CWS 6, KC 7 | Sep 5, 2023 | The Best Box Score

Tuesday, September 5, 2023•Kauffman Stadium•92°F, Clear

CWS

White Sox

Royals

Final

WIN

Jackson Kowar

LOSS

Gregory Santos

The Royals edged the White Sox 7-6 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Korey Lee3 RBI

★Andrew Vaughn3-for-5, 1 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 9: Bobby Witt Jr. doubles (25) on a line drive to right fielder Oscar Colas. Dairon Blanco scores. Maikel Garcia to 3rd.

Weather: 92°F, ClearWind: 12 mph, L To RFirst pitch: 11:40 PM UTCT: 2:30Att: 10,395Venue: Kauffman Stadium

Ump Audit

Bill Miller

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88.2%D

16 missed calls

+15.3% CWS

+0.40 runs CWS

Win Probability

KC WinCWS Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CWS	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	13	2
KC	0	0	1	2	1	1	0

Game 716704 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Chicago White Sox

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Tim AndersonSS	5	0	1	0	0	0	.239/.282/.296	100.9	.294	.301
Andrew BenintendiLF	5	0	1	0	0	1	.272/.335/.368	98.7	.142	.135
Eloy JiménezDH	5	0	0	0	0	1	.273/.317/.440	94.9	.128	.119
Andrew Vaughn1B	5	2	3	1	0	1	.255/.314/.427	106.8	.412	.651
Yoán Moncada3B	3	1	2	2	1	1	.257/.303/.392	105.3	.688	.1084
Luis Robert Jr.CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.271/.324/.559	103.5	.497	.980
Elvis Andrus2B	4	1	2	0	0	1	.248/.310/.350	103.9	.258	.242
Oscar ColásRF	4	1	2	0	0	1	.218/.260/.303	108.9	.231	.221
Korey LeeC	4	1	2	3	0	0	.069/.156/.172	105.2	.499	.691
Bench
Gavin SheetsRF	3	0	0	0	0	0	.207/.276/.346	103.4	.226	.212
Dylan CeaseP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	39	6	13	6	1	6	-	-	-	-

HR:Moncada (2nd off Singer, 1 on, 0 out); Lee (2nd off Singer, 2 on, 1 out); Vaughn (3rd off Singer, 0 on, 1 out)

TB:22

RBI:Moncada 2; Lee 3; Vaughn

SB:Anderson

Team LOB:7

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Maikel Garcia3B	5	2	1	0	0	2	.284/.329/.384	99.2	.187

Pitching

Chicago White Sox

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Dylan Cease	5.1	8	5	4	2	7	3	96-59	89.7	4.98
Bryan ShawH	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	21-12	91.4	5.64
Aaron BummerH	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-9	87.7	6.58
Gregory SantosLBS	0.2	2	2	0	1	0	0	14-9	92.7	3.18
Totals	8.2	10	7	4	3	10	3	144-89	-	-

IBB:Santos

Inherited runners-scored:Shaw 2-1

Pitches-strikes:Cease 96-59; Shaw 21-12; Bummer 13-9; Santos 14-9

Groundouts-flyouts:Cease 5-4; Shaw 1-1; Bummer 3-0; Santos 2-1

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Brady Singer	5.0	9	6	6	1	2	3	59-42	87.6	5.34

Game Notes

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T4Replay review: Royals challenged (tag play), call on the field was overturned: Korey Lee singles on a line drive to left fielder MJ Melendez. Korey Lee out at 2nd on the throw, left fielder MJ Melendez to second baseman Michael Massey.

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B9With Edward Olivares batting, Maikel Garcia scores on a balk. Bobby Witt Jr. advances to 3rd on a balk. MJ Melendez advances to 2nd on a balk.

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T8Wild pitch by Angel Zerpa

Top 2 • CWS

5-0

Korey Lee homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Elvis Andrus scores. Oscar Colas scores.

EV: 105.2 mph💣 415 ftLA: 27°

2-0

Yoan Moncada homers (6) on a fly ball to center field. Andrew Vaughn scores.

EV: 105.3 mph💣 430 ftLA: 27°

Top 3 • CWS

6-0

Andrew Vaughn homers (18) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 106.8 mph💣 437 ftLA: 27°

Bot 3 • KC

6-1

MJ Melendez singles on a line drive to center fielder Oscar Colas. Maikel Garcia scores.

EV: 98.1 mph166 ftLA: 11°

Bot 4 • KC

6-2

Nelson Velazquez homers (11) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 103.4 mph💣 392 ftLA: 30°

6-3

Michael Massey homers (11) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 105.6 mph💣 441 ftLA: 27°

Bot 5 • KC

6-4

MJ Melendez homers (14) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 108.9 mph💣 412 ftLA: 24°

Bot 6 • KC

6-5

Michael Massey grounds out, second baseman Elvis Andrus to first baseman Andrew Vaughn. Nelson Velazquez scores. Nick Loftin to 3rd.

EV: 70.8 mph30 ft0

Bot 9 • KC

6-6

Bobby Witt Jr. doubles (25) on a line drive to right fielder Oscar Colas. Dairon Blanco scores. Maikel Garcia to 3rd.

EV: 89.0 mph161 ftLA: 8°

6-7

With Edward Olivares batting, Maikel Garcia scores on a balk. Bobby Witt Jr. advances to 3rd on a balk. MJ Melendez advances to 2nd on a balk.

Bench
Nick Loftin1B	3	0	1	0	1	0	.462/.563/.692	100.2	.242	.218
Brady SingerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Angel ZerpaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jackson KowarP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-