CLE 9, KC 19 | Mar 28, 2022 | The Best Box Score

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Monday, March 28, 2022•Surprise Stadium•77°F, Overcast

CLE

Guardians

Royals

Final

WIN

Zack Greinke

LOSS

Adam Scott

The Royals cruised past the Guardians 19-9 in a dominant performance.

★Andrew Benintendi2 HR, 5 RBI

★Salvador Perez3-for-3, 2 RBI

★Edward Olivares4 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 3: Edward Olivares hits a grand slam (3) to left center field. Carlos Santana scores. Hunter Dozier scores. Adalberto Mondesi scores.

Weather: 77°F, OvercastWind: 6 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 8:05 PM UTCT: 3:37Att: 2,868Venue: Surprise Stadium

Win Probability

KC WinCLE Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	2	2	9	17	0
KC	7	2	6	4	0	0	0	0

Game 706945 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Cleveland Guardians

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Daniel JohnsonCF	3	1	1	2	0	1	.200/.235/.667
Steven KwanLF	2	0	1	0	0	0	.438/.471/.500
Angel Martínez2B	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.000/1.000/1.000
Oscar GonzalezDH	2	0	0	0	0	0	.316/.350/.579
Micah Pries1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.167/.167/.500
Julian EscobedoRF	3	0	2	0	0	0	.667/.667/.667
Christian CairoSS	3	1	1	0	0	0	.250/.250/.250
Jose Devers3B	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000/.000/.000
Mike RiveraC	3	2	2	2	0	0	.571/.571/1.143
Bench
Bradley ZimmerCF	3	1	1	1	0	1	.167/.211/.278
Amed RosarioLF	3	1	1	1	0	1	.286/.286/.500
Yu Chang2B
Totals	43	9	17	8	2	9	-

HR:Rosario (3rd off Greinke, 0 on, 1 out); Johnson (8th off Tapia, 1 on, 0 out); Rivera (9th off Payamps, 1 on, 2 out)

2B:Clement; Kwan; Chang; Reyes

3B:Zimmer

TB:32

RBI:Miller; Rosario; Johnson 2; Rivera 2; León; Zimmer

SF:León

Team LOB:10

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
JaCoby JonesRF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.071/.188/.071
Gabriel Cancel2B	2	0

Pitching

Cleveland Guardians

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Adam ScottL	1.0	8	8	8	2	1	3	26-14	12.00
Aaron Pinto	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	7-3	3.38
Ian Gibaut	1.0	4	5	5	1	2	0	15-11	22.50
Thomas Ponticelli	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	5-5	7.71
Tobias Myers	2.1	5	4	4	3	5	0	34-22	12.46
Manuel Alvarez	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3-3	6.75
Enyel De Los Santos	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	8-8	0.00
Jake Jewell	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8-2	0.00
Totals	8.0	19	19	19	8	12	4	106-68	-

HBP:Pratto (by Jewell); Cropley (by Jewell)

Inherited runners-scored:Pinto 1-1; Gibaut 2-0; Ponticelli 3-3; Alvarez 3-0; Santos 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Scott 26-14; Pinto 7-3; Gibaut 15-11; Ponticelli 5-5; Myers 34-22; Alvarez 3-3; Santos 8-8; Jewell 8-2

Groundouts-flyouts:Scott 0-2; Pinto 2-0; Gibaut 1-0; Ponticelli 0-0; Myers 1-1; Alvarez 0-0; Santos 2-0; Jewell 2-0

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Zack GreinkeW	3.2	6	3	3	1	4	1	30-26	4.05

Bot 1 • KC

0-1

Whit Merrifield homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field.

0-4

Andrew Benintendi homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Salvador Perez scores.

0-5

Adalberto Mondesi triples (1) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Bradley Zimmer. Carlos Santana scores.

0-6

Nicky Lopez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Oscar Mercado. Adalberto Mondesi scores. Michael A. Taylor to 3rd.

0-7

Whit Merrifield grounds out, shortstop Andres Gimenez to first baseman Owen Miller. Michael A. Taylor scores. Nicky Lopez to 2nd.

Bot 2 • KC

0-9

Andrew Benintendi homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. Salvador Perez scores.

Top 3 • CLE

1-9

Amed Rosario homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field.

Bot 3 • KC

1-10

Salvador Perez doubles (1) on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Amed Rosario. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.

1-11

Carlos Santana singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Amed Rosario. Salvador Perez scores.

1-15

Edward Olivares hits a grand slam (3) to left center field. Carlos Santana scores. Hunter Dozier scores. Adalberto Mondesi scores.

Top 4 • CLE

4-15

Amed Rosario strikes out swinging.

3-15

Bradley Zimmer triples (1) on a fly ball to left fielder Andrew Benintendi. Ernie Clement scores.

2-15

Sandy Leon out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Edward Olivares. Andres Gimenez scores.

Bot 4 • KC

4-16

Salvador Perez doubles (2) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Daniel Johnson. Whit Merrifield scores. Bobby Witt Jr. to 3rd.

4-17

Carlos Santana doubles (2) on a line drive to right fielder Julian Escobedo. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Nathan Eaton to 3rd.

4-18

Hunter Dozier grounds out, third baseman Jose Devers to first baseman Owen Miller. Nathan Eaton scores. Nick Pratto to 3rd.

4-19

Adalberto Mondesi singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Daniel Johnson. Nick Pratto scores.

Top 5 • CLE

5-19

Owen Miller singles on a line drive to right fielder Nathan Eaton. Franmil Reyes scores.

Top 8 • CLE

7-19

Daniel Johnson homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. Mike Rivera scores.

Top 9 • CLE

9-19

Mike Rivera homers (1) on a line drive to right field. Christian Cairo scores.

Bench
Whit MerrifieldRF	4	2	2	2	0	1	.500/.529/.938
Bobby Witt Jr.3B	2	3	1	0	2	0	.444/.500/.889
Salvador PerezC	3	3	3	2	1	0	.250/.286/.500
Nate EatonRF	1	1	0	0	0	0	.182/.182/.273
Andrew BenintendiLF	4	2	2	5	0	1	.231/.375/.692
Carlos Santana1B	4	2	3	2	0	0	.471/.474/.588
Hunter DozierDH	4	1	2	1	0	1	.524/.524/.571
Vinnie PasquantinoDH	1	0	1	0	0	0	.438/.500/.750
Adalberto MondesiSS	3	2	2	2	1	0	.286/.333/.643
Edward OlivaresCF	3	1	2	4	1	0	.611/.600/1.389
Nicky Lopez2B	3	0	1	1	1	2	.333/.412/.400
Zack GreinkeP							.000/.000/.000
Amir GarrettP							.000/.000/.000
Colten BrewerP							.000/.000/.000
Taylor ClarkeP							.000/.000/.000
Domingo TapiaP							.000/.000/.000
Joel PayampsP							.000/.000/.000

Win Probability

Batting

Cleveland Guardians

Kansas City Royals

Pitching

Cleveland Guardians

Kansas City Royals

Game Notes