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Milwaukee Brewers @ Kansas City Royals

2021-05-18 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 9298 · 77°F, cloudy · Wind 7 mph R to L · 2:48

Kansas City Royals defeated Milwaukee Brewers 2–0. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 8th — Brewers challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Andrew Benintendi singles on a line drive to right fielder Avisail Garcia. Whit Merrifield scores. Carlos Santana to 3rd. Andrew Benintendi to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Brewers challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Andrew Benintendi singles on a line drive to right fielder Avisail Garcia. Whit Merrifield scores. Carlos Santana to 3rd. Andrew Benintendi to 2nd — worth 28% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Avisail Garcia (P): Check swing.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ML4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
KCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		2	5

W: Jake Brentz L: Brandon Woodruff SV: Josh Staumont

Umpires — HP: Brian Gorman · 1B: Adrian Johnson · 2B: Sean Barber · 3B: Lance Barrett · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Milwaukee Brewers — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Kolten Wong	3	0	1	1
Lorenzo Cain	4	1	0	0
Christian Yelich	4	0	0	3
Avisail Garcia	4	0	0	1
Tyrone Taylor	2	0	0	0
Manny Pina	2	0	0	0
Travis Shaw	3	0	0	2
Luis Urias	2	0	1	0
Pablo Reyes	2	1	0	0
Jackie Bradley	1	0	0	0
Omar Narvaez	1	1	0	0
Billy McKinney	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	3	1	0	0	1	0
Carlos Santana	3	1	0	0	0	0
Andrew Benintendi	4	0	1	1	0	0
Salvador Perez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jorge Soler	4	0	0	0	0	2
Kelvin Gutierrez	3	0	2	0	0	0
Michael Taylor	3	0	1	0	0	0
Cam Gallagher	2	0	0	0	1	0
Nicky Lopez	3	0	1	0	0	1

Milwaukee Brewers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brandon Woodruff	7.2	4	2	4
Devin Williams	0.1	1	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kris Bubic	6.0	1	2	4
Scott Barlow	1.0	0	0	1
Tyler Zuber	0.2	1	0	0
Jake Brentz	0.1	0	0	0
Josh Staumont	1.0	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kolten Wong: K
Lorenzo Cain: 8/L8
Christian Yelich: 53/G6S

Bot 1

Whit Merrifield: 63/G6D
Carlos Santana: 4/L4D
Andrew Benintendi: 63/G6M

Top 2

Avisail Garcia: 9/F89
Tyrone Taylor: 43/G6M
Manny Pina: 43/G6

Bot 2

Salvador Perez: K
Jorge Soler: 4/L4D-
Kelvin Gutierrez: S8/G6M+
Michael Taylor: S6/G6M.1-3(E6/TH)
Cam Gallagher: 54(1)/FO/G56.B-1

Top 3

Travis Shaw: K
Luis Urias: 43/G4D
Pablo Reyes: S57/L7L+
Kolten Wong: 3/G3

Bot 3

Nicky Lopez: 63/G6D
Whit Merrifield: 63/G6
Carlos Santana: 3/G3

Top 4

Lorenzo Cain: 43/G6MD
Christian Yelich: K
Avisail Garcia: 53/G5

Bot 4

Andrew Benintendi: 8/F8S
Salvador Perez: 9/F89XD+
Jorge Soler: K

Top 5

Tyrone Taylor: 8/L8D
Manny Pina: 7/F7D
Travis Shaw: K

Bot 5

Kelvin Gutierrez: E5/G56.B-1
Michael Taylor: 54(1)/FO/G56.B-1
Cam Gallagher: CS2(24)
Cam Gallagher: W
Nicky Lopez: S4/G4S-.1-2
Whit Merrifield: 9/F89D

Top 6

Luis Urias: W
Pablo Reyes: 54(1)3/GDP/G56
Kolten Wong: W
Lorenzo Cain: 8/L8

Bot 6

Carlos Santana: 8/F78D
Andrew Benintendi: 9/F89
Salvador Perez: K

Top 7

Christian Yelich: K
Avisail Garcia: 13/G1-
Jackie Bradley: 13/G4MS

Bot 7

Jorge Soler: 53/G5+
Kelvin Gutierrez: S7/G56
Michael Taylor: 64(1)3/GDP/G6MS+

Top 8

Omar Narvaez: S8/G6
Travis Shaw: 8/F78D+
Luis Urias: 8/F89D
Billy McKinney: 43/G34

Bot 8

Cam Gallagher: 8/F8D
Nicky Lopez: K
Whit Merrifield: W
Carlos Santana: HP.1-2
Andrew Benintendi: S9/L89.2-H;1-3;B-2
Salvador Perez: E6/TH/G6.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3;B-1
Jorge Soler: K

Top 9

Kolten Wong: 8/F8D+
Lorenzo Cain: S8/L89
Christian Yelich: K
Avisail Garcia: K

Notes & reviews

Royals challenged call that Gutierrez was out at 3rd; call overturned - safe on error
Brewers challenged call that Merrifield was safe at home; call upheld - score on single
Garcia ejected by HP umpire Gorman for arguing check swing call by 1B umpire Johnson; Brewers manager Counsell also ejected by Gorman for arguing the call

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