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Kansas City Royals @ Chicago White Sox

2019-09-11 · Night game · Guaranteed Rate Field · Att: 14385 · 87°F, cloudy · Wind 14 mph to LF · 3:16

Kansas City Royals defeated Chicago White Sox 8–6. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Jorge Soler homers (42) on a fly ball to left center field. Adalberto Mondesi scores. Chicago White Sox took the lead in the 1st — Eloy Jimenez homers (26) on a fly ball to right center field. Tim Anderson scores. Yoan Moncada scores. Kansas City Royals took the lead in the 3rd — Adalberto Mondesi homers (9) on a fly ball to center field. Whit Merrifield scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: Eloy Jimenez homers (26) on a fly ball to right center field. Tim Anderson scores. Yoan Moncada scores — worth 26% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — James McCann (P): Balls and strikes.

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Line score

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

W: Glenn Sparkman L: Reynaldo Lopez SV: Ian Kennedy

Umpires — HP: Dan Bellino · 1B: Jeremie Rehak · 2B: David Rackley · 3B: Alfonso Marquez · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	5	1	1	0	0	2
Adalberto Mondesi	5	3	3	2	0	1
Jorge Soler	5	2	4	4	0	0
Alex Gordon	5	0	1	0	0	1
Ryan McBroom	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ryan O'Hearn	2	1	2	1	1	0
Cheslor Cuthbert	4	0	1	0	1	0
Bubba Starling	4	1	1	1	0	0
Meibrys Viloria	4	0	1	0	0	1
Hunter Dozier	2	0	0	0	0	2
Brett Phillips	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Leury Garcia	5	0	1	0	0	0
Tim Anderson	4	2	2	0	0	0
Jose Abreu	4	2	2	2	0	0
Yoan Moncada	3	1	0	0	1	1
Eloy Jimenez	4	1	2	4	0	1
Welington Castillo	3	0	0	0	1	0
Zack Collins	3	0	0	0	0	1
Carlos Sanchez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Adam Engel	3	0	1	0	0	1
James McCann	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ryan Goins	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Glenn Sparkman	5.0	4	1	4
Scott Barlow	2.0	1	0	1
Jesse Hahn	0.2	3	1	0
Tim Hill	0.1	0	0	1
Ian Kennedy	1.0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Reynaldo Lopez	4.2	9	1	6
Jose Ruiz	1.1	2	0	1
Josh Osich	0.1	1	0	0
Carson Fulmer	1.1	2	1	1
Hector Santiago	0.2	0	0	0
Kelvin Herrera	0.2	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whit Merrifield: K
Adalberto Mondesi: S7/L78S
Jorge Soler: SB2
Jorge Soler: HR/F78D+.2-H
Alex Gordon: K
Ryan McBroom: 4/F3D-

Bot 1

Leury Garcia: 7/L7M+
Tim Anderson: S9/L9S
Jose Abreu: 8/F8LXD+
Yoan Moncada: W.1-2
Eloy Jimenez: HR/F89D+.2-H;1-H
Welington Castillo: 9/F89D

Top 2

Ryan O'Hearn: S15/G15+
Cheslor Cuthbert: 4/F4D
Bubba Starling: 54(1)/FO/G
Meibrys Viloria: K

Bot 2

Zack Collins: K
Carlos Sanchez: 53/G6S-
Adam Engel: S5/G5S-
Leury Garcia: WP.1-2
Leury Garcia: 7/F7LS

Top 3

Whit Merrifield: S67/G56+
Adalberto Mondesi: HR/F8RXD+.1-H
Jorge Soler: D9/F89D+
Alex Gordon: 43/G4S-.2-3
Ryan McBroom: K
Ryan O'Hearn: W
Cheslor Cuthbert: 43/G4

Bot 3

Tim Anderson: 9/F9M
Jose Abreu: 7/F7LD
Yoan Moncada: K

Top 4

Bubba Starling: HR/F78XD+
Meibrys Viloria: S9/G34+
Whit Merrifield: K
Adalberto Mondesi: 7/F7M
Jorge Soler: 8/F78D

Bot 4

Eloy Jimenez: K
Welington Castillo: 13/G15-
Zack Collins: 63/G6MS-

Top 5

Alex Gordon: 63/G4
Ryan McBroom: K
Ryan O'Hearn: HR/F8RXD+
Cheslor Cuthbert: S8/G6M
Bubba Starling: 9/F89S

Bot 5

Carlos Sanchez: K
Adam Engel: 7/F7LD
Leury Garcia: S6/G6M
Tim Anderson: 43/G4S-

Top 6

Meibrys Viloria: 63/G6MD
Whit Merrifield: 8/F8RD+
Adalberto Mondesi: K

Bot 6

Jose Abreu: D8/L8LS+
Yoan Moncada: 53/G4+.2-3
Eloy Jimenez: 63/G6.3-H
Welington Castillo: 9/F9LS

Top 7

Jorge Soler: S5/G5+
Alex Gordon: S7/G56.1-2
Ryan McBroom: 6(2)/FO/G56-.1-2
Hunter Dozier: K
Cheslor Cuthbert: W.2-3;1-2
Bubba Starling: 4/F4-

Bot 7

Zack Collins: 7/F78S
Carlos Sanchez: 9/F9M
Adam Engel: K

Top 8

Meibrys Viloria: 8/L8LD+
Whit Merrifield: 3/P3F
Adalberto Mondesi: S9/L9S
Jorge Soler: SB2
Jorge Soler: HR/F8LXD+.2-H
Alex Gordon: 13/G15-

Bot 8

Leury Garcia: 63/G6
Tim Anderson: S6/G5-
Jose Abreu: HR/F7D+.1-H
Yoan Moncada: 7/F7M
Eloy Jimenez: S7/G56+
Welington Castillo: W.1-2
James McCann: K

Top 9

Brett Phillips: 7/F7LD
Hunter Dozier: K
Cheslor Cuthbert: 6/F6-

Bot 9

Carlos Sanchez: 4/L4D+
Ryan Goins: 43/G4
Leury Garcia: 7/L7LM+

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