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Kansas City Royals @ Los Angeles Dodgers

2017-07-09 · Day game · Dodger Stadium · Att: 41524 · 94°F, cloudy · Wind 4 mph to RF · 2:16

Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Kansas City Royals 5–2. Los Angeles Dodgers opened the scoring in the 1st — Justin Turner homers (9) on a fly ball to center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Justin Turner homers (10) on a fly ball to center field. Logan Forsythe scores — worth 13% 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	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
LAN	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		5	6

W: Clayton Kershaw L: Danny Duffy SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Kerwin Danley · 1B: Adam Hamari · 2B: Todd Tichenor · 3B: Bill Miller · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Whit Merrifield	4	0	0	0	3
Ramon Torres	4	0	0	0	3
Lorenzo Cain	4	1	1	0	2
Eric Hosmer	4	1	3	2	0
Jorge Bonifacio	4	0	1	0	1
Alcides Escobar	4	0	0	0	2
Jorge Soler	3	0	0	0	1
Drew Butera	3	0	0	0	0
Danny Duffy	2	0	1	0	1
Brandon Moss	1	0	0	0	0

Los Angeles Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Logan Forsythe	4	1	1	1	2
Chris Taylor	4	0	0	0	1
Justin Turner	4	2	2	3	1
Cody Bellinger	3	0	0	0	0
Austin Barnes	3	1	1	1	1
Enrique Hernandez	3	0	1	0	1
Yasiel Puig	3	0	0	0	1
Trayce Thompson	3	1	1	0	1
Clayton Kershaw	3	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny Duffy	7.0	6	0	9
Al Alburquerque	1.0	0	0	0

Los Angeles Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Clayton Kershaw	9.0	6	0	13

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whit Merrifield: 7/F7D
Ramon Torres: K
Lorenzo Cain: K

Bot 1

Logan Forsythe: K
Chris Taylor: 7/F7D
Justin Turner: HR/F8LXD+
Cody Bellinger: 43/G4

Top 2

Eric Hosmer: S8/L8LM+
Jorge Bonifacio: 13/G13S-.1-2
Alcides Escobar: K
Jorge Soler: K

Bot 2

Austin Barnes: K
Enrique Hernandez: K
Yasiel Puig: K

Top 3

Drew Butera: 7/F78S
Danny Duffy: K
Whit Merrifield: K

Bot 3

Trayce Thompson: T7/F7D+
Clayton Kershaw: 7/F7S
Logan Forsythe: S8/G6+.3-H
Chris Taylor: K
Justin Turner: HR/F8LXD+.1-H
Cody Bellinger: 43/G4

Top 4

Ramon Torres: K
Lorenzo Cain: S7/L56D+
Eric Hosmer: HR/F78XD+.1-H
Jorge Bonifacio: 53/G5S-
Alcides Escobar: 13/G15

Bot 4

Austin Barnes: 5/L56-
Enrique Hernandez: S7/G6
Yasiel Puig: 4/F4S-
Trayce Thompson: K

Top 5

Jorge Soler: 6/F6D
Drew Butera: 5/L5+
Danny Duffy: S8/G6M
Whit Merrifield: K

Bot 5

Clayton Kershaw: 53/G6S
Logan Forsythe: K
Chris Taylor: 53/G56

Top 6

Ramon Torres: K
Lorenzo Cain: K
Eric Hosmer: S7/L5+
Jorge Bonifacio: K

Bot 6

Justin Turner: K
Cody Bellinger: 6/L6MD+
Austin Barnes: HR/F78D+
Enrique Hernandez: 9/F9M

Top 7

Alcides Escobar: 63/G56
Jorge Soler: 53/G5
Drew Butera: 8/F8RD

Bot 7

Yasiel Puig: 7/F7LD+
Trayce Thompson: 63/G56
Clayton Kershaw: K

Top 8

Brandon Moss: 5/P5F
Whit Merrifield: K
Ramon Torres: 13/G13-

Bot 8

Logan Forsythe: 31/G3
Chris Taylor: 9/L9M+
Justin Turner: 9/F89D

Top 9

Lorenzo Cain: 8/F8RD
Eric Hosmer: 63/G6M
Jorge Bonifacio: D7/G5
Alcides Escobar: K

Notes & reviews

Foul ball by Bellinger hit plate umpire Danley in mask; he was held up by catcher and batter and left game after next half inning
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