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Tampa Bay Rays @ Kansas City Royals

2017-08-29 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 25204 · 75°F, cloudy · Wind 6 mph from RF · 2:57

Kansas City Royals defeated Tampa Bay Rays 6–2. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 3rd — Whit Merrifield homers (16) on a fly ball to left field. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Eric Hosmer homers (22) on a line drive to left center field. Alcides Escobar scores. Lorenzo Cain scores — worth 18% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Jake Junis L: Alex Cobb SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Mike Estabrook · 1B: Bill Welke · 2B: Dan Bellino · 3B: Marvin Hudson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kevin Kiermaier	4	1	1	0	0	1
Lucas Duda	4	0	0	0	0	1
Evan Longoria	3	0	1	0	0	1
Logan Morrison	4	0	1	1	0	1
Steven Souza	3	0	0	0	1	2
Corey Dickerson	4	0	1	0	0	1
Wilson Ramos	4	0	0	0	0	1
Brad Miller	3	1	1	1	0	2
Adeiny Hechavarria	3	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	5	1	1	1	0	1
Lorenzo Cain	3	1	2	0	1	0
Melky Cabrera	4	0	0	0	0	1
Eric Hosmer	4	2	2	3	0	1
Salvador Perez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Moustakas	4	0	2	1	0	0
Jorge Bonifacio	4	1	2	1	0	1
Brandon Moss	3	0	0	0	0	2
Alcides Escobar	3	1	1	0	1	0
Alex Gordon	1	0	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alex Cobb	6.0	7	0	6
Brad Boxberger	0.2	1	1	1
Dan Jennings	1.1	2	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jakob Junis	5.2	3	0	8
Scott Alexander	0.1	1	1	0
Brandon Maurer	1.0	1	0	0
Mike Minor	1.0	0	0	1
Kelvin Herrera	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kevin Kiermaier: K
Lucas Duda: 8/F8RM
Evan Longoria: HP
Logan Morrison: K

Bot 1

Whit Merrifield: 53/G56
Lorenzo Cain: S3/G3
Melky Cabrera: 8/F8RD+
Eric Hosmer: K

Top 2

Steven Souza: K
Corey Dickerson: 8/F8LD+
Wilson Ramos: 143/L15S-

Bot 2

Salvador Perez: 63/G6-
Mike Moustakas: 8/F8RM
Jorge Bonifacio: K

Top 3

Brad Miller: K
Adeiny Hechavarria: 63/G6
Kevin Kiermaier: 43/G34-

Bot 3

Brandon Moss: K
Alcides Escobar: 43/G4
Whit Merrifield: HR/F7LD+
Lorenzo Cain: E5/G5
Melky Cabrera: 3/G3S-

Top 4

Lucas Duda: 13/G13S-
Evan Longoria: 63/G56
Logan Morrison: 8/F8LS

Bot 4

Eric Hosmer: S8/L8LS
Salvador Perez: WP.1-2
Salvador Perez: 63/G6S-
Mike Moustakas: S7/L7S.2-H
Jorge Bonifacio: WP.1-2
Jorge Bonifacio: S8/G6M.2-3
Brandon Moss: WP.1-2
Brandon Moss: K
Alcides Escobar: 53/G56

Top 5

Steven Souza: 53/G5-
Corey Dickerson: S9/G34-
Wilson Ramos: K
Brad Miller: K

Bot 5

Whit Merrifield: K
Lorenzo Cain: S5/G56S-
Melky Cabrera: 53/G56.1-3
Eric Hosmer: 31/G34-

Top 6

Adeiny Hechavarria: K
Kevin Kiermaier: S9/L34D+
Lucas Duda: K
Evan Longoria: S7/L7S+.1-3
Logan Morrison: S8/L8LS+.3-H;1-2
Steven Souza: W.2-3;1-2
Corey Dickerson: 43/G4

Bot 6

Salvador Perez: K
Mike Moustakas: 6/F7LS
Jorge Bonifacio: HR/F7LD+
Brandon Moss: 7/F7M

Top 7

Wilson Ramos: 9/F9S
Brad Miller: HR/F9LD+
Adeiny Hechavarria: 63/G6M
Kevin Kiermaier: 53/G56S-

Bot 7

Alcides Escobar: S7/F78S
Whit Merrifield: 53/G56+.1-2
Lorenzo Cain: W
Melky Cabrera: K
Eric Hosmer: HR/F78XD+.2-H;1-H
Salvador Perez: 63/G6+

Top 8

Lucas Duda: 53/G6
Evan Longoria: K
Logan Morrison: 8/F8RD+

Bot 8

Mike Moustakas: S6/L56
Jorge Bonifacio: 8/F8LD
Alex Gordon: 56(1)/FO/G6S-
Alcides Escobar: WP.1-2
Alcides Escobar: W
Whit Merrifield: 5(2)/FO/G5-.1-2

Top 9

Steven Souza: K
Corey Dickerson: K
Wilson Ramos: 4/F4-

Notes & reviews

Royals challenged call that Cain was out at first; call was overturned - single
Royals challenged call that Cain was out at first; call was overturned - single
Royals challenged call that last pitch hit Duda; call was overturned - strike three

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