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Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Guardians

2019-07-19 · Night game · Progressive Field · Att: 26640 · 93°F, cloudy · Wind 12 mph to RF · 3:20

Cleveland Indians defeated Kansas City Royals 10–5. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Humberto Arteaga called out on strikes. Cleveland Indians took the lead in the 3rd — Tyler Naquin homers (9) on a line drive to right field. Jake Bauers scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Whit Merrifield triples (9) on a line drive to right fielder Tyler Naquin. Nicky Lopez scores. Bubba Starling scores. Meibrys Viloria scores — worth 21% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	9
CLE	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	3		10	16

W: Shane Bieber L: Mike Montgomery SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Alfonso Marquez · 1B: Ryan Blakney · 2B: Chad Fairchild · 3B: Mike Estabrook · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	5	1	2	3	0	0
Alex Gordon	5	1	2	0	0	0
Hunter Dozier	4	0	1	1	0	2
Jorge Soler	3	0	0	0	1	1
Cheslor Cuthbert	2	0	0	0	2	0
Humberto Arteaga	4	0	1	0	0	1
Nicky Lopez	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bubba Starling	4	1	1	0	0	2
Meibrys Viloria	2	1	1	0	2	1

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Francisco Lindor	5	3	3	0	0	0
Oscar Mercado	5	2	5	2	0	0
Carlos Santana	3	1	0	0	2	0
Jordan Luplow	3	1	2	1	1	0
Jose Ramirez	5	0	1	2	0	0
Jason Kipnis	4	0	1	1	0	1
Roberto Perez	4	0	0	1	0	1
Jake Bauers	4	1	2	0	0	0
Tyler Naquin	3	2	2	2	1	1
Greg Allen	0	0	0	1	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Montgomery	2.0	6	0	1
Brian Flynn	3.0	3	3	0
Kevin McCarthy	1.0	3	0	0
Tim Hill	1.0	1	0	2
Wily Peralta	1.0	3	1	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Shane Bieber	5.2	7	4	6
Nick Goody	1.1	1	0	0
Adam Cimber	1.0	1	0	1
Oliver Perez	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whit Merrifield: 7/F78S
Alex Gordon: S8/L6MD+
Hunter Dozier: K
Jorge Soler: W.1-2
Cheslor Cuthbert: W.2-3;1-2
Humberto Arteaga: BK.3-H(NR);2-3;1-2
Humberto Arteaga: K

Bot 1

Francisco Lindor: S8/L4MD+
Oscar Mercado: S7/L7S+.1-2
Carlos Santana: 64(1)/FO/G56.2-3
Jordan Luplow: 64(1)/FO/G6S.3-H
Jose Ramirez: CS2(24)

Top 2

Nicky Lopez: 6/L6
Bubba Starling: K
Meibrys Viloria: K

Bot 2

Jose Ramirez: 4/F4MD
Jason Kipnis: K
Roberto Perez: 43/G4

Top 3

Whit Merrifield: D9/L89D+
Alex Gordon: S9/L34+.2-3
Hunter Dozier: D7/L5D+.3-H;1-3
Jorge Soler: K
Cheslor Cuthbert: IW
Humberto Arteaga: 9/DP.3XH(92)

Bot 3

Jake Bauers: S9/L3D+
Tyler Naquin: HR/F9LD.1-H
Francisco Lindor: D7/L78D+
Oscar Mercado: SB3
Oscar Mercado: D7/L5D+.3-H
Carlos Santana: W
Jordan Luplow: W.2-3;1-2
Jose Ramirez: 43/G4S-.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jason Kipnis: 3/L34S
Roberto Perez: 9/F89D

Top 4

Nicky Lopez: 8/F78D
Bubba Starling: 43/G4
Meibrys Viloria: W
Whit Merrifield: 7/F7LS

Bot 4

Jake Bauers: 9/F9M
Tyler Naquin: W
Francisco Lindor: FC8/F8RS.1X2(85)
Oscar Mercado: S6/G56+.1-2
Carlos Santana: 5(2)/FO/G5-

Top 5

Alex Gordon: 8/L8LD+
Hunter Dozier: K
Jorge Soler: 3/P

Bot 5

Jordan Luplow: S7/G5+
Jose Ramirez: 9/F9S
Jason Kipnis: WP.1-2
Jason Kipnis: S9/L89S+.2-3
Roberto Perez: 9/SF/F9D+.3-H
Jake Bauers: 4/L4D

Top 6

Cheslor Cuthbert: 4/L4+
Humberto Arteaga: 9/L9S-
Nicky Lopez: S9/G34+
Bubba Starling: S7/G56+.1-2
Meibrys Viloria: S9/G34+.2-3;1-2
Whit Merrifield: T9/L89M+.3-H;2-H;1-H
Alex Gordon: 43/G4S

Bot 6

Tyler Naquin: D9/L9D+
Francisco Lindor: 63/G4-.2-3
Oscar Mercado: S7/L7S.3-H
Carlos Santana: 8/F8RD+
Jordan Luplow: S7/G56+.1-2
Jose Ramirez: WP.2-3;1-2
Jose Ramirez: 9/L89M

Top 7

Hunter Dozier: 8/F8RM
Jorge Soler: 3/F23F-
Cheslor Cuthbert: 2/F23F-

Bot 7

Jason Kipnis: 23/G-
Roberto Perez: K
Jake Bauers: S7/L78S
Tyler Naquin: K

Top 8

Humberto Arteaga: S9/L4D
Nicky Lopez: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Bubba Starling: K

Bot 8

Francisco Lindor: D8/L8RD+
Oscar Mercado: S8/L6MD+.2-3
Carlos Santana: SB2
Carlos Santana: IW
Greg Allen: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jose Ramirez: S9/L9M+.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jason Kipnis: 8/SF/L8LS.3-H
Roberto Perez: 46(1)3/GDP/G4+

Top 9

Meibrys Viloria: W
Whit Merrifield: 8/F8RXD+
Alex Gordon: 46(1)3/GDP/G4+

Notes & reviews

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On-field Delay
Indians challenged call that Luplow was out at 1st; call was out at 1st; call was overturned - force out, not DP
Indians challenged call that Gordon was safe at home; call was overturned - out to complete double play
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Royals challenged call that Ramirez was safe at 1st; call was overtturned - ground out
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