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Kansas City Royals @ Washington Nationals

2019-07-05 · Night game · Nationals Park · 11 innings · Att: 25213 · 89°F, cloudy · Wind 6 mph to LF · 4:40

Kansas City Royals defeated Washington Nationals 7–4. Washington Nationals opened the scoring in the 1st — Trea Turner homers (7) on a fly ball to left center field. Kansas City Royals took the lead in the 3rd — Alex Gordon singles on a line drive to left fielder Juan Soto. Adalberto Mondesi scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Brian Dozier singles on a line drive to right fielder Whit Merrifield. Ryan Zimmerman scores — worth 26% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
KCA	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	12
WAS	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	13

W: Brian Flynn L: Jonny Venters SV: Wily Peralta

Umpires — HP: Nic Lentz · 1B: John Tumpane · 2B: Lance Barksdale · 3B: Ted Barrett · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	5	1	1	0	1	1
Adalberto Mondesi	6	2	3	2	0	0
Alex Gordon	5	1	2	1	1	0
Hunter Dozier	5	0	1	1	1	3
Jorge Soler	4	0	2	1	0	0
Cheslor Cuthbert	5	0	0	0	0	2
Nicky Lopez	3	1	1	0	2	0
Martin Maldonado	5	1	1	0	0	1
Brad Keller	3	0	0	0	0	2
Lucas Duda	1	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Hamilton	2	0	1	0	0	0
Terrance Gore	0	1	0	0	0	0
Cam Gallagher	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Trea Turner	7	1	3	1	0	1
Adam Eaton	4	1	2	0	3	0
Anthony Rendon	5	0	0	0	0	1
Juan Soto	3	1	2	0	3	0
Ryan Zimmerman	6	1	3	2	0	0
Brian Dozier	4	0	1	1	2	1
Gerardo Parra	3	0	1	0	0	0
Yan Gomes	1	0	0	0	2	0
Austin Voth	2	0	0	0	0	0
Howie Kendrick	1	0	1	0	0	0
Victor Robles	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Adams	1	0	0	0	0	1
Adrian Sanchez	3	0	0	0	0	2
Kurt Suzuki	1	0	0	0	1	0
Stephen Strasburg	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brad Keller	5.2	6	5	2
Kevin McCarthy	1.0	2	2	1
Tim Hill	0.0	0	0	0
Jake Newberry	0.1	0	0	1
Jake Diekman	1.0	0	1	1
Ian Kennedy	1.0	3	1	1
Brian Flynn	1.0	1	2	0
Wily Peralta	1.0	1	0	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Austin Voth	4.1	5	3	6
Javy Guerra	1.2	2	0	0
Matt Grace	2.0	1	0	0
Wander Suero	1.0	0	1	0
Fernando Rodney	1.0	1	0	2
Jonny Venters	1.0	3	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whit Merrifield: 5/F5
Adalberto Mondesi: 31/G34S-
Alex Gordon: S9/G34
Hunter Dozier: K

Bot 1

Trea Turner: HR/F78D+
Adam Eaton: S9/G4+
Anthony Rendon: 64(1)3/GDP/G6+
Juan Soto: W
Ryan Zimmerman: D9/L9LM.1-3
Brian Dozier: 63/G6M-

Top 2

Jorge Soler: 4/F4D-
Cheslor Cuthbert: K
Nicky Lopez: W
Martin Maldonado: K

Bot 2

Gerardo Parra: S56/G6S
Yan Gomes: 64(1)3/GDP/G6S-
Austin Voth: 4/L4

Top 3

Brad Keller: K
Whit Merrifield: S8/L8RS
Adalberto Mondesi: T8/L8LM.1-H
Alex Gordon: S7.3-H
Hunter Dozier: K
Jorge Soler: 4/F4-

Bot 3

Trea Turner: S9/L9S
Adam Eaton: 8/F8LD
Anthony Rendon: K
Juan Soto: S9/L89S+.1-2
Ryan Zimmerman: 46(1)/FO/G4M

Top 4

Cheslor Cuthbert: 2/F2LF-
Nicky Lopez: W
Martin Maldonado: 53/G5.1-2
Brad Keller: K

Bot 4

Brian Dozier: 9/F8RD
Gerardo Parra: 8/F8LM
Yan Gomes: W
Austin Voth: 43/G4S

Top 5

Whit Merrifield: 63/G6S-
Adalberto Mondesi: D9/L9LM
Alex Gordon: W
Hunter Dozier: SB3;SB2
Hunter Dozier: S7/L6D+.3-H;2-3
Jorge Soler: S7/G56+.3-H;1-2
Cheslor Cuthbert: 46(1)/FO/G4.2-3
Nicky Lopez: 6/L6+

Bot 5

Trea Turner: K
Adam Eaton: W
Anthony Rendon: 8/F8RD
Juan Soto: 43/G4

Top 6

Martin Maldonado: 7/F78D
Brad Keller: 63/G4M-
Whit Merrifield: 4/F4-

Bot 6

Ryan Zimmerman: 63/G6+
Brian Dozier: W
Gerardo Parra: 13.1-2
Yan Gomes: W
Howie Kendrick: S7/G56+.2-3;1-2
Trea Turner: 13/G-

Top 7

Adalberto Mondesi: 9/F89D+
Alex Gordon: 43/G34D
Hunter Dozier: 63/G6+

Bot 7

Adam Eaton: W
Anthony Rendon: 9/F9LS
Juan Soto: W.1-2
Ryan Zimmerman: D7/L7LM+.2-H;1-3
Brian Dozier: K
Victor Robles: HP
Matt Adams: K

Top 8

Jorge Soler: S7/G56+
Cheslor Cuthbert: POCS2(134)
Cheslor Cuthbert: 9/F9LM
Nicky Lopez: 3/G3

Bot 8

Adrian Sanchez: K
Trea Turner: 8/F8RS
Adam Eaton: W
Anthony Rendon: 9/L9S

Top 9

Martin Maldonado: 8/F89D+
Lucas Duda: 3/G3+
Whit Merrifield: W
Adalberto Mondesi: 31/G34S-

Bot 9

Juan Soto: S9/L9S
Ryan Zimmerman: D7/G5+.1-H
Brian Dozier: S9/L89S.2-H
Victor Robles: 13/SH.1-2
Kurt Suzuki: IW
Adrian Sanchez: K
Trea Turner: 9/F9LM

Top 10

Alex Gordon: 43/G4
Hunter Dozier: K
Billy Hamilton: D9/L8RS+
Cheslor Cuthbert: WP.2-3
Cheslor Cuthbert: K

Bot 10

Adam Eaton: S8/L8RS
Stephen Strasburg: BK.1-2
Stephen Strasburg: 34/SH.2-3
Juan Soto: IW
Ryan Zimmerman: 6/F6-
Brian Dozier: DI.1-2
Brian Dozier: W
Victor Robles: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 11

Nicky Lopez: S41/G4S-
Martin Maldonado: S7/G6+.1-2
Terrance Gore: HP.2-3;1-2
Whit Merrifield: K
Adalberto Mondesi: S7/G56.3-H;2-3;1-2
Alex Gordon: E3/TH/FO/G34S+.3-H(UR)(NR);2-H(NR);1-3;B-2
Hunter Dozier: IW
Billy Hamilton: 62(3)/FO/G6S+.2-3;1-2
Cam Gallagher: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 11

Kurt Suzuki: 63/G6S-
Adrian Sanchez: 53/G5
Trea Turner: S7/G6
Adam Eaton: 8/F8RM

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Royals challenged call that Soto was safe at 3rd; call was upheld - safe advancing on double
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Run scored by Gore was originally scored as unearned, changed to earned on 07-06-2019 due to subsequent intentional walk

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