.201
Hanser Alberto3B	2	0	1	0	0	1	.229/.245/.396	73.1	.255	.262
Bench
Jorge SolerRF	5	2	3	3	0	1	.213/.318/.387	106.1	.616	.612
Hunter Dozier3B	3	0	1	2	1	1	.138/.200/.277
Totals	38	9	12	9	7	10	-	-	-	-

2B:Soler 2; Perez; Benintendi

3B:Dozier

TB:18

RBI:Soler 3; Perez; Benintendi 2; Dozier 2; Taylor

GIDP:Lopez; Dozier

Team LOB:9

Pittsburgh Pirates

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Adam FrazierLF	5	1	2	0	0	1	.301/.371/.419	97.3	.223

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Mike Minor	4.1	6	5	4	3	6	2	95-62	85.9	5.26
Kyle ZimmerW	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	16-6	87.5	3.38
Jake Brentz	0.2	0	0	0	2	1	0	17-7	92.6	1.86
Tyler ZuberH	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	25-14	91.6	1.42
Josh StaumontS	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	18-12	94.8	0.68
Totals	9.0	8	6	5	7	9	2	171-101	-	-

WP:Zimmer

Inherited runners-scored:Zimmer 1-0; Zuber 2-0; Staumont 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Minor 95-62; Zimmer 16-6; Brentz 17-7; Zuber 25-14; Staumont 18-12

Groundouts-flyouts:Minor 4-3; Zimmer 0-2; Brentz 1-0; Zuber 2-4; Staumont 1-1

Pittsburgh Pirates

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Mitch KellerL	2.1	3	4	4	5	2	0	83-44	89.7	8.20

Top 1 • KC

3-0

Hunter Dozier triples (1) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Phillip Evans. Jorge Soler scores. Andrew Benintendi scores.

EV: 102.8 mph322 ftLA: 16°

1-0

Jorge Soler doubles (6) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Bryan Reynolds. Carlos Santana scores.

EV: 102.4 mph206 ftLA: 9°

Top 3 • KC

4-0

Michael A. Taylor walks. Salvador Perez scores. Andrew Benintendi to 3rd. Hunter Dozier to 2nd.

Top 4 • KC

6-0

Jorge Soler singles on a fly ball to center fielder Bryan Reynolds. Carlos Santana scores. Salvador Perez to 2nd.

EV: 70.3 mph230 ftLA: 28°

5-0

Salvador Perez singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Wilmer Difo. Whit Merrifield scores. Carlos Santana to 3rd.

EV: 107.3 mph330 ftLA: 16°

Bot 4 • PIT

6-2

Erik Gonzalez homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. Todd Frazier scores.

EV: 109.8 mph💣 453 ftLA: 28°

6-3

Jacob Stallings homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 100.7 mph💣 402 ftLA: 33°

Bot 5 • PIT

6-5

Todd Frazier doubles (1) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. Phillip Evans scores. Bryan Reynolds scores.

EV: 100.8 mph367 ftLA: 20°

Top 6 • KC

9-5

Andrew Benintendi doubles (4) on a line drive to left fielder Phillip Evans. Carlos Santana scores. Jorge Soler scores.

EV: 88.2 mph273 ftLA: 23°

7-5

Jorge Soler doubles (7) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Wilmer Difo. Whit Merrifield scores. Carlos Santana to 3rd.

EV: 106.1 mph323 ftLA: 15°

Bot 8 • PIT

9-6

Phillip Evans singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jarrod Dyson. Adam Frazier scores.

EV: 102.4 mph152 ftLA: 7°

Bench
Phillip EvansLF	3	1	1	1	2	0	.235/.333/.407	107.4	.329	.317
Sean PoppenP	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Gregory PolancoPH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.215/.311/.385	72.1	-	-

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