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Kansas City Royals @ New York Yankees

2018-07-29 · Day game · Yankee Stadium II · Att: 46192 · 81°F, cloudy · Wind 8 mph from RF · 2:51

New York Yankees defeated Kansas City Royals 6–3. New York Yankees opened the scoring in the 1st — Aaron Hicks homers (17) on a line drive to right field. Didi Gregorius scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: Aaron Hicks homers (17) on a line drive to right field. Didi Gregorius scores — worth 20% 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	0	1	1	1	0	3	6
NYA	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0		6	9

W: J.A. Happ L: Burch Smith SV: Aroldis Chapman

Umpires — HP: Laz Diaz · 1B: Andy Fletcher · 2B: Chad Whitson · 3B: Manny Gonzalez · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rosell Herrera	4	1	2	1	0	0
Adalberto Mondesi	4	0	0	0	0	1
Salvador Perez	4	1	2	1	0	1
Whit Merrifield	4	0	0	0	0	1
Hunter Dozier	3	1	1	1	1	1
Alex Gordon	4	0	1	0	0	1
Alcides Escobar	4	0	0	0	0	1
Brett Phillips	2	0	0	0	0	1
Drew Butera	3	0	0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brett Gardner	3	1	1	0	1	1
Giancarlo Stanton	3	1	1	1	0	0
Didi Gregorius	3	1	0	0	1	1
Aaron Hicks	3	2	3	2	1	0
Gleyber Torres	4	0	0	1	0	2
Greg Bird	4	0	1	1	0	2
Miguel Andujar	4	0	1	1	0	0
Neil Walker	2	1	1	0	1	1
Austin Romine	4	0	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Burch Smith	4.0	5	3	4
Tim Hill	0.2	1	1	0
Jason Adam	1.1	1	0	1
Brandon Maurer	1.0	1	0	2
Wily Peralta	1.0	1	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
J. A. Happ	6.0	3	1	2
Chad Green	1.0	2	0	1
David Robertson	1.0	1	0	2
Aroldis Chapman	1.0	0	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rosell Herrera: 43/G4
Adalberto Mondesi: 43/G4M
Salvador Perez: S7/L6D
Whit Merrifield: K

Bot 1

Brett Gardner: 43/G4
Giancarlo Stanton: 53/G56+
Didi Gregorius: W
Aaron Hicks: PO1(E3).1-2
Aaron Hicks: HR//L9LD+.2-H
Gleyber Torres: K

Top 2

Hunter Dozier: 9/F9LD
Alex Gordon: 7/F7M
Alcides Escobar: 43/G4

Bot 2

Greg Bird: K
Miguel Andujar: 7/F78XD+
Neil Walker: K

Top 3

Brett Phillips: HP
Drew Butera: K
Rosell Herrera: 54(1)/FO/G56
Adalberto Mondesi: WP.1-2
Adalberto Mondesi: 2/F2RF-

Bot 3

Austin Romine: 43/G4
Brett Gardner: W
Giancarlo Stanton: 63/G6+.1-2
Didi Gregorius: K

Top 4

Salvador Perez: 8/F8LXD+
Whit Merrifield: 4/F34D-
Hunter Dozier: W
Alex Gordon: 7/L7LM

Bot 4

Aaron Hicks: D9/L9LS+
Gleyber Torres: 7/L78M
Greg Bird: 9/L89M
Miguel Andujar: S8/L78S.2-H
Neil Walker: W.1-2
Austin Romine: 9/F89D+

Top 5

Alcides Escobar: 9/F89M
Brett Phillips: 13/G13S-
Drew Butera: 2/F2RF-

Bot 5

Brett Gardner: S8/L8RS-
Giancarlo Stanton: S9/L89S+.1-2
Didi Gregorius: 53/G15-.2-3;1-2
Aaron Hicks: W
Gleyber Torres: 43/G4.3-H;2-3;1-2
Greg Bird: S4/G4S-.3-H;2-3
Miguel Andujar: 8/F8LM

Top 6

Rosell Herrera: S7/L78S
Adalberto Mondesi: 6(1)3/GDP/G6
Salvador Perez: HR/F89XD+
Whit Merrifield: 43/G4M

Bot 6

Neil Walker: HP
Austin Romine: D8/L8LD+.1-3
Brett Gardner: K
Giancarlo Stanton: 8/SF/F8RD.3-H;2-3
Didi Gregorius: 5/F56S-

Top 7

Hunter Dozier: HR/F9D+
Alex Gordon: D7/F78XD+
Alcides Escobar: 63/G6S
Brett Phillips: K
Drew Butera: 4/F34D-

Bot 7

Aaron Hicks: S9/L89S-
Gleyber Torres: K
Greg Bird: CS2(26)
Greg Bird: K

Top 8

Rosell Herrera: HR/L9LD+
Adalberto Mondesi: K23
Salvador Perez: K
Whit Merrifield: 7/L78D+

Bot 8

Miguel Andujar: 9/L89D+
Neil Walker: S7/L78S
Austin Romine: 64(1)3/GDP/G6+

Top 9

Hunter Dozier: K
Alex Gordon: K
Alcides Escobar: K

Notes & reviews

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Yankees challenged call that Hicks was out at 2nd to start DP; call was overturned - ground out, no force or DP
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Royals challenged call that Torres was safe at 2nd; call was overturned - out on caught stealing

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