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Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals

2019-03-31 · Day game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 12669 · 40°F, sunny · Wind 4 mph L to R · 2:57

Chicago White Sox defeated Kansas City Royals 6–3. Chicago White Sox opened the scoring in the 4th — Jose Abreu homers (2) on a line drive to left center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Jose Abreu homers (2) on a line drive to left center field — worth 13% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Lucas Giolito L: Jorge Lopez SV: Alex Colome

Umpires — HP: Marty Foster · 1B: Gabe Morales · 2B: Jerry Meals · 3B: Ron Kulpa · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Leury Garcia	5	1	1	0	0	2
Yoan Moncada	5	2	2	1	0	2
Jose Abreu	3	1	2	1	2	0
Yonder Alonso	3	1	2	3	2	0
Eloy Jimenez	4	0	0	1	1	0
Daniel Palka	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tim Anderson	4	0	2	0	0	0
James McCann	4	1	2	0	0	0
Carlos Sanchez	4	0	0	0	0	2

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	3	0	1	0	1	1
Adalberto Mondesi	4	0	1	1	0	1
Alex Gordon	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jorge Soler	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ryan O'Hearn	4	1	1	1	0	2
Lucas Duda	4	0	1	1	0	1
Chris Owings	4	0	0	0	0	2
Martin Maldonado	3	1	1	0	0	0
Billy Hamilton	3	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lucas Giolito	6.2	3	1	8
Ryan Burr	0.1	0	0	0
Kelvin Herrera	1.0	3	0	0
Alex Colome	1.0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jorge Lopez	5.0	6	1	5
Tim Hill	0.2	0	2	0
Kevin McCarthy	1.1	3	1	0
Kyle Zimmer	1.0	1	0	2
Chris Ellis	1.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Leury Garcia: K
Yoan Moncada: K
Jose Abreu: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 1

Whit Merrifield: W
Adalberto Mondesi: K
Alex Gordon: 36(1)/FO/G3S
Jorge Soler: 63/G56

Top 2

Yonder Alonso: 43/G34+
Eloy Jimenez: 13/G13
Daniel Palka: 8/F8LD

Bot 2

Ryan O'Hearn: K
Lucas Duda: 7/F6D-
Chris Owings: K

Top 3

Tim Anderson: D8/F78XD+
James McCann: 53/G5+
Carlos Sanchez: K
Leury Garcia: K23

Bot 3

Martin Maldonado: 7/F78S
Billy Hamilton: 13/G13
Whit Merrifield: 9/L9M+

Top 4

Yoan Moncada: K
Jose Abreu: HR/F78D+
Yonder Alonso: HR/F9D+
Eloy Jimenez: 7/F78M
Daniel Palka: 9/F9M

Bot 4

Adalberto Mondesi: 2/F2LF-
Alex Gordon: 63/G4
Jorge Soler: K

Top 5

Tim Anderson: S4/G6M
James McCann: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Carlos Sanchez: 6/P

Bot 5

Ryan O'Hearn: 3/G3
Lucas Duda: K
Chris Owings: K

Top 6

Leury Garcia: S7
Yoan Moncada: D9/F9LD+.1-3
Jose Abreu: W
Yonder Alonso: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Eloy Jimenez: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Daniel Palka: 32(3)3/GDP/G34S.2-3;1-2
Tim Anderson: 63/G6

Bot 6

Martin Maldonado: 8/F8RS
Billy Hamilton: 3/L3+
Whit Merrifield: K

Top 7

James McCann: D7/L5+
Carlos Sanchez: 8/F8RXD+.2-3
Leury Garcia: 3/G34S
Yoan Moncada: S8/L8RS.3-H
Jose Abreu: W.1-2
Yonder Alonso: S9/L34D+.2-H;1-3
Eloy Jimenez: 63/G6

Bot 7

Adalberto Mondesi: 13/G15-
Alex Gordon: S8/L6MD
Jorge Soler: K
Ryan O'Hearn: D9/L3D+.1-H
Lucas Duda: S9/L9LS+.2-H
Chris Owings: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 8

Daniel Palka: K
Tim Anderson: 9/F89M
James McCann: S9/G34+
Carlos Sanchez: K

Bot 8

Martin Maldonado: D7/L5D+
Billy Hamilton: 8/F78M
Whit Merrifield: S5.2-3
Adalberto Mondesi: S68/G6M+.3-H;1-2
Alex Gordon: 7/F7LD
Jorge Soler: 8/F8LS

Top 9

Leury Garcia: 3/L34
Yoan Moncada: 6/F6S-
Jose Abreu: S7/L5+
Yonder Alonso: W.1-2
Eloy Jimenez: 53/G5+

Bot 9

Ryan O'Hearn: K
Lucas Duda: 8/F8RS
Chris Owings: 13/G13

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Royals challenged call that Jimenez was safe at 1st; call was overturned - ground out

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