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Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Guardians

2021-07-10 · Night game · Progressive Field · Att: 24077 · 73°F, cloudy · Wind 11 mph from RF · 3:20

Cleveland Indians defeated Kansas City Royals 14–6. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 4th — Salvador Perez homers (21) on a fly ball to left field. Andrew Benintendi scores. Cleveland Indians took the lead in the 4th — Bradley Zimmer singles on a ground ball to second baseman Whit Merrifield, deflected by pitcher Mike Minor. Harold Ramirez scores. Oscar Mercado to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Cesar Hernandez homers (15) on a fly ball to left center field. Oscar Mercado scores. Bradley Zimmer scores — worth 21% 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	2	0	1	3	0	0	6	9
CLE	0	0	0	6	1	2	4	1		14	17

W: Cal Quantrill L: Mike Minor SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Quinn Wolcott · 1B: Nick Mahrley · 2B: James Hoye · 3B: Tripp Gibson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	3	0	0	1	0	0
Carlos Santana	3	0	0	0	1	1
Andrew Benintendi	5	2	3	2	0	0
Salvador Perez	3	1	1	2	0	0
Ryan O'Hearn	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hunter Dozier	3	1	1	0	1	1
Jorge Soler	4	1	1	0	0	0
Michael Taylor	3	1	1	0	1	1
Nicky Lopez	4	0	1	1	0	0
Sebastian Rivero	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hanser Alberto	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jarrod Dyson	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cesar Hernandez	5	1	2	3	0	1
Amed Rosario	5	0	1	1	0	1
Jose Ramirez	4	3	2	1	1	1
Franmil Reyes	5	0	2	0	0	0
Bobby Bradley	4	2	1	1	0	2
Harold Ramirez	4	2	3	0	0	1
Roberto Perez	4	2	2	2	0	0
Oscar Mercado	4	2	3	4	0	0
Bradley Zimmer	3	2	1	1	1	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Minor	4.0	9	1	2
Ervin Santana	1.2	4	1	2
Richard Lovelady	0.2	0	0	1
Kyle Zimmer	0.1	3	0	1
Anthony Swarzak	1.1	1	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cal Quantrill	6.0	5	1	1
Nick Sandlin	0.2	1	1	0
Bryan Shaw	0.1	1	1	0
Phil Maton	1.0	1	0	2
Blake Parker	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whit Merrifield: 9/F9
Carlos Santana: 8/F8D+
Andrew Benintendi: 7/F78

Bot 1

Cesar Hernandez: S5/BG2
Amed Rosario: K
Jose Ramirez: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Top 2

Salvador Perez: 53/G56
Ryan O'Hearn: 9/L9+
Hunter Dozier: S7/L78+
Jorge Soler: 13/G2-

Bot 2

Franmil Reyes: 4/P34
Bobby Bradley: K
Harold Ramirez: D9/G3
Roberto Perez: 8/F8XD+

Top 3

Michael Taylor: 9/L9
Nicky Lopez: 7/F7
Whit Merrifield: 43/G4

Bot 3

Oscar Mercado: D7/G5
Bradley Zimmer: 2/BP2F/FL
Cesar Hernandez: SB3
Cesar Hernandez: 63/G6S
Amed Rosario: 63/G56

Top 4

Carlos Santana: K
Andrew Benintendi: S9/L9S+
Salvador Perez: HR/F7LD.1-H
Ryan O'Hearn: E3/G34.B-1
Hunter Dozier: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 4

Jose Ramirez: W
Franmil Reyes: S7/L7S.1-2
Bobby Bradley: D8/L78D+.2-H;1XH(862)
Harold Ramirez: S8/L8+.2-3
Roberto Perez: 4/P3D
Oscar Mercado: S8/L78S.3-H;1-3;B-2(E8)
Bradley Zimmer: S14/G4.3-H;2-3
Cesar Hernandez: HR/F78XD.3-H;1-H
Amed Rosario: 7/F78S

Top 5

Jorge Soler: S7/L7LD+.BX2(74)
Michael Taylor: W
Nicky Lopez: 8/F8XD
Whit Merrifield: 9/F9LD

Bot 5

Jose Ramirez: S8/G4M
Franmil Reyes: S7/G6.1-3
Bobby Bradley: 46(1)3/GDP/G34+.3-H(NR)
Harold Ramirez: K

Top 6

Carlos Santana: 9/F9
Andrew Benintendi: HR/F89XD
Salvador Perez: 6/L56+
Ryan O'Hearn: 7/L7

Bot 6

Roberto Perez: HR/F7D
Oscar Mercado: 8/L78D
Bradley Zimmer: W
Cesar Hernandez: SB2
Cesar Hernandez: K
Amed Rosario: D7/F78XD+.2-H
Jose Ramirez: K

Top 7

Hunter Dozier: W
Jorge Soler: FC6/G6D.1X2(6E4);B-1
Michael Taylor: S9/F89S.2-3;1-2
Nicky Lopez: 3/G3.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Whit Merrifield: 8/SF/F8XD.3-H(UR);2-3
Carlos Santana: W
Andrew Benintendi: S9/G4.3-H(UR);1-2
Sebastian Rivero: 1/G3S

Bot 7

Franmil Reyes: 8/L89
Bobby Bradley: HP
Harold Ramirez: S9/G34.1-2
Roberto Perez: S9/G34.2-H;1-2
Oscar Mercado: HR/F7D.2-H;1-H
Bradley Zimmer: K
Cesar Hernandez: 4/L4D-

Top 8

Ryan O'Hearn: S36/G4
Hunter Dozier: K
Jorge Soler: 4/P4
Michael Taylor: K

Bot 8

Amed Rosario: 63/G6MD+
Jose Ramirez: HR/L9LD
Franmil Reyes: 9/F89
Bobby Bradley: K

Top 9

Nicky Lopez: S8/G4M
Hanser Alberto: 4/P8S
Jarrod Dyson: K
Andrew Benintendi: 63/G4D

Notes & reviews

Indians challenged call that Zimmer was out at 2nd; call overturned - stolen base
Royals challenged call that Dozier was out at 2nd; call overturned - safe on dropped catch error

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