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Kansas City Royals @ Chicago White Sox

2016-09-11 · Day game · Guaranteed Rate Field · Att: 20107 · 73°F, cloudy · Wind 5 mph to RF · 2:59

Kansas City Royals defeated Chicago White Sox 2–0. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 2nd — Kendrys Morales homers (27) on a fly ball to left field. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Eric Hosmer homers (23) on a fly ball to left center field — worth 12% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	10
CHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

W: Ian Kennedy L: Chris Sale SV: Wade Davis

Umpires — HP: Jim Reynolds · 1B: Fieldin Culbreth · 2B: Clint Fagan · 3B: Manny Gonzalez · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	5	0	2	0	0	3
Paulo Orlando	5	0	0	0	0	1
Eric Hosmer	3	1	2	1	1	1
Kendrys Morales	4	1	1	1	0	0
Salvador Perez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Alex Gordon	4	0	0	0	0	3
Cheslor Cuthbert	4	0	1	0	0	1
Alcides Escobar	3	0	1	0	0	1
Christian Colon	3	0	1	0	0	1
Adalberto Mondesi	1	0	1	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Adam Eaton	4	2	0	2
Tim Anderson	3	0	1	2
Melky Cabrera	3	0	1	0
Jose Abreu	4	0	0	1
Justin Morneau	4	0	0	1
Todd Frazier	3	0	0	1
Avisail Garcia	3	0	0	0
Alex Avila	1	0	2	1
Tyler Saladino	2	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ian Kennedy	6.0	1	4	6
Peter Moylan	1.0	0	0	0
Kelvin Herrera	1.0	0	0	1
Wade Davis	1.0	1	1	1

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Sale	8.0	8	1	12
Nate Jones	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whit Merrifield: K
Paulo Orlando: 8/F78XD+
Eric Hosmer: K

Bot 1

Adam Eaton: S9/G34+
Tim Anderson: K
Melky Cabrera: 3/F3F-
Jose Abreu: PO1(13)

Top 2

Kendrys Morales: HR/F7D+
Salvador Perez: K
Alex Gordon: 63/G6S-
Cheslor Cuthbert: 4/F34D

Bot 2

Jose Abreu: 3/F3F-
Justin Morneau: 43/G4
Todd Frazier: 53/G5+

Top 3

Alcides Escobar: K
Christian Colon: 8/F8RD
Whit Merrifield: S9/G34+
Paulo Orlando: 13

Bot 3

Avisail Garcia: 43/G34
Alex Avila: W
Tyler Saladino: W.1-2
Adam Eaton: K
Tim Anderson: W.2-3;1-2
Melky Cabrera: 9/F9D

Top 4

Eric Hosmer: W
Kendrys Morales: 3/G34S-.1-2
Salvador Perez: 8/F8LXD+.2-3
Alex Gordon: K

Bot 4

Jose Abreu: K
Justin Morneau: 43/G34
Todd Frazier: K

Top 5

Cheslor Cuthbert: S8/G6+
Alcides Escobar: HP.1-2
Christian Colon: K
Whit Merrifield: K
Paulo Orlando: K

Bot 5

Avisail Garcia: 43/G34+
Alex Avila: W
Tyler Saladino: 1/DP.1X1(13)

Top 6

Eric Hosmer: HR/F78XD+
Kendrys Morales: 4/F8LS
Salvador Perez: S7/G56+
Alex Gordon: K
Cheslor Cuthbert: K

Bot 6

Adam Eaton: K
Tim Anderson: K
Melky Cabrera: 7/F78M

Top 7

Alcides Escobar: D8/F78XD+
Christian Colon: S9/L89S.2-3
Whit Merrifield: K
Paulo Orlando: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Bot 7

Jose Abreu: 6/F6M-
Justin Morneau: 53/G56
Todd Frazier: 8/F8RXD+

Top 8

Eric Hosmer: S9/G4+
Kendrys Morales: 8/F8LD
Salvador Perez: 43/G4S-.1-2
Alex Gordon: K

Bot 8

Avisail Garcia: 43/G4
Alex Avila: K
Tyler Saladino: 8/F8RD

Top 9

Cheslor Cuthbert: 63/G6
Alcides Escobar: 43/G4
Adalberto Mondesi: S9/L34
Whit Merrifield: S8/G6M+.1-2
Paulo Orlando: 43/MREV/G4

Bot 9

Adam Eaton: S7/L78S-
Tim Anderson: 9/F9LSF
Melky Cabrera: W.1-2
Jose Abreu: 9/L9M
Justin Morneau: K

Notes & reviews

replay,9,orlap001,KCA,culbf901,CHI12,,Y,M,CHA,C $when Paulo Orlando was called safe at 1B, White Sox manager Robin Ventura challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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