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Kansas City Royals @ Philadelphia Phillies

2016-07-03 · Day game · Citizens Bank Park · Att: 20473 · 80°F, cloudy · Wind 5 mph to CF · 2:42

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Kansas City Royals 7–2. Philadelphia Phillies opened the scoring in the 1st — Cameron Rupp homers (8) on a fly ball to right field. Peter Bourjos scores. Maikel Franco scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: Cameron Rupp homers (8) on a fly ball to right field. Peter Bourjos scores. Maikel Franco scores — 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	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	7
PHI	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	2		7	11

W: Vincent Velasquez L: Yordano Ventura SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Toby Basner · 1B: Tom Hallion · 2B: Phil Cuzzi · 3B: Dan Bellino · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alex Gordon	4	1	2	2	0	0
Whit Merrifield	4	0	0	0	0	3
Kendrys Morales	3	0	0	0	1	2
Eric Hosmer	4	0	1	0	0	1
Cheslor Cuthbert	3	0	1	0	0	1
Alcides Escobar	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jarrod Dyson	3	0	0	0	1	1
Drew Butera	3	1	0	0	1	2
Yordano Ventura	1	0	1	0	0	0
Dillon Gee	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Colon	2	0	1	0	0	0
Paulo Orlando	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Odubel Herrera	4	1	1	0	0	0
Peter Bourjos	3	1	1	0	1	0
Cody Asche	4	1	1	1	0	0
Maikel Franco	4	2	3	2	0	1
Cameron Rupp	4	2	2	3	0	0
Ryan Howard	3	0	1	0	0	1
Freddy Galvis	4	0	1	1	0	0
Cesar Hernandez	4	0	1	0	0	2
Vince Velasquez	2	0	0	0	0	0
Andres Blanco	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Joseph	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Yordano Ventura	2.2	4	0	1
Dillon Gee	2.1	4	1	1
Brian Flynn	3.0	3	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vince Velasquez	6.0	5	2	7
Edubray Ramos	1.0	1	0	1
Hector Neris	1.0	0	0	2
Jeanmar Gomez	1.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Alex Gordon: S8/L6D
Whit Merrifield: K
Kendrys Morales: W.1-2
Eric Hosmer: 36(1)/FO/G34S.2-3
Cheslor Cuthbert: K

Bot 1

Odubel Herrera: 13/G-
Peter Bourjos: S8/G6M+
Cody Asche: 4/L4D-
Maikel Franco: S7/G56.1-2
Cameron Rupp: HR/F9LD+.2-H;1-H
Ryan Howard: 13/G-

Top 2

Alcides Escobar: 53/G6S
Jarrod Dyson: 8/F78XD+
Drew Butera: 9/F9LM

Bot 2

Freddy Galvis: 9/F89D
Cesar Hernandez: K
Vince Velasquez: 43/G4

Top 3

Yordano Ventura: S9/L3D
Alex Gordon: 4(1)3/GDP/G4S-
Whit Merrifield: K

Bot 3

Odubel Herrera: 43/G34
Peter Bourjos: 43/L4-
Cody Asche: HR/F9D+
Maikel Franco: K

Top 4

Kendrys Morales: K
Eric Hosmer: 53/G56
Cheslor Cuthbert: S1/G15-
Alcides Escobar: K

Bot 4

Cameron Rupp: 53/G56
Ryan Howard: S9/L89M
Freddy Galvis: 8/F8LD
Cesar Hernandez: S7/MREV/F78S.1X3(75)

Top 5

Jarrod Dyson: K
Drew Butera: W
Dillon Gee: 14/SH.1-2
Alex Gordon: HR/F9D+.2-H
Whit Merrifield: 63/G6

Bot 5

Vince Velasquez: 8/F89D
Odubel Herrera: S9/L34D
Peter Bourjos: W.1-2
Cody Asche: 31/G34.2-3;1-2
Maikel Franco: S5/G56S-.3-H;2-3
Cameron Rupp: 4/F4D

Top 6

Kendrys Morales: K
Eric Hosmer: S9/G34
Cheslor Cuthbert: 5/F6MS-
Alcides Escobar: 9/F9LM

Bot 6

Ryan Howard: K
Freddy Galvis: 53/G
Cesar Hernandez: 9/L9M+

Top 7

Jarrod Dyson: 43/G4
Drew Butera: K
Christian Colon: S7/L78D+
Alex Gordon: 43/G4-

Bot 7

Andres Blanco: 63/G6
Odubel Herrera: 3/G3
Peter Bourjos: 3/F3F-

Top 8

Whit Merrifield: K
Kendrys Morales: 5/F5F-
Eric Hosmer: K

Bot 8

Cody Asche: 31/G34S-
Maikel Franco: HR/F78XD+
Cameron Rupp: S7/G56+
Tommy Joseph: 7/F78XD+
Freddy Galvis: WP.1-2
Freddy Galvis: S7/L78M.2-H
Cesar Hernandez: K

Top 9

Paulo Orlando: 43/G4
Alcides Escobar: S8/L6MD-
Jarrod Dyson: W.1-2
Drew Butera: K
Christian Colon: 31/G3

Notes & reviews

Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura left the game due to an injured ankle
replay,4,hernc005,PHI,hallt901,PHI13,,Y,M,KCA,A $when Ryan Howard was called safe at 3B, Royals manager Ned Yost challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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