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Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals

2022-05-19 · Day game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 11784 · 79°F, cloudy · Wind 3 mph R to L · 3:47

Chicago White Sox defeated Kansas City Royals 7–4. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Hunter Dozier homers (4) on a line drive to left field. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Chicago White Sox took the lead in the 7th — Adam Engel singles on a line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel. AJ Pollock scores. Andrew Vaughn to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: Hunter Dozier homers (4) on a line drive to left field. Bobby Witt Jr. scores — worth 18% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Amir Garrett (P): Balk call.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHA	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	2	0	7	14
KCA	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11

W: Bennett Sousa L: Gabe Speier SV: Liam Hendriks

Umpires — HP: Alfonso Marquez · 1B: Shane Livensparger · 2B: Ramon De Jesus · 3B: Lance Barrett · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tim Anderson	3	1	2	2	2	0
Yoan Moncada	5	1	1	0	0	2
Luis Robert	4	1	3	4	0	1
Jose Abreu	3	0	0	0	2	1
AJ Pollock	4	1	1	0	1	1
Gavin Sheets	5	0	0	0	0	2
Andrew Vaughn	4	1	2	0	0	1
Reese McGuire	3	1	1	0	0	0
Josh Harrison	5	1	2	0	0	2
Adam Engel	2	0	1	1	0	1
Yasmani Grandal	1	0	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	5	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Benintendi	5	0	2	0	0	0
Bobby Witt	4	2	1	0	0	1
Hunter Dozier	4	1	3	3	0	0
MJ Melendez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Emmanuel Rivera	4	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Isbel	4	1	2	0	0	0
Sebastian Rivero	3	0	0	0	0	1
Nicky Lopez	3	0	2	1	1	0
Ryan O'Hearn	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vince Velasquez	5.0	6	1	3
Bennett Sousa	1.0	1	0	0
Joe Kelly	1.0	1	0	0
Kendall Graveman	1.0	1	0	0
Liam Hendriks	1.0	2	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Carlos Hernandez	3.0	5	5	3
Ronald Bolanos	3.0	3	0	2
Gabe Speier	0.1	3	0	1
Dylan Coleman	1.2	2	0	2
Amir Garrett	1.0	1	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tim Anderson: W
Yoan Moncada: 53/G56.1-2
Luis Robert: K
Jose Abreu: W
AJ Pollock: 54(1)/FO/G56.B-1

Bot 1

Whit Merrifield: 9/F9
Andrew Benintendi: S8/L89
Bobby Witt: 54(1)/FO/G5.B-1
Hunter Dozier: HR/L7LD.1-H
MJ Melendez: K

Top 2

Gavin Sheets: 7/F7L
Andrew Vaughn: K
Reese McGuire: 9/F89D

Bot 2

Emmanuel Rivera: 3/P23F/FL
Kyle Isbel: S6/G6M
Sebastian Rivero: K+SB2
Nicky Lopez: D8/L89.2-H
Whit Merrifield: 63/G6

Top 3

Josh Harrison: 53/G5
Tim Anderson: W
Yoan Moncada: SB2
Yoan Moncada: SB3
Yoan Moncada: K
Luis Robert: S8/G6M.3-H
Jose Abreu: W.1-2
AJ Pollock: W.2-3;1-2
Gavin Sheets: 7/F78

Bot 3

Andrew Benintendi: 9/F9D
Bobby Witt: D7/G5
Hunter Dozier: S7/L7S+.2-H
MJ Melendez: 5/P6D
Emmanuel Rivera: 63/G6

Top 4

Andrew Vaughn: S5/G56
Reese McGuire: S1/BG25.1-2
Josh Harrison: S7/L78.2-3;1-2
Tim Anderson: S8/G6M.3-H;2-H;1-2
Yoan Moncada: 46(1)/FO/G34.2-3;B-1
Luis Robert: HP.1-2
Jose Abreu: K
AJ Pollock: 54(1)/FO/G56.B-1

Bot 4

Kyle Isbel: 7/F78D
Sebastian Rivero: 7/F78XD+
Nicky Lopez: W
Whit Merrifield: 7/F78S

Top 5

Gavin Sheets: 7/L78XD+
Andrew Vaughn: 3/G3
Reese McGuire: 43/G34

Bot 5

Andrew Benintendi: 63/G6MD
Bobby Witt: K
Hunter Dozier: 9/F89XD

Top 6

Josh Harrison: S56/G56
Tim Anderson: S7/L7S.1-3
Yoan Moncada: K
Luis Robert: S8/L89D.3-H;1-3
Jose Abreu: 46(1)3/GDP/G34

Bot 6

MJ Melendez: S6/G6
Emmanuel Rivera: 8/F8
Kyle Isbel: 7/F7D
Sebastian Rivero: 4/P34

Top 7

AJ Pollock: S8/F8
Gavin Sheets: K
Andrew Vaughn: S8/G6M.1-3
Adam Engel: S8/L78.3-H;1-3
Josh Harrison: CS2(2436)
Josh Harrison: K

Bot 7

Nicky Lopez: 1/G34S-
Whit Merrifield: 43/L4D
Andrew Benintendi: DGR/F7LD
Bobby Witt: 53/G56

Top 8

Tim Anderson: 5/L56
Yoan Moncada: S9/L9L+
Luis Robert: HR/F78XD.1-H
Jose Abreu: 63/G6
AJ Pollock: K

Bot 8

Hunter Dozier: S7/G6
MJ Melendez: 46(1)/FO/G34.B-1
Emmanuel Rivera: 4(1)3/GDP/G4M

Top 9

Gavin Sheets: K
Yasmani Grandal: S9/G34
Adam Engel: K
Josh Harrison: BK.1-2
Josh Harrison: K

Bot 9

Kyle Isbel: S7/L78
Ryan O'Hearn: K
Nicky Lopez: S7/F78S.1-2
Whit Merrifield: 8/F8XD
Andrew Benintendi: 63/G4M

Notes & reviews

Royals challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned.
White Sox challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned.
Royals pitcher Amir Garrett ejected by 2B umpire Ramon De Jesus for arguing balk call (after inning ended)

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