Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 8,
Cleveland 6
When: 6:10 PM ET, Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Mark Carlson, 1B - James Hoye, 2B - Mike Estabrook, 3B - Chad Whitson
Attendance:
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Mark Carlson, 1B - James Hoye, 2B - Mike Estabrook, 3B - Chad Whitson
Attendance:
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 0 |
| Cleveland | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | RF-2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .253 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .201 |
| Hunter Dozier | 1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .240 |
| Maikel Franco | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .223 |
| Matt Reynolds | 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| Ryan McBroom | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .260 |
| Bubba Starling | PR-CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Edward Olivares | CF-RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .364 |
| Nicky Lopez | 2B-3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .217 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .261 |
| Totals | 36 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield (9), Nicky Lopez (6), Cam Gallagher (5) | |||||||||
| HR - Whit Merrifield (8) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 6, Adalberto Mondesi, Hunter Dozier, Maikel Franco, Alex Gordon 2, Edward Olivares, Nicky Lopez 2, Cam Gallagher 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield 3 (25), Maikel Franco 2 (23), Nicky Lopez 2 (10), Cam Gallagher (3) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Maikel Franco (11), Nicky Lopez (2), Cam Gallagher (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Whit Merrifield (18), Cam Gallagher 2 (9) | |||||||||
| S - Adalberto Mondesi (2) | |||||||||
| SF - Maikel Franco (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Adalberto Mondesi (12, 2nd off Cimber/Leon) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jakob Junis | 4.1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5.57 |
| Kyle Zimmer | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.53 |
| Greg Holland (W 3-0) | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.42 |
| Scott Barlow (SV 2) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.86 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jakob Junis 68-47, Kyle Zimmer 25-15, Greg Holland 23-18, Scott Barlow 22-17 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jakob Junis 7-1, Kyle Zimmer 1-0, Greg Holland 1-0, Scott Barlow 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jakob Junis 20, Kyle Zimmer 5, Greg Holland 6, Scott Barlow 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Kyle Zimmer 1-0 | ||||||||
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Cesar Hernandez | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .263 |
| Mike Freeman | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .280 |
| Francisco Lindor | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .287 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .207 |
| Franmil Reyes | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .313 |
| Tyler Naquin | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 |
| Josh Naylor | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .208 |
| Sandy Leon | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .140 |
| Delino DeShields | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .254 |
| Totals | 35 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 6 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Mike Freeman 2 (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Francisco Lindor (7), Carlos Santana (5), Sandy Leon (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Cesar Hernandez, Mike Freeman 4, Francisco Lindor 4, Carlos Santana 4, Tyler Naquin, Josh Naylor, Sandy Leon 5 | |||||||||
| RBI - Francisco Lindor 2 (19), Carlos Santana 2 (21), Sandy Leon 2 (3) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Carlos Santana 2 (11), Sandy Leon (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Delino DeShields (7) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| PO - Mike Freeman (2nd by Zimmer) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Carlos Santana (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Triston McKenzie | 5.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2.57 |
| James Karinchak (H 6) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.70 |
| Cal Quantrill (BS 1) | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Adam Cimber (L 0-1) | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.22 |
| Oliver Perez | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.26 |
| Adam Plutko | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.64 |
| HBP - Nicky Lopez (by Perez) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Triston McKenzie 92-57, James Karinchak 9-8, Cal Quantrill 17-11, Adam Cimber 13-11, Oliver Perez 15-7, Adam Plutko 18-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Triston McKenzie 5-2, James Karinchak 0-0, Cal Quantrill 3-0, Adam Cimber 0-1, Oliver Perez 0-0, Adam Plutko 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Triston McKenzie 19, James Karinchak 3, Cal Quantrill 6, Adam Cimber 3, Oliver Perez 4, Adam Plutko 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Oliver Perez 1-1, Adam Plutko 3-0 | ||||||||