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Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals

2018-04-26 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 18315 · 67°F, cloudy · Wind 10 mph L to R · 3:08

Chicago White Sox defeated Kansas City Royals 6–3. Chicago White Sox opened the scoring in the 1st — Yoan Moncada homers (6) on a line drive to right field. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Jorge Soler homers (2) on a fly ball to left field. Mike Moustakas scores — worth 19% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Lucas Giolito L: Jake Junis SV: Joakim Soria

Umpires — HP: Jerry Layne · 1B: Greg Gibson · 2B: Vic Carapazza · 3B: Jordan Baker · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Yoan Moncada	5	1	3	1	0	2
Tim Anderson	5	0	0	0	0	1
Carlos Sanchez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Welington Castillo	3	2	1	1	1	0
Daniel Palka	4	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Davidson	3	2	2	3	0	1
Leury Garcia	3	0	0	0	1	1
Trayce Thompson	4	1	1	1	0	1
Adam Engel	4	0	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jon Jay	5	0	0	0	0	2
Abraham Almonte	5	0	2	0	0	1
Mike Moustakas	5	1	2	0	0	0
Salvador Perez	5	1	2	0	0	1
Lucas Duda	4	0	0	0	1	1
Jorge Soler	3	1	2	2	1	1
Alex Gordon	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Goins	4	0	2	0	0	0
Alcides Escobar	4	0	2	1	0	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lucas Giolito	5.2	6	2	2
Luis Avilan	0.1	1	0	0
Bruce Rondon	1.0	1	0	1
Nate Jones	1.0	3	0	2
Joakim Soria	1.0	1	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jakob Junis	5.2	6	2	5
Brian Flynn	2.1	2	0	0
Kelvin Herrera	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Yoan Moncada: HR/F9LD+
Tim Anderson: 9/F9LS
Carlos Sanchez: 7/F7D
Welington Castillo: 53/G56+

Bot 1

Jon Jay: 43/G4+
Abraham Almonte: 3/G3S
Mike Moustakas: 8/F8RXD+

Top 2

Daniel Palka: 6/F56D-
Matt Davidson: K23
Leury Garcia: K

Bot 2

Salvador Perez: 63/G6
Lucas Duda: W
Jorge Soler: W.1-2
Alex Gordon: 9/L9M+
Ryan Goins: 7/F7M

Top 3

Trayce Thompson: K
Adam Engel: 3/F23F-
Yoan Moncada: S7/L78S+
Tim Anderson: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 3

Alcides Escobar: S6/G56
Jon Jay: 6(1)3/GDP/G4MS
Abraham Almonte: 9/L89M+

Top 4

Carlos Sanchez: 7/F78M
Welington Castillo: HR/L7LD+
Daniel Palka: 43/G34
Matt Davidson: HR/L7LD+
Leury Garcia: 53/G56S

Bot 4

Mike Moustakas: S6/G6MD
Salvador Perez: 3/F3F-
Lucas Duda: 7/F78XD+
Jorge Soler: HR/F7D+.1-H
Alex Gordon: 41/G34

Top 5

Trayce Thompson: HR/F8RXD+
Adam Engel: 53/G56S
Yoan Moncada: K
Tim Anderson: K

Bot 5

Ryan Goins: D8/L8RM
Alcides Escobar: 43/G4+.2-3
Jon Jay: FC6/G6S-.3XH(62);B-1
Abraham Almonte: K

Top 6

Carlos Sanchez: 63/G6S
Welington Castillo: W
Daniel Palka: WP.1-2
Daniel Palka: 13/G15-
Matt Davidson: WP.2-3
Matt Davidson: HR/F78XD+.3-H
Leury Garcia: W
Trayce Thompson: 7/F78XD+

Bot 6

Mike Moustakas: D7/L5D
Salvador Perez: S7/L78S.2-3
Lucas Duda: 5/F15S-
Jorge Soler: K
Alex Gordon: 43/G34

Top 7

Adam Engel: 7/F7D+
Yoan Moncada: S3/G34S-
Tim Anderson: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M+

Bot 7

Ryan Goins: S9/G4
Alcides Escobar: 8/F8LD+
Jon Jay: K
Abraham Almonte: S8/G4M+.1-2
Mike Moustakas: 7/F78D

Top 8

Carlos Sanchez: S8/G6+
Welington Castillo: 8/F8RD+
Daniel Palka: 46(1)/FO/G4
Matt Davidson: HP.1-2
Leury Garcia: 53/G56S-

Bot 8

Salvador Perez: S8/L6MD+
Lucas Duda: K
Jorge Soler: S7/L7LS+.1-2
Alex Gordon: HP.2-3;1-2
Ryan Goins: 3/F3SF-
Alcides Escobar: S8/L6MD.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jon Jay: K

Top 9

Trayce Thompson: 4/F4M-
Adam Engel: S8/G4+
Yoan Moncada: SB2
Yoan Moncada: K
Tim Anderson: 9/F9LM

Bot 9

Abraham Almonte: D9/F9LD
Mike Moustakas: 31/G34.2-3
Salvador Perez: K
Lucas Duda: 7/F7S-

Notes & reviews

originally scored as E6, changed to single on 05-08-2018
Royals challenged call that Anderson was safe at 1st; call was overturned - out at first to complete double play

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