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Milwaukee Brewers @ Kansas City Royals

2018-04-24 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 16555 · 73°F, sunny · Wind 9 mph L to R · 2:59

Milwaukee Brewers defeated Kansas City Royals 5–2. Milwaukee Brewers opened the scoring in the 3rd — Ryan Braun singles on a line drive to pitcher Ian Kennedy. Jonathan Villar scores. Lorenzo Cain to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Travis Shaw homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field. Lorenzo Cain scores. Ryan Braun scores — worth 23% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ML4	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	12
KCA	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	6

W: Zach Davies L: Ian Kennedy SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Mark Wegner · 1B: Jim Reynolds · 2B: Mike DiMuro · 3B: Chad Whitson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Milwaukee Brewers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lorenzo Cain	3	2	2	1	2	0
Christian Yelich	5	0	1	0	0	0
Ryan Braun	3	1	2	1	2	0
Travis Shaw	3	1	1	3	0	0
Domingo Santana	4	0	2	0	0	2
Eric Thames	4	0	1	0	0	0
Manny Pina	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jonathan Villar	4	1	3	0	0	0
Eric Sogard	4	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jon Jay	3	0	1	0	1	1
Whit Merrifield	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Moustakas	3	0	0	0	1	0
Salvador Perez	4	1	1	1	0	1
Lucas Duda	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jorge Soler	3	0	0	0	1	1
Alex Gordon	4	1	2	0	0	1
Cheslor Cuthbert	4	0	1	0	0	0
Alcides Escobar	2	0	0	1	0	0

Milwaukee Brewers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Zach Davies	6.0	4	3	2
Matt Albers	1.1	1	0	1
Dan Jennings	1.0	0	0	1
Jeremy Jeffress	0.2	1	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ian Kennedy	3.0	6	1	0
Burch Smith	3.0	3	2	2
Tim Hill	1.0	2	0	1
Blaine Boyer	2.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lorenzo Cain: 3/G34S-
Christian Yelich: 8/F78XD+
Ryan Braun: 53/G5-

Bot 1

Jon Jay: 43/G34
Whit Merrifield: 43/G4
Mike Moustakas: 13/BG56S

Top 2

Travis Shaw: 6/F6D-
Domingo Santana: S9/G34
Eric Thames: S8/L8RS-.1-3;BX2(854)
Manny Pina: 9/F9M

Bot 2

Salvador Perez: 53/G5
Lucas Duda: S7/L78S
Jorge Soler: K
Alex Gordon: K

Top 3

Jonathan Villar: S9/L4D-
Eric Sogard: 43/G34-.1-2
Lorenzo Cain: W
Christian Yelich: 3/G34S.2-3;1-2
Ryan Braun: S1/G15+.3-H;2-3
Travis Shaw: HR/F89D+.3-H;1-H
Domingo Santana: S9/L34D+
Eric Thames: 7/F56D-

Bot 3

Cheslor Cuthbert: 43/G4M
Alcides Escobar: 9/F9D
Jon Jay: S8/G4
Whit Merrifield: 64(1)/FO/G6+

Top 4

Manny Pina: K
Jonathan Villar: S8/L8LS
Eric Sogard: 36(1)3/GDP/G3S

Bot 4

Mike Moustakas: 7/F78M
Salvador Perez: HR/F7LD+
Lucas Duda: 7/F7D+
Jorge Soler: 8/F8RXD+

Top 5

Lorenzo Cain: W
Christian Yelich: 9/L89S
Ryan Braun: W.1-2
Travis Shaw: 8/L8RD+.2-3
Domingo Santana: SB2
Domingo Santana: K

Bot 5

Alex Gordon: D8/F78XD+
Cheslor Cuthbert: 63/G6.2-3
Alcides Escobar: 7/SF/F7D+.3-H
Jon Jay: W
Whit Merrifield: 43/G4M+

Top 6

Eric Thames: 3/G3+
Manny Pina: 6/F56D-
Jonathan Villar: S3/BG34S+
Eric Sogard: 3/G3

Bot 6

Mike Moustakas: W
Salvador Perez: 54(1)3/GDP/G56
Lucas Duda: W
Jorge Soler: 53/G5+

Top 7

Lorenzo Cain: HR/F89XD+
Christian Yelich: S6/G6S-
Ryan Braun: S9/L34D+.1-2
Travis Shaw: 53/SH/BG5S+.2-3;1-2
Domingo Santana: K
Eric Thames: 6/F4M-

Bot 7

Alex Gordon: 5/F5D-
Cheslor Cuthbert: S7/L7S
Alcides Escobar: 8/F8RXD+
Jon Jay: K

Top 8

Manny Pina: 53/G56
Jonathan Villar: 3/G3S-
Eric Sogard: 43/G4

Bot 8

Whit Merrifield: 8/F8LD+
Mike Moustakas: 31/G34+
Salvador Perez: K23

Top 9

Lorenzo Cain: S3/G4S-
Christian Yelich: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Ryan Braun: W
Travis Shaw: CS2(26)

Bot 9

Lucas Duda: 53/G6
Jorge Soler: W
Alex Gordon: S/BR/G34S.1X2(5)
Cheslor Cuthbert: 9/F9LMF

Notes & reviews

Ian Kennedy left game with injured foot
Eric Thames hurt left thumb diving for ball hit by Moustakeas; he left game in 9th and had surgery for torn ligament on April 28

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