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Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Guardians

2016-05-08 · Day game · Progressive Field · Att: 14463 · 57°F, sunny · Wind 9 mph L to R · 2:57

Cleveland Indians defeated Kansas City Royals 5–4. Cleveland Indians opened the scoring in the 1st — Carlos Santana homers (5) on a fly ball to right field. Kansas City Royals took the lead in the 4th — Eric Hosmer homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field. Lorenzo Cain scores. Cleveland Indians took the lead in the 5th — Lonnie Chisenhall singles on a soft line drive to right fielder Jarrod Dyson. Michael Brantley scores. Yan Gomes to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Christian Colon doubles (2) on a line drive to left fielder Michael Brantley, deflected by third baseman Juan Uribe. Salvador Perez scores. Cheslor Cuthbert to 3rd — worth 24% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Josh Tomlin L: Edinson Volquez SV: Cody Allen

Umpires — HP: Quinn Wolcott · 1B: Mark Carlson · 2B: Mike DiMuro · 3B: Ryan Blakney · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alcides Escobar	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lorenzo Cain	4	1	2	0	0	1
Eric Hosmer	3	1	1	2	1	0
Kendrys Morales	4	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Gordon	4	1	1	0	0	1
Salvador Perez	4	1	2	1	0	1
Cheslor Cuthbert	4	0	1	0	0	1
Christian Colon	3	0	1	1	0	1
Jarrod Dyson	3	0	1	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carlos Santana	4	1	1	1	1	0
Jason Kipnis	4	0	0	0	0	3
Francisco Lindor	3	1	1	0	1	1
Michael Brantley	4	1	1	1	0	1
Mike Napoli	3	1	1	1	1	0
Yan Gomes	3	1	0	0	1	0
Lonnie Chisenhall	4	0	2	1	0	1
Marlon Byrd	3	0	2	1	0	0
Juan Uribe	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rajai Davis	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Edinson Volquez	4.1	7	4	4
Danny Duffy	1.2	1	0	2
Luke Hochevar	1.0	0	0	1
Joakim Soria	1.0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Josh Tomlin	6.0	7	0	3
Zach McAllister	0.1	2	0	0
Bryan Shaw	1.2	0	1	2
Cody Allen	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Alcides Escobar: 9/F9D+
Lorenzo Cain: S7/L7LD+.BX2(74)
Eric Hosmer: 63/G6

Bot 1

Carlos Santana: HR/F9D+
Jason Kipnis: K
Francisco Lindor: K
Michael Brantley: 43/G34S-

Top 2

Kendrys Morales: 63/G4
Alex Gordon: 7/F7D
Salvador Perez: 53/G5

Bot 2

Mike Napoli: 9/F89XD+
Yan Gomes: W
Lonnie Chisenhall: 4/L4-
Marlon Byrd: 53/G56

Top 3

Cheslor Cuthbert: 53/G5
Christian Colon: K
Jarrod Dyson: S3/G34S
Alcides Escobar: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 3

Juan Uribe: K
Carlos Santana: E6/MREV/G4
Jason Kipnis: K
Francisco Lindor: W.1-2
Michael Brantley: 8/F8RD+

Top 4

Lorenzo Cain: D7/L5D
Eric Hosmer: HR/F89XD+.2-H
Kendrys Morales: 7/L78M
Alex Gordon: S8/L8RS
Salvador Perez: D8/F8LXD+.1-H
Cheslor Cuthbert: K
Christian Colon: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 4

Mike Napoli: HR/F7LD+
Yan Gomes: 9/F3D-
Lonnie Chisenhall: S9/L9S
Marlon Byrd: S7/L7S.1-2
Juan Uribe: 53/G5S-.2-3;1-2
Carlos Santana: W
Jason Kipnis: 43/MREV/G4+

Top 5

Jarrod Dyson: 1/BP
Alcides Escobar: 53/G5
Lorenzo Cain: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 5

Francisco Lindor: S8/G4
Michael Brantley: SB2
Michael Brantley: S7/L78S.2-H
Mike Napoli: W.1-2
Yan Gomes: 46(1)/FO/G4S-.2-3
Lonnie Chisenhall: S9/L89S.3-H;1-2
Marlon Byrd: DGR/F89D+.2-H;1-3
Juan Uribe: FC6/G6MS.3XH(62);2-3
Carlos Santana: FLE3
Carlos Santana: 53/G56-

Top 6

Eric Hosmer: 8/F8RD
Kendrys Morales: 43/G34+
Alex Gordon: K

Bot 6

Jason Kipnis: K
Francisco Lindor: 63/G56
Michael Brantley: K

Top 7

Salvador Perez: D7/L7LD+
Cheslor Cuthbert: S6/G56.2-2
Christian Colon: D7/L5S+.2-H;1-3
Jarrod Dyson: FC6/G6S-.3XH(62)
Alcides Escobar: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 7

Mike Napoli: 63/G6
Yan Gomes: 8/F8LXD+
Lonnie Chisenhall: K

Top 8

Lorenzo Cain: K
Eric Hosmer: W
Kendrys Morales: K+CS2(26)/DP

Bot 8

Rajai Davis: K
Juan Uribe: 53/G5+
Carlos Santana: 63/G4

Top 9

Alex Gordon: 8/F8LD+
Salvador Perez: K
Cheslor Cuthbert: 6/L6

Notes & reviews

replay,3,santc002,CLE,carlm901,CLE08,,Y,M,CLE,C $when Carlos Santana was called out at 1B, Indians manager Terry Francona challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay
replay,4,kipnj001,CLE,carlm901,CLE08,,Y,M,KCA,C $when Jason Kipnis was called safe at 1B, Royals manager Ned Yost challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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