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Baltimore Orioles @ Kansas City Royals

2018-09-02 · Day game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 18463 · 88°F, cloudy · Wind 8 mph R to L · 2:48

Kansas City Royals defeated Baltimore Orioles 9–1. Baltimore Orioles opened the scoring in the 1st — Jonathan Villar homers (11) on a fly ball to left center field. Kansas City Royals took the lead in the 3rd — Ryan O'Hearn flies out to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Alex Gordon to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Alcides Escobar singles on a line drive to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Rosell Herrera scores. Brett Phillips to 2nd — worth 11% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BAL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
KCA	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	4		9	14

W: Jorge Lopez L: David Hess SV: (none)

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

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Cedric Mullins	4	0	0	0	2
Joey Rickard	4	0	2	0	2
Jonathan Villar	4	1	1	1	1
Trey Mancini	4	0	1	0	0
Chris Davis	3	0	2	0	1
John Andreoli	3	0	0	0	1
Breyvic Valera	3	0	0	0	1
Jace Peterson	2	0	0	0	1
Caleb Joseph	3	0	0	0	1
Renato Nunez	1	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	5	1	2	1	0	1
Alex Gordon	5	2	3	1	0	0
Hunter Dozier	5	0	2	1	0	2
Ryan O'Hearn	5	0	0	0	0	1
Jorge Bonifacio	3	1	2	1	1	0
Rosell Herrera	3	2	0	0	0	0
Brett Phillips	4	1	1	0	0	3
Alcides Escobar	3	1	3	1	1	0
Meibrys Viloria	3	1	1	2	1	0

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
David Hess	4.0	9	0	3
Sean Gilmartin	2.2	2	2	2
Mike Wright	1.0	3	1	2
Tanner Scott	0.1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Jorge Lopez	7.0	5	8
Tim Hill	1.0	0	1
Kevin McCarthy	1.0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cedric Mullins: K
Joey Rickard: K
Jonathan Villar: HR/F7D+
Trey Mancini: 43/G4-

Bot 1

Whit Merrifield: 9/F89XD+
Alex Gordon: S7/L78M
Hunter Dozier: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Top 2

Chris Davis: K
John Andreoli: K
Breyvic Valera: K

Bot 2

Ryan O'Hearn: 7/F7M
Jorge Bonifacio: S7/L78S
Rosell Herrera: 16(1)/FO/G13
Brett Phillips: S8/G4M+.1-2
Alcides Escobar: S8/L8RM.2-H;1-2
Meibrys Viloria: 3/G3-

Top 3

Jace Peterson: 3/G3-
Caleb Joseph: K
Cedric Mullins: 3/G34+

Bot 3

Whit Merrifield: S8/L6MD
Alex Gordon: SB2
Alex Gordon: S7/L56D+.2-3
Hunter Dozier: K
Ryan O'Hearn: PO1(E1).3-H;1-2
Ryan O'Hearn: 8/F8LXD+.2-3
Jorge Bonifacio: D7/F78XD+.3-H
Rosell Herrera: PO2(E1).2-H(UR)(E4/TH)(NR)
Rosell Herrera: 7/F78XD+

Top 4

Joey Rickard: K
Jonathan Villar: 8/F8RXD+
Trey Mancini: S8/L8LM
Chris Davis: S7/F7LS.1-3
John Andreoli: 9/F9LM

Bot 4

Brett Phillips: K+WP.B-1
Alcides Escobar: S9/G34.1-3
Meibrys Viloria: 3/G3S-.1-2
Whit Merrifield: S7/L7S+.3-H;2-3
Alex Gordon: FC1/G15S-.3X3(125);1-2;B-1
Hunter Dozier: K

Top 5

Breyvic Valera: 43/G34
Jace Peterson: K
Caleb Joseph: 63/G6

Bot 5

Ryan O'Hearn: 43/G4+
Jorge Bonifacio: W
Rosell Herrera: 54(1)3/GDP/G56+

Top 6

Cedric Mullins: 8/F8LXD+
Joey Rickard: S9/L9S
Jonathan Villar: 7/F7S
Trey Mancini: SB2
Trey Mancini: 53/G56

Bot 6

Brett Phillips: K
Alcides Escobar: S9/L89S
Meibrys Viloria: W.1-2
Whit Merrifield: 5(2)53/GDP/G5

Top 7

Chris Davis: S8/L8RM+
John Andreoli: 46(1)/FO/G6M
Breyvic Valera: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 7

Alex Gordon: 6/F6D
Hunter Dozier: D8/F8LXD+
Ryan O'Hearn: K
Jorge Bonifacio: 9/F9D+

Top 8

Renato Nunez: 63/G6
Caleb Joseph: 7/L7D+
Cedric Mullins: K

Bot 8

Rosell Herrera: HP
Brett Phillips: K
Alcides Escobar: W.1-2
Meibrys Viloria: D9/L9D+.2-H;1-H
Whit Merrifield: K
Alex Gordon: D78/L78M.2-H
Hunter Dozier: T8/L78D+.2-H
Ryan O'Hearn: 63/G6MD

Top 9

Joey Rickard: S1/G56S-
Jonathan Villar: K
Trey Mancini: 46(1)3/GDP/G4+

Notes & reviews

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