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Cleveland Guardians @ Kansas City Royals

2019-07-02 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 18394 · 90°F, sunny · Wind 8 mph R to L · 3:22

Cleveland Indians defeated Kansas City Royals 9–5. Cleveland Indians opened the scoring in the 2nd — Roberto Perez out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Billy Hamilton. Jose Ramirez scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Alex Gordon singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Tyler Naquin. Billy Hamilton scores. Whit Merrifield to 3rd — worth 14% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	9	13
KCA	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	5	12

W: Trevor Bauer L: Jake Junis SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Pat Hoberg · 1B: Gerry Davis · 2B: Brian Knight · 3B: Brennan Miller · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Francisco Lindor	4	1	1	0	0	0
Oscar Mercado	5	0	0	0	0	2
Carlos Santana	4	2	2	1	1	0
Jason Kipnis	4	0	0	1	1	0
Jose Ramirez	5	3	2	1	0	1
Jake Bauers	5	1	4	3	0	0
Roberto Perez	2	1	0	1	2	1
Bobby Bradley	3	0	0	0	0	1
Tyler Naquin	5	1	4	1	0	0
Jordan Luplow	2	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	5	1	3	0	0	1
Adalberto Mondesi	4	1	1	3	0	2
Alex Gordon	4	0	2	1	0	1
Hunter Dozier	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jorge Soler	3	1	2	1	1	0
Cheslor Cuthbert	4	0	0	0	0	1
Nicky Lopez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Martin Maldonado	4	1	1	0	0	2
Billy Hamilton	4	1	1	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Trevor Bauer	6.0	11	1	6
Oliver Perez	0.1	1	0	0
Adam Cimber	0.2	0	0	0
Nick Wittgren	1.0	0	0	0
Brad Hand	1.0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jakob Junis	4.2	6	2	4
Jake Newberry	2.1	2	1	0
Jake Diekman	1.0	2	1	1
Jorge Lopez	1.0	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Francisco Lindor: 8/F8LD
Oscar Mercado: K
Carlos Santana: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 1

Whit Merrifield: K
Adalberto Mondesi: 8/F89D
Alex Gordon: S8/L78M.BX2(84/TH)

Top 2

Jason Kipnis: 63/G6-
Jose Ramirez: S9/L89M
Jake Bauers: S8/G4M.1-3
Roberto Perez: 8/SF/F8LD.3-H
Bobby Bradley: K

Bot 2

Hunter Dozier: 5/P
Jorge Soler: HR/F78XD+
Cheslor Cuthbert: 53/G56+
Nicky Lopez: S8/G4+
Martin Maldonado: K

Top 3

Tyler Naquin: S9/G34+
Francisco Lindor: S8/L8LS.1-3
Oscar Mercado: K
Carlos Santana: W.1-2
Jason Kipnis: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jose Ramirez: 36(1)/FO/G3+.3-H;2-3
Jake Bauers: D7/L6D+.3-H;1-H
Roberto Perez: E5/TH/G5.2-H(UR)(NR)
Bobby Bradley: 6/F6MD

Bot 3

Billy Hamilton: 13/G
Whit Merrifield: S8/G6+
Adalberto Mondesi: K
Alex Gordon: 5/F6-

Top 4

Tyler Naquin: 13/G15-
Francisco Lindor: 43/G34
Oscar Mercado: 43/G4+

Bot 4

Hunter Dozier: 8/F8RXD+
Jorge Soler: W
Cheslor Cuthbert: K
Nicky Lopez: 9/F89D

Top 5

Carlos Santana: S34/G34+.B-2(E1/TH)
Jason Kipnis: 7/F78D+.2-3
Jose Ramirez: K23
Jake Bauers: S8/L8RS.3-H
Roberto Perez: W.1-2
Bobby Bradley: 7/F7D

Bot 5

Martin Maldonado: K
Billy Hamilton: 4/F4D-
Whit Merrifield: S5/G5S-
Adalberto Mondesi: HR/F9D+.1-H
Alex Gordon: K

Top 6

Tyler Naquin: D8/F78XD+
Francisco Lindor: 9/F9M.2-3
Oscar Mercado: 13/G13
Carlos Santana: 63/G6

Bot 6

Hunter Dozier: T8/F8LXD+.BXH(52)
Jorge Soler: S8/L8RM
Cheslor Cuthbert: 3/F23F-
Nicky Lopez: 43/G4S-

Top 7

Jason Kipnis: 5/L56S
Jose Ramirez: 9/F89M
Jake Bauers: 63/G6

Bot 7

Martin Maldonado: S9/L89S
Billy Hamilton: S7/G6+.1-2
Whit Merrifield: S8/L4MD+.2-3;1-2
Adalberto Mondesi: 8/SF/F8LM.3-H
Alex Gordon: S9/L9S+.2-H;1-3
Hunter Dozier: 6/L6
Jorge Soler: 8/L8LD+

Top 8

Roberto Perez: W
Jordan Luplow: WP.1-2
Jordan Luplow: K
Tyler Naquin: S8/L8LS.2-3
Francisco Lindor: HP.1-2
Oscar Mercado: 7/L78M
Carlos Santana: S6/G56.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jason Kipnis: 8/F8LM

Bot 8

Cheslor Cuthbert: 63/G6+
Nicky Lopez: 63/G6
Martin Maldonado: 7/L78M

Top 9

Jose Ramirez: S49/G34+
Jake Bauers: S7/G6+.1-2
Roberto Perez: K
Jordan Luplow: 8/F8LXD+.2-3
Tyler Naquin: D8/F78XD+.3-H;1XH(862/TH)

Bot 9

Billy Hamilton: 5/F25F-
Whit Merrifield: 8/F8RXD+
Adalberto Mondesi: K

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