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Atlanta Braves @ Kansas City Royals

2023-04-14 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 20186 · 77°F, cloudy · Wind 12 mph R to L · 2:22

Atlanta Braves defeated Kansas City Royals 10–3. Atlanta Braves opened the scoring in the 1st — Matt Olson homers (5) on a fly ball to left field. Ronald Acuna Jr. scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: Matt Olson homers (5) on a fly ball to left field. Ronald Acuna Jr. scores — worth 15% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Brian Snitker (M): Runner placement.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ATL	4	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	10	11
KCA	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	7

W: Charlie Morton L: Brady Singer SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Quinn Wolcott · 1B: Junior Valentine · 2B: Adrian Johnson · 3B: Manny Gonzalez · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ronald Acuna	5	3	3	2	0	1
Matt Olson	5	2	2	2	0	2
Austin Riley	5	1	1	1	0	3
Sean Murphy	4	1	2	3	1	2
Eddie Rosario	5	1	1	0	0	1
Ozzie Albies	4	0	0	0	0	2
Vaughn Grissom	4	0	1	1	0	0
Kevin Pillar	4	0	0	0	0	1
Sam Hilliard	2	2	1	1	2	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
MJ Melendez	4	2	1	0	1	2
Bobby Witt	4	0	3	0	0	0
Vinnie Pasquantino	3	0	0	0	1	0
Salvador Perez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Kyle Isbel	3	0	1	1	0	1
Edward Olivares	4	1	1	0	0	1
Michael Massey	3	0	0	1	0	1
Franmil Reyes	4	0	0	0	0	2
Nicky Lopez	3	0	0	0	0	2
Matt Duffy	1	0	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Charlie Morton	6.0	6	2	5
Dylan Lee	1.0	0	0	1
Joe Jimenez	1.0	1	0	1
Danny Young	1.0	0	0	2

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brady Singer	5.0	10	0	8
Jose Cuas	1.0	1	1	2
Josh Staumont	1.0	0	0	1
Amir Garrett	1.0	0	1	2
Carlos Hernandez	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ronald Acuna: S7/L78+
Matt Olson: HR/F7LD.1-H
Austin Riley: HR/F7LD
Sean Murphy: K
Eddie Rosario: D8/L9D+
Ozzie Albies: K
Vaughn Grissom: D9/G3.2-H
Kevin Pillar: 43/G4MD

Bot 1

MJ Melendez: D9/G3
Bobby Witt: S6/G6.2-2
Vinnie Pasquantino: 36(1)/FO/G3.2-H(NR)(UR);BX2(6E1)
Salvador Perez: 23/G2-.2-3
Kyle Isbel: K

Top 2

Sam Hilliard: HR/F9LD
Ronald Acuna: S8/G6M
Matt Olson: S7/F7LD.1-2
Austin Riley: K
Sean Murphy: D7/L78D+.2-H;1-H
Eddie Rosario: K
Ozzie Albies: K

Bot 2

Edward Olivares: 63/G56D
Michael Massey: 43/G34
Franmil Reyes: 8/L8D

Top 3

Vaughn Grissom: 4/L4MD
Kevin Pillar: 63/G6D
Sam Hilliard: K

Bot 3

Nicky Lopez: K
MJ Melendez: E6/G6.B-1
Bobby Witt: S6/G6S.1-2
Vinnie Pasquantino: W.2-3;1-2
Salvador Perez: 9/F9L
Kyle Isbel: 63/G4M

Top 4

Ronald Acuna: 63/G6
Matt Olson: K
Austin Riley: K

Bot 4

Edward Olivares: T8/F89XD+
Michael Massey: 7/SF/F7LSF/FL.3-H
Franmil Reyes: K
Nicky Lopez: 7/L7D

Top 5

Sean Murphy: HR/F8XD
Eddie Rosario: 9/F9LD
Ozzie Albies: 9/F89XD
Vaughn Grissom: 3/G34

Bot 5

MJ Melendez: W
Bobby Witt: S7/G56.1-2
Vinnie Pasquantino: 8/F78XD
Salvador Perez: S9/F9LS.2-3;1-2
Kyle Isbel: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Edward Olivares: 5(2)3/GDP/G5

Top 6

Kevin Pillar: 9/F9LF/FL
Sam Hilliard: W
Ronald Acuna: HR/F7D.1-H
Matt Olson: K
Austin Riley: K

Bot 6

Michael Massey: K
Franmil Reyes: 8/F89XD+
Nicky Lopez: K

Top 7

Sean Murphy: K
Eddie Rosario: 6/P8S
Ozzie Albies: 8/F8XD

Bot 7

MJ Melendez: K
Bobby Witt: 6/L6D
Vinnie Pasquantino: 8/L8XD

Top 8

Vaughn Grissom: 9/F9D
Kevin Pillar: K
Sam Hilliard: W
Ronald Acuna: K

Bot 8

Salvador Perez: 9/L9
Kyle Isbel: D9/L9LD+
Edward Olivares: K
Michael Massey: 5/P2F/FL

Top 9

Matt Olson: 8/F78D
Austin Riley: 53/G56
Sean Murphy: W
Eddie Rosario: 9/L9D+

Bot 9

Franmil Reyes: K
Matt Duffy: 8/F8
MJ Melendez: K

Notes & reviews

Braves challenged ruling on field (foul), call on the field was overturned ej,snitb801,M,gonzm901,Runner placement
Braves manager Brian Snitker ejected by 3B umpire Manny Gonzalez for arguing runner placement on overturned replay challenge

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