Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Kansas City 2,
Cleveland 1
When: 8:15 PM ET, Thursday, September 27, 2018
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 69°
Umpires: Home - Chad Fairchild, 1B - Kerwin Danley, 2B - Mike Estabrook, 3B - Bruce Dreckman
Attendance: 19262
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 69°
Umpires: Home - Chad Fairchild, 1B - Kerwin Danley, 2B - Mike Estabrook, 3B - Bruce Dreckman
Attendance: 19262
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Cleveland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Francisco Lindor | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .279 |
| Greg Allen | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .249 |
| Jose Ramirez | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| Josh Donaldson | DH | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 |
| Rajai Davis | PR-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .228 |
| Melky Cabrera | RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .279 |
| Brandon Barnes | PR-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Yandy Diaz | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .306 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .264 |
| Brandon Guyer | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .206 |
| Adam Rosales | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .133 |
| Totals | 38 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Melky Cabrera (17), Yandy Diaz (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Francisco Lindor, Greg Allen, Josh Donaldson 3, Melky Cabrera 3, Yandy Diaz 3, Brandon Guyer | |||||||||
| RBI - Jose Ramirez (104) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Francisco Lindor (50), Brandon Barnes 2 (4), Yandy Diaz 2 (14), Yan Gomes (47) | |||||||||
| SF - Jose Ramirez (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Francisco Lindor (10, 2nd by Lively/Gallagher) | |||||||||
| SB - Greg Allen 2 (21, 2nd off Hammel/Viloria, 3rd off Hammel/Viloria), Jose Ramirez (34, 2nd off Hammel/Viloria) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Greg Allen (Dozier at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Josh Tomlin | 4.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6.14 |
| Andrew Miller | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.24 |
| Dan Otero | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.25 |
| Jonathan Edwards | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.12 |
| Tyler Olson | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.94 |
| Neil Ramirez (L 0-3) | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.54 |
| HBP - Cam Gallagher (by Tomlin) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Josh Tomlin 74-52, Andrew Miller 19-16, Dan Otero 20-15, Jonathan Edwards 11-8, Tyler Olson 9-6, Neil Ramirez 20-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Josh Tomlin 2-3, Andrew Miller 3-0, Dan Otero 2-0, Jonathan Edwards 1-2, Tyler Olson 0-0, Neil Ramirez 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Josh Tomlin 19, Andrew Miller 5, Dan Otero 5, Jonathan Edwards 4, Tyler Olson 2, Neil Ramirez 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Andrew Miller 2-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .304 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .284 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .244 |
| Salvador Perez | DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .235 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .270 |
| Hunter Dozier | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .226 |
| Brian Goodwin | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .268 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .220 |
| Rosell Herrera | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .236 |
| Meibrys Viloria | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .158 |
| Brett Phillips | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .191 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
| Totals | 37 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Brian Goodwin (4) | |||||||||
| HR - Adalberto Mondesi (13) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 2, Adalberto Mondesi 4, Salvador Perez, Ryan O'Hearn, Hunter Dozier, Brian Goodwin 2, Cam Gallagher | |||||||||
| RBI - Adalberto Mondesi (34), Salvador Perez (79) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Adalberto Mondesi (12), Salvador Perez (23) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Adalberto Mondesi 2 (24), Salvador Perez (49) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Whit Merrifield (42, 2nd off Tomlin/Gomes), Adalberto Mondesi 2 (30, 2nd off Ramirez/Gomes, 3rd off Ramirez/Gomes) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Ryan O'Hearn (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Glenn Sparkman | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.46 |
| Ben Lively | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.93 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.21 |
| Wily Peralta | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.78 |
| Jason Hammel (W 4-14) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.02 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Glenn Sparkman 78-51, Ben Lively 27-19, Kevin McCarthy 17-12, Wily Peralta 9-8, Jason Hammel 20-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Glenn Sparkman 6-5, Ben Lively 2-1, Kevin McCarthy 2-0, Wily Peralta 2-0, Jason Hammel 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Glenn Sparkman 20, Ben Lively 8, Kevin McCarthy 5, Wily Peralta 3, Jason Hammel 5 | ||||||||