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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Kansas City Royals

2021-06-01 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 10333 · 72°F, cloudy · Wind 6 mph L to R · 3:28

Kansas City Royals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 10–5. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Andrew Benintendi singles on a ground ball to right fielder Gregory Polanco. Whit Merrifield scores. Andrew Benintendi out at 2nd on the throw, right fielder Gregory Polanco to shortstop Kevin Newman. Pittsburgh Pirates took the lead in the 3rd — Gregory Polanco out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Michael A. Taylor. Adam Frazier scores. Ka'ai Tom to 3rd. Kansas City Royals took the lead in the 5th — Andrew Benintendi hits a grand slam (5) to right field. Nicky Lopez scores. Whit Merrifield scores. Carlos Santana scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Salvador Perez homers (11) on a fly ball to left field. Carlos Santana scores — worth 18% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Derek Shelton (M): Called third strike.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	10
KCA	1	0	0	2	5	0	1	1		10	12

W: Brady Singer L: Wil Crowe SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dan Bellino · 1B: Edwin Moscoso · 2B: Joe West · 3B: Bruce Dreckman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Adam Frazier	4	1	2	1	1	1
Ka'ai Tom	1	1	0	0	0	1
Bryan Reynolds	5	0	1	1	0	1
Gregory Polanco	4	0	0	1	0	2
Ben Gamel	4	0	0	1	0	2
Wilmer Difo	4	1	2	0	0	1
Kevin Newman	4	1	2	0	0	0
Michael Perez	4	0	2	1	0	1
Erik Gonzalez	4	1	1	0	0	2
Will Craig	2	0	0	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	5	2	3	1	0	0
Carlos Santana	3	2	1	0	2	0
Andrew Benintendi	5	1	2	5	0	0
Salvador Perez	4	2	2	3	0	1
Edward Olivares	4	0	1	0	0	2
Hunter Dozier	4	0	1	0	0	2
Kelvin Gutierrez	4	1	1	0	0	0
Michael Taylor	3	1	1	1	0	1
Nicky Lopez	2	1	0	0	2	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wil Crowe	4.0	8	2	3
Chris Stratton	2.0	1	1	2
Chasen Shreve	1.0	1	0	1
David Bednar	0.2	2	1	0
Sam Howard	0.1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brady Singer	5.2	8	1	6
Kyle Zimmer	0.1	0	1	0
Jake Brentz	1.0	0	0	3
Jakob Junis	1.0	2	0	1
Wade Davis	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Adam Frazier: D8/F89XD
Ka'ai Tom: K
Bryan Reynolds: 7/F7D+
Gregory Polanco: 8/L8

Bot 1

Whit Merrifield: S6/G56
Carlos Santana: 3/G23-.1-2
Andrew Benintendi: S9/G4.2-H;BX2(96)
Salvador Perez: 7/F78D

Top 2

Ben Gamel: K
Wilmer Difo: S8/G1S+
Kevin Newman: 64(1)/FO/G6D.B-1
Michael Perez: 6(1)/FO/G.B-1

Bot 2

Edward Olivares: K
Hunter Dozier: K
Kelvin Gutierrez: 63/G6

Top 3

Erik Gonzalez: S1/G4MS.B-2(E1/TH)
Adam Frazier: W
Ka'ai Tom: HP.2-3;1-2
Bryan Reynolds: S9/G34+.3-H;2-3;1-2
Gregory Polanco: 8/SF/L8XD.3-H;2-3
Ben Gamel: 8/SF/F8XD.3-H
Wilmer Difo: 8/F89XD

Bot 3

Michael Taylor: K
Nicky Lopez: 7/F7D
Whit Merrifield: 9/F9L

Top 4

Kevin Newman: S9/L9
Michael Perez: D9/L89D.1-H
Erik Gonzalez: K
Adam Frazier: 9/L9LD+.2-3
Will Craig: 63/G6

Bot 4

Carlos Santana: S34/G3
Andrew Benintendi: 7/F5DF/FL
Salvador Perez: HR/F7LD.1-H
Edward Olivares: 53/G6
Hunter Dozier: S7/L78
Kelvin Gutierrez: 9/F9D

Top 5

Bryan Reynolds: K
Gregory Polanco: 5/P5D
Ben Gamel: 7/F7S

Bot 5

Michael Taylor: T8/F78XD+
Nicky Lopez: W
Whit Merrifield: S7/L7S.3-H;1-2
Carlos Santana: W.2-3;1-2
Andrew Benintendi: HR/F9D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Salvador Perez: K
Edward Olivares: S9/L89S
Hunter Dozier: K
Kelvin Gutierrez: 64(1)/FO/G6S.B-1

Top 6

Wilmer Difo: S7/G6+
Kevin Newman: FC1/G4MS.1-2(E1/TH);B-1
Michael Perez: K/C
Erik Gonzalez: K
Adam Frazier: D5/F5D.2-H(UR);1-3
Will Craig: W
Bryan Reynolds: 2/BINT

Bot 6

Michael Taylor: 63/G6+
Nicky Lopez: W
Whit Merrifield: 8/F8XD.1-2
Carlos Santana: 8/F8D

Top 7

Gregory Polanco: K
Ben Gamel: K
Wilmer Difo: K

Bot 7

Andrew Benintendi: 9/L89D+
Salvador Perez: HR/F7LD
Edward Olivares: K
Hunter Dozier: 2/P2F/FL

Top 8

Kevin Newman: S4/L3D
Michael Perez: S8/L8.1-2
Erik Gonzalez: 3/P3F/FL
Adam Frazier: K
Will Craig: 4/P4S

Bot 8

Kelvin Gutierrez: T9/L89+
Michael Taylor: 9/SF/F89.3-H
Nicky Lopez: 63/G6MS
Whit Merrifield: S4/G6M
Carlos Santana: SB2
Carlos Santana: W
Andrew Benintendi: 5/P56

Top 9

Bryan Reynolds: 9/F9+
Gregory Polanco: K
Ben Gamel: 43/G4D+

Notes & reviews

Pirates challenged call that Newman was out at 1st; call overturned - force out, not double play
Tom left with injured wrist
Pirates manager Shelton ejected by HP umpire Bellino for arguing called third strike
Reynolds interfered with catcher by stepping out of batter's box

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