Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 8,
Cincinnati 1
When: 1:40 PM ET, Sunday, August 18, 2024
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Will Little, 1B - Scott Barry, 2B - Lance Barksdale, 3B - Derek Thomas
Attendance: 30388
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Will Little, 1B - Scott Barry, 2B - Lance Barksdale, 3B - Derek Thomas
Attendance: 30388
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Maikel Garcia | 3B | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .237 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .350 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
| Salvador Perez | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .276 |
| Hunter Renfroe | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .230 |
| Freddy Fermin | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .303 |
| Michael Massey | 2B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
| Adam Frazier | PR-2B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .210 |
| Garrett Hampson | CF-LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .240 |
| MJ Melendez | PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .205 |
| Dairon Blanco | LF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .257 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .234 |
| Totals | 37 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Maikel Garcia (22), Kyle Isbel (8) | |||||||||
| HR - Dairon Blanco (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Maikel Garcia 2, Bobby Witt Jr., Vinnie Pasquantino 2, Hunter Renfroe, Freddy Fermin, Michael Massey 3, MJ Melendez, Dairon Blanco 5, Kyle Isbel 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Bobby Witt Jr. (91), Vinnie Pasquantino 3 (92), Salvador Perez (82), MJ Melendez (38), Dairon Blanco (13), Kyle Isbel (33) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Hunter Renfroe (28), Garrett Hampson (19) | |||||||||
| SF - Vinnie Pasquantino (13), Salvador Perez (5) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Salvador Perez (14) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Dairon Blanco (22, 2nd off Abbott/Maile) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brady Singer (W 9-8) | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3.18 |
| Sam Long | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.57 |
| Lucas Erceg (H 18) | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.93 |
| James McArthur | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.81 |
| WP - Sam Long | ||||||||
| HBP - Jeimer Candelario (by Singer) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Brady Singer 94-60, Sam Long 25-12, Lucas Erceg 28-21, James McArthur 10-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brady Singer 3-4, Sam Long 0-0, Lucas Erceg 1-0, James McArthur 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brady Singer 23, Sam Long 5, Lucas Erceg 6, James McArthur 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Lucas Erceg 3-0 | ||||||||
Cincinnati
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jonathan India | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .252 |
| Elly De La Cruz | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .259 |
| Spencer Steer | 1B-LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .233 |
| TJ Friedl | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .225 |
| Jeimer Candelario | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .227 |
| Jake Fraley | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .274 |
| Stuart Fairchild | PH-RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .215 |
| Santiago Espinal | 3B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .253 |
| Will Benson | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .192 |
| Ty France | PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .260 |
| Luke Maile | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .162 |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Jonathan India, Spencer Steer, TJ Friedl, Jeimer Candelario, Santiago Espinal 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jonathan India (46) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Spencer Steer 2 (57), Luke Maile (15) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Elly De La Cruz (11) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Elly De La Cruz (12, 2nd by Singer/Fermin) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Andrew Abbott (L 10-10) | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3.72 |
| Fernando Cruz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.36 |
| Justin Wilson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.29 |
| Casey Legumina | 2.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 |
| WP - Andrew Abbott | ||||||||
| IBB - Bobby Witt Jr. (by Abbott) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Andrew Abbott 83-52, Fernando Cruz 13-9, Justin Wilson 9-7, Casey Legumina 32-23 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Andrew Abbott 3-4, Fernando Cruz 1-0, Justin Wilson 0-1, Casey Legumina 5-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Andrew Abbott 22, Fernando Cruz 4, Justin Wilson 3, Casey Legumina 11 | ||||||||