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Kansas City Royals @ Chicago White Sox

2018-07-31 · Night game · Guaranteed Rate Field · Att: 15250 · 75°F, overcast · Wind 9 mph to RF · 3:10

Kansas City Royals defeated Chicago White Sox 4–2. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 5th — Ryan O'Hearn homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Jorge Bonifacio scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Ryan O'Hearn homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Jorge Bonifacio scores — worth 23% 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	2	0	0	4	6
CHA	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	10

W: Danny Duffy L: James Shields SV: Wily Peralta

Umpires — HP: Ted Barrett · 1B: Will Little · 2B: Ben May · 3B: Lance Barksdale · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	4	0	1	0	0	0
Alex Gordon	4	0	2	0	0	2
Salvador Perez	4	0	0	0	0	3
Lucas Duda	3	0	0	0	1	1
Rosell Herrera	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jorge Bonifacio	3	1	0	0	1	1
Ryan O'Hearn	3	2	1	2	1	1
Brett Phillips	4	1	1	2	0	1
Adalberto Mondesi	4	0	0	0	0	3

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tim Anderson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Leury Garcia	5	0	0	0	0	3
Jose Abreu	4	1	2	0	1	1
Avisail Garcia	5	0	1	0	0	1
Matt Davidson	3	1	2	2	1	0
Yoan Moncada	4	0	0	0	1	3
Adam Engel	4	0	2	0	0	1
Carlos Sanchez	3	0	2	0	1	0
Omar Narvaez	3	0	0	0	1	2
Nick Delmonico	1	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Palka	0	0	0	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny Duffy	5.2	6	4	7
Kevin McCarthy	1.0	2	0	1
Tim Hill	0.1	0	0	0
Jason Hammel	1.0	2	0	2
Wily Peralta	1.0	0	2	1

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
James Shields	7.0	5	3	8
Luis Avilan	1.0	1	0	2
Jace Fry	1.0	0	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whit Merrifield: 3/F23F-
Alex Gordon: K
Salvador Perez: 9/F9S

Bot 1

Tim Anderson: S9/L34D+
Leury Garcia: K+CS2(26)/DP
Jose Abreu: S8/G6+
Avisail Garcia: 3/G3S

Top 2

Lucas Duda: K
Rosell Herrera: K
Jorge Bonifacio: 3/G34

Bot 2

Matt Davidson: W
Yoan Moncada: K
Adam Engel: K
Carlos Sanchez: S7/F78S.1-2
Omar Narvaez: K

Top 3

Ryan O'Hearn: 31/G3
Brett Phillips: 7/F7M
Adalberto Mondesi: K

Bot 3

Tim Anderson: 153/L15S
Leury Garcia: K23
Jose Abreu: K+WP.B-1
Avisail Garcia: 6/L6

Top 4

Whit Merrifield: 8/F89XD+
Alex Gordon: S7/G5
Salvador Perez: K
Lucas Duda: 43/G4

Bot 4

Matt Davidson: D9/F9S
Yoan Moncada: K
Adam Engel: S8/L8RM.2-3
Carlos Sanchez: W.1-2
Omar Narvaez: 52(3)/FO/G56S-.2-3;1-2
Tim Anderson: 8/F8RXD+

Top 5

Rosell Herrera: 43/G4S-
Jorge Bonifacio: W
Ryan O'Hearn: HR/F9LD+.1-H
Brett Phillips: 4/L34+
Adalberto Mondesi: K

Bot 5

Leury Garcia: 3/F3-
Jose Abreu: 63/G56+
Avisail Garcia: S57/G5+
Matt Davidson: 6/F15-

Top 6

Whit Merrifield: 9/F9LM
Alex Gordon: S8/L4MD
Salvador Perez: K
Lucas Duda: W.1-2
Rosell Herrera: 43/G4

Bot 6

Yoan Moncada: W
Adam Engel: 7/F7S
Carlos Sanchez: 9/F3DF-
Omar Narvaez: W.1-2
Tim Anderson: 543/L56

Top 7

Jorge Bonifacio: 3/F4-
Ryan O'Hearn: W
Brett Phillips: HR/F9LD+.1-H
Adalberto Mondesi: 63/G4
Whit Merrifield: S8/L6MD
Alex Gordon: SB2
Alex Gordon: K

Bot 7

Leury Garcia: 53/G56S
Jose Abreu: D7/L78S
Avisail Garcia: K
Matt Davidson: HR/F7D+.2-H
Yoan Moncada: 63/G6S-

Top 8

Salvador Perez: K
Lucas Duda: 8/F8LD
Rosell Herrera: S8/L6D
Jorge Bonifacio: WP.1-2
Jorge Bonifacio: K

Bot 8

Adam Engel: S9/G34+
Carlos Sanchez: SB2
Carlos Sanchez: S9/L34D+.2-3
Omar Narvaez: K
Nick Delmonico: 5/F5SF-
Leury Garcia: WP.1-2
Leury Garcia: K

Top 9

Ryan O'Hearn: K
Brett Phillips: K
Adalberto Mondesi: K

Bot 9

Jose Abreu: W
Avisail Garcia: 46(1)3/GDP/G4+
Daniel Palka: W
Yoan Moncada: K

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