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Kansas City Royals @ Chicago White Sox

2017-04-24 · Night game · Guaranteed Rate Field · Att: 11484 · 65°F, sunny · Wind 8 mph L to R · 2:47

Chicago White Sox defeated Kansas City Royals 12–1. Chicago White Sox opened the scoring in the 2nd — Matt Davidson homers (4) on a fly ball to center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Mike Moustakas doubles (2) on a line drive to right fielder Avisail Garcia. Whit Merrifield scores — 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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
CHA	0	1	1	0	2	8	0	0		12	15

W: Miguel Gonzalez L: Jason Vargas SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Welke · 1B: Bruce Dreckman · 2B: Jordan Baker · 3B: Mike Everitt · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	4	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Moustakas	3	0	1	1	0	0
Lorenzo Cain	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Hosmer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Salvador Perez	3	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Gordon	2	0	1	0	1	1
Alcides Escobar	3	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Moss	3	0	0	0	0	3
Jorge Bonifacio	3	0	0	0	0	0
Cheslor Cuthbert	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tim Anderson	5	3	3	1	0	0
Tyler Saladino	4	1	1	2	0	3
Melky Cabrera	3	1	1	2	2	0
Jose Abreu	4	1	2	1	1	1
Todd Frazier	5	1	1	2	0	2
Avisail Garcia	4	1	1	0	0	1
Matt Davidson	4	2	3	4	0	0
Geovany Soto	4	0	0	0	0	1
Leury Garcia	4	2	3	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jason Vargas	5.0	7	0	5
Peter Moylan	0.1	5	0	0
Travis Wood	0.2	2	2	1
Matt Strahm	1.0	1	0	1
Kelvin Herrera	1.0	0	1	1

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Miguel Gonzalez	8.0	2	1	5
Anthony Swarzak	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whit Merrifield: 13/G15-
Mike Moustakas: 5/F56-
Lorenzo Cain: 63/G6

Bot 1

Tim Anderson: S7/G56+
Tyler Saladino: K
Melky Cabrera: 9/F9M
Jose Abreu: S9/L89M.1-2
Todd Frazier: 7/L7D+

Top 2

Eric Hosmer: 9/F89D+
Salvador Perez: 8/F8LD
Alex Gordon: W
Alcides Escobar: 8/F8RD

Bot 2

Avisail Garcia: 9/F9S
Matt Davidson: HR/F89XD+
Geovany Soto: 53/G56
Leury Garcia: 53/G56S-

Top 3

Brandon Moss: K
Jorge Bonifacio: 23/G2R-
Whit Merrifield: E5/G56S
Mike Moustakas: D9/L89M.1-H(UR)
Lorenzo Cain: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 3

Tim Anderson: E5/G56.B-2
Tyler Saladino: SB3
Tyler Saladino: K
Melky Cabrera: 8/F8LS
Jose Abreu: S7/F7M.3-H(UR)
Todd Frazier: K

Top 4

Eric Hosmer: 43/G34
Salvador Perez: K
Alex Gordon: K

Bot 4

Avisail Garcia: 53/G5L-
Matt Davidson: 7/F78D
Geovany Soto: K

Top 5

Alcides Escobar: 8/F8LXD+
Brandon Moss: K
Jorge Bonifacio: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 5

Leury Garcia: S9/L9S
Tim Anderson: S7/L7S.1-2
Tyler Saladino: 53/SH/BG56S.2-3;1-2
Melky Cabrera: S8/L6MD+.3-H;2-H
Jose Abreu: K
Todd Frazier: 5/F56-

Top 6

Whit Merrifield: 8/F8LD
Mike Moustakas: 6/F6M
Lorenzo Cain: 63/G6

Bot 6

Avisail Garcia: S4/L34-
Matt Davidson: D9/L4D+.1-H
Geovany Soto: 63/G6+
Leury Garcia: S6/G6S-.2-3
Tim Anderson: S8/F8RS.3-H;1-2
Tyler Saladino: T8/L8RD+.2-H;1-H
Melky Cabrera: W
Jose Abreu: W.1-2
Todd Frazier: D7/L78XD+.3-H;2-H;1-3
Avisail Garcia: K
Matt Davidson: S7/L7D+.3-H;2-H
Geovany Soto: 4(1)/FO/G4M

Top 7

Eric Hosmer: 63/G4MD+
Salvador Perez: 53/G56
Alex Gordon: S5/G56-
Alcides Escobar: 9/F3D-

Bot 7

Leury Garcia: S6/MREV/G6+
Tim Anderson: 64(1)3/GDP/G6+
Tyler Saladino: K

Top 8

Brandon Moss: K
Jorge Bonifacio: 7/F78M
Whit Merrifield: 9/F9S

Bot 8

Melky Cabrera: W
Jose Abreu: 64(1)3/GDP/G6+
Todd Frazier: K

Top 9

Cheslor Cuthbert: K
Lorenzo Cain: 43/G4M
Eric Hosmer: 53/G6+

Notes & reviews

replay,7,garcl004,CHA,everm901,CHI12,,Y,M,CHA,C $when Leury Garcia was called out at 1B, White Sox manager Rick Renteria challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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