Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Cleveland 9,
Kansas City 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Joe West, 1B - Marty Foster, 2B - Mark Ripperger, 3B - Doug Eddings
Attendance: 17041
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Joe West, 1B - Marty Foster, 2B - Mark Ripperger, 3B - Doug Eddings
Attendance: 17041
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Cleveland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 9 | 11 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .306 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .267 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .239 |
| Hunter Dozier | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .239 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .259 |
| Brian Goodwin | CF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .387 |
| Alcides Escobar | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .221 |
| Brett Phillips | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .202 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .237 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .211 |
| Totals | 32 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Hunter Dozier 2 (15) | |||||||||
| HR - Alex Gordon (11) | |||||||||
| TB - Alex Gordon 4, Hunter Dozier 4, Alcides Escobar 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Alex Gordon (37), Hunter Dozier (26), Jorge Bonifacio (16) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Hunter Dozier (11) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ryan O'Hearn (9), Brett Phillips (8), Cam Gallagher (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Hunter Dozier (6) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Danny Duffy (L 8-12) | 0.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.88 |
| Burch Smith | 2.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6.69 |
| Jake Newberry | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.52 |
| Jerry Vasto | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brandon Maurer | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.65 |
| Jason Hammel | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.98 |
| HBP - Francisco Lindor (by Smith), Rajai Davis (by Maurer) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Danny Duffy 26-14, Burch Smith 61-37, Jake Newberry 35-24, Jerry Vasto 10-9, Brandon Maurer 19-10, Jason Hammel 10-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Danny Duffy 1-1, Burch Smith 0-2, Jake Newberry 2-1, Jerry Vasto 0-0, Brandon Maurer 1-1, Jason Hammel 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Danny Duffy 7, Burch Smith 13, Jake Newberry 11, Jerry Vasto 3, Brandon Maurer 5, Jason Hammel 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Burch Smith 2-0 | ||||||||
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Francisco Lindor | SS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .285 |
| Yandy Diaz | DH | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Jose Ramirez | 3B | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .287 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .231 |
| Adam Rosales | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Brandon Guyer | LF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .198 |
| Melky Cabrera | RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .282 |
| Brandon Barnes | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Jason Kipnis | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .228 |
| Erik Gonzalez | 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Roberto Perez | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .148 |
| Rajai Davis | CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .242 |
| Totals | 35 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jose Ramirez (34) | |||||||||
| 3B - Yandy Diaz (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Francisco Lindor (31), Yandy Diaz (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Francisco Lindor 4, Yandy Diaz 8, Jose Ramirez 2, Brandon Guyer 2, Melky Cabrera 2, Jason Kipnis 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Francisco Lindor (80), Yandy Diaz 2 (11), Jose Ramirez (96), Edwin Encarnacion (93), Brandon Guyer (23), Melky Cabrera (32), Jason Kipnis 2 (59) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Yandy Diaz 2 (5), Brandon Guyer (12), Jason Kipnis 2 (24) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose Ramirez (31), Jason Kipnis (36), Roberto Perez 2 (21) | |||||||||
| SF - Edwin Encarnacion (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Erik Gonzalez (8) | |||||||||
| PB - Roberto Perez (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Mike Clevinger (W 11-7) | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3.11 |
| Oliver Perez | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.07 |
| Adam Cimber | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.63 |
| Brad Hand | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.96 |
| Cody Allen | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.45 |
| HBP - Brian Goodwin (by Perez), Adalberto Mondesi (by Hand) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Mike Clevinger 96-65, Oliver Perez 6-4, Adam Cimber 11-8, Brad Hand 17-11, Cody Allen 19-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Mike Clevinger 4-0, Oliver Perez 1-0, Adam Cimber 3-0, Brad Hand 0-0, Cody Allen 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Mike Clevinger 22, Oliver Perez 2, Adam Cimber 4, Brad Hand 4, Cody Allen 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Adam Cimber 1-1 | ||||||||