CLE 2, KC 6 | Sep 20, 2023 | The Best Box Score

Wednesday, September 20, 2023•Kauffman Stadium•79°F, Sunny

CLE

Guardians

Royals

Final

WIN

Angel Zerpa

LOSS

Lucas Giolito

The Royals defeated the Guardians 6-2.

★Nelson Velázquez3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 1: Nelson Velazquez homers (15) on a fly ball to left field. Maikel Garcia scores. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.

Weather: 79°F, SunnyWind: 7 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 6:10 PM UTCT: 2:40Att: 12,162Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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86.2%D

20 missed calls

+10.3% CLE

+0.63 runs CLE

Win Probability

KC WinCLE Win

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

Game 716505 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Cleveland Guardians

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Will BrennanLF	4	0	1	0	0	0	.266/.299/.358	100.7	.162	.197
José Ramírez3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.277/.352/.481	102.4	.168	.325
Josh NaylorDH	4	1	2	0	0	0	.311/.351/.501	104.9	.477	.640
Kole Calhoun1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.232/.305/.384	100.7	.175	.171
Ramón LaureanoRF	4	1	1	0	0	1	.226/.302/.379	92	.247	.248
Andrés Giménez2B	4	0	1	1	0	1	.249/.315/.391	92.1	.155	.148
Myles StrawCF	3	0	1	1	0	1	.227/.289/.286	97.3	.185	.156
Tyler FreemanSS	2	0	1	0	0	1	.244/.299/.341	106.9	.932	.948
David FryC	1	0	0	0	0	0	.229/.308/.396	95.8	.278	.508
Bench
José TenaSS	2	0	1	0	0	1	.217/.280/.304	101.9	.575	.1125
Cam GallagherC	2	0	0	0	0	1	.132/.162/.176
Totals	34	2	8	2	0	9	-	-	-	-

2B:Naylor; Tena; Freeman; Straw

TB:12

RBI:Giménez; Straw

SF:Straw

Team LOB:6

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Maikel Garcia3B	5	1	1	0	0	3	.275/.325/.367	104.7	.463

Pitching

Cleveland Guardians

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Lucas GiolitoL	5.1	7	4	3	3	6	1	105-66	84.3	4.60
James Karinchak	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	13-8	85.9	3.28
Michael Kelly	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	29-19	87.8	4.30
Enyel De Los Santos	1.0	1	1	0	0	2	0	14-11	89.7	3.36
Totals	8.0	10	6	4	5	9	1	161-104	-	-

WP:Giolito; Kelly

Inherited runners-scored:Karinchak 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Giolito 105-66; Karinchak 13-8; Kelly 29-19; Santos 14-11

Groundouts-flyouts:Giolito 4-6; Karinchak 0-1; Kelly 2-1; Santos 0-2

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Zack Greinke	3.2	5	2	2	0	5	0	57-42	84.3	5.37

Bot 1 • KC

0-3

Nelson Velazquez homers (15) on a fly ball to left field. Maikel Garcia scores. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.

EV: 105.3 mph💣 420 ftLA: 31°

Top 4 • CLE

2-3

Myles Straw out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Drew Waters. Ramon Laureano scores. Andres Gimenez to 2nd.

EV: 90.9 mph324 ftLA: 40°

1-3

Andres Gimenez singles on a ground ball to center fielder Drew Waters. Josh Naylor scores. Ramon Laureano to 3rd.

EV: 92.1 mph10 ftLA: -16°

Bot 4 • KC

2-4

Bobby Witt Jr. singles on a ground ball to right fielder Ramon Laureano. Drew Waters scores.

EV: 105.1 mph30 ftLA: -3°

Bot 7 • KC

2-5

Edward Olivares grounds out, second baseman Andres Gimenez to first baseman Kole Calhoun. MJ Melendez scores.

EV: 93.6 mph10 ftLA: -16°

Bot 8 • KC

2-6

MJ Melendez reaches on a fielding error by shortstop Tyler Freeman. Bobby Witt Jr. scores.

EV: 102.7 mph186 ftLA: 8°

Bench
Edward OlivaresLF	4	0	1	1	0	1	.264/.318/.444	93.6	.379	.357
Nick Loftin1B	4	0	2	0	0	1	.372/.426/.535	87.3	.187	.178
Zack GreinkeP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Angel ZerpaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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Batting

Cleveland Guardians

Kansas City Royals

Pitching

Cleveland Guardians

Kansas City Royals

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