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Seattle Mariners @ Kansas City Royals

2016-07-09 · Day game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 30659 · 88°F, cloudy · Wind from RF · 2:53

Kansas City Royals defeated Seattle Mariners 5–3. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 2nd — Alcides Escobar grounds out, third baseman Kyle Seager to first baseman Adam Lind. Salvador Perez scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Kyle Seager homers (18) on a fly ball to center field. Robinson Cano scores. Nelson Cruz scores — worth 27% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Edinson Volquez L: Wade Miley SV: Kelvin Herrera

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

Seattle Mariners — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Leonys Martin	2	0	0	0	2	1
Seth Smith	4	0	0	0	0	2
Robinson Cano	4	1	1	0	0	0
Nelson Cruz	3	1	2	0	1	0
Kyle Seager	4	1	2	3	0	0
Dae-ho Lee	2	0	0	0	0	1
Adam Lind	4	0	1	0	0	0
Chris Iannetta	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ketel Marte	4	0	2	0	0	0
Franklin Gutierrez	2	0	0	0	0	0
Shawn O'Malley	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

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

Seattle Mariners — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wade Miley	5.1	10	2	4
Tom Wilhelmsen	1.0	0	0	1
Vidal Nuno	1.2	2	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Edinson Volquez	6.0	6	1	3
Luke Hochevar	1.0	1	1	1
Joakim Soria	1.0	1	1	0
Kelvin Herrera	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Leonys Martin: K
Seth Smith: 43/G4
Robinson Cano: 9/F9S

Bot 1

Whit Merrifield: S9/G4+
Christian Colon: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S-
Kendrys Morales: S8/G4+
Eric Hosmer: 43/G4-

Top 2

Nelson Cruz: 53/G5+
Kyle Seager: 9/F9LM
Dae-ho Lee: 43/G4-

Bot 2

Salvador Perez: W
Paulo Orlando: K
Brett Eibner: D7/L78M.1-3
Alcides Escobar: 53/G56-.3-H
Cheslor Cuthbert: D9/F89D.2-H
Whit Merrifield: D8/F89XD+.2-H
Christian Colon: K

Top 3

Adam Lind: 3/G3
Chris Iannetta: 63/G6
Ketel Marte: 43/G4

Bot 3

Kendrys Morales: 31/G34S-
Eric Hosmer: 43/G4+
Salvador Perez: 53/G5+

Top 4

Leonys Martin: 8/F78D
Seth Smith: 13/G-
Robinson Cano: S7/G5+
Nelson Cruz: S7/G56+.1-2
Kyle Seager: HR/F8LXD+.2-H;1-H
Dae-ho Lee: K

Bot 4

Paulo Orlando: K
Brett Eibner: 53/G6S-
Alcides Escobar: S8/G6M+
Cheslor Cuthbert: 4(1)/FO/G4M-

Top 5

Adam Lind: D7/L7LD+
Chris Iannetta: 53/G56
Ketel Marte: S8/G6M+.2-3
Leonys Martin: CS2(2634)
Leonys Martin: W
Seth Smith: K

Bot 5

Whit Merrifield: K
Christian Colon: 8/F8LD
Kendrys Morales: S7/L7S
Eric Hosmer: S8/L78S.1-2
Salvador Perez: 43/G4

Top 6

Robinson Cano: 7/F78D+
Nelson Cruz: D7/L78D+
Kyle Seager: 3/G3.2-3
Franklin Gutierrez: 4/F8RS

Bot 6

Paulo Orlando: S1/G34S-
Brett Eibner: W.1-2
Alcides Escobar: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Cheslor Cuthbert: S8/L6D.2-H;1-2
Whit Merrifield: K
Christian Colon: 5(2)/FO.1-2

Top 7

Adam Lind: 7/F7D+
Chris Iannetta: 43/G4S-
Ketel Marte: S9/L89S-
Leonys Martin: W.1-2
Seth Smith: K

Bot 7

Kendrys Morales: 43/G34
Eric Hosmer: 7/F7LMF
Salvador Perez: HR/F7LD+
Paulo Orlando: 63/G6

Top 8

Robinson Cano: 13/G-
Nelson Cruz: W
Kyle Seager: S8/G4.1-3
Franklin Gutierrez: PO1(23)/UREV
Franklin Gutierrez: 8/F8LD

Bot 8

Brett Eibner: 53/G56
Alcides Escobar: S8/L8RS
Cheslor Cuthbert: K
Whit Merrifield: 164(1)/FO/G

Top 9

Adam Lind: 5/P2F
Shawn O'Malley: 7/F7LS
Ketel Marte: 43/G4

Notes & reviews

replay,5,iannc001,SEA,culbf901,KAN06,,N,M,SEA,I $when Chris Iannetta was ruled not to have been hit by a pitch, Mariners manager Scott Servais challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay
replay,8,gutif001,SEA,culbf901,KAN06,,N,U,,A $when Kyle Seager was called out at 1B, crew chief Fieldin Culbreth requested a review; the call was upheld by replay

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