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Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals

2020-09-05 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · 91°F, sunny · Wind 7 mph to CF · 3:10

Chicago White Sox defeated Kansas City Royals 5–3. Chicago White Sox opened the scoring in the 1st — Jose Abreu homers (13) on a fly ball to left center field. Tim Anderson scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Yasmani Grandal homers (5) on a fly ball to left center field. Tim Anderson scores — worth 15% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Lucas Giolito L: Kris Bubic SV: Alex Colome

Umpires — HP: Laz Diaz · 1B: Ryan Blakney · 2B: Shane Livensparger · 3B: D.J. Reyburn · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tim Anderson	3	2	2	1	1	1
Yasmani Grandal	4	1	2	2	0	1
Jose Abreu	4	1	1	2	0	0
Eloy Jimenez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Yoan Moncada	4	0	0	0	0	3
Luis Robert	4	0	0	0	0	2
James McCann	4	1	0	0	0	0
Adam Engel	3	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Madrigal	3	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hunter Dozier	3	0	1	0	1	1
Jorge Soler	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ryan O'Hearn	4	1	1	0	0	1
Maikel Franco	4	1	2	1	0	0
Alex Gordon	4	0	0	0	0	2
Adalberto Mondesi	4	0	1	1	0	2
Bubba Starling	2	1	1	1	1	1
Cam Gallagher	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ryan McBroom	3	0	0	0	0	2
Nicky Lopez	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lucas Giolito	6.0	5	0	9
Ross Detwiler	0.2	1	1	0
Jimmy Cordero	0.1	0	0	0
Codi Heuer	1.0	0	1	1
Alex Colome	1.0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kris Bubic	7.0	4	1	4
Josh Staumont	1.0	1	0	1
Scott Barlow	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tim Anderson: D8/L8XD+
Yasmani Grandal: K
Jose Abreu: HR/L7D.2-H
Eloy Jimenez: 63/G6D+
Yoan Moncada: K

Bot 1

Whit Merrifield: 8/F8
Hunter Dozier: 8/F78XD+
Jorge Soler: K

Top 2

Luis Robert: 6/P4MS
James McCann: 63/G56S
Adam Engel: 3/G4

Bot 2

Ryan O'Hearn: 3/G3D
Maikel Franco: S56/G56+
Alex Gordon: 16(1)/FO/G4MS-.B-1
Adalberto Mondesi: K

Top 3

Nick Madrigal: 9/F9
Tim Anderson: W
Yasmani Grandal: 8/F78XD
Jose Abreu: 53/G56S

Bot 3

Bubba Starling: HR/F7LD
Cam Gallagher: 7/L78D
Whit Merrifield: 3/G34
Hunter Dozier: K

Top 4

Eloy Jimenez: 3/G34S-
Yoan Moncada: 43/G1S
Luis Robert: 13/G4MS

Bot 4

Ryan McBroom: 8/F89XD
Ryan O'Hearn: K
Maikel Franco: 4/P1S

Top 5

James McCann: E5/L5+.B-2
Adam Engel: 9/F89
Nick Madrigal: 63/G4M.2-3
Tim Anderson: S5/G5.3-H(UR)
Yasmani Grandal: HR/F78XD.1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Jose Abreu: 8/F8XD+

Bot 5

Alex Gordon: K
Adalberto Mondesi: K
Bubba Starling: K

Top 6

Eloy Jimenez: 8/L8XD
Yoan Moncada: K
Luis Robert: K

Bot 6

Cam Gallagher: K
Whit Merrifield: 53/G56
Hunter Dozier: S6/G56
Ryan McBroom: K

Top 7

James McCann: 4/P8S
Adam Engel: 8/L89XD
Nick Madrigal: 13/G6MS

Bot 7

Ryan O'Hearn: S68/L8
Maikel Franco: D7/L7LD+.1-H
Alex Gordon: 63/G4.2-3
Adalberto Mondesi: S7/G56.3-H
Bubba Starling: POCS2(134)
Bubba Starling: W
Nicky Lopez: 63/G6M

Top 8

Tim Anderson: K
Yasmani Grandal: S7/L78D
Jose Abreu: 8/F8D
Eloy Jimenez: 9/L9D+

Bot 8

Whit Merrifield: 8/F8D
Hunter Dozier: W
Ryan McBroom: K
Ryan O'Hearn: 63/G6MD

Top 9

Yoan Moncada: K
Luis Robert: K
James McCann: 7/F7

Bot 9

Maikel Franco: 8/L8XD+
Alex Gordon: K
Adalberto Mondesi: 63/G4D

Notes & reviews

Royals designated hitter Jorge Soler left the game due to an injured side.
White Sox challenged call that Mondesi was safe at 1st; call overturned - out on pickoff

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