Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Cleveland 3,
Kansas City 2
When: 8:15 PM ET, Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 92°
Umpires: Home - Brian O'Nora, 1B - Fieldin Culbreth, 2B - CB Bucknor, 3B - Chris Conroy
Attendance: 22001
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 92°
Umpires: Home - Brian O'Nora, 1B - Fieldin Culbreth, 2B - CB Bucknor, 3B - Chris Conroy
Attendance: 22001
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cleveland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Francisco Lindor | SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .297 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .306 |
| Jose Ramirez | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .294 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .225 |
| Yonder Alonso | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .257 |
| Jason Kipnis | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .215 |
| Tyler Naquin | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .273 |
| Roberto Perez | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .146 |
| Greg Allen | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .208 |
| Totals | 28 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Michael Brantley (20), Jason Kipnis (17) | |||||||||
| TB - Michael Brantley 2, Jason Kipnis 2, Roberto Perez, Greg Allen | |||||||||
| RBI - Michael Brantley (48), Edwin Encarnacion (58), Greg Allen (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Francisco Lindor 3 (28), Edwin Encarnacion (34), Yonder Alonso (33), Greg Allen (14) | |||||||||
| S - Roberto Perez (2) | |||||||||
| SF - Edwin Encarnacion (2), Greg Allen (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Francisco Lindor (11, 2nd off Oaks/Butera), Jose Ramirez 2 (17, 2nd off Fillmyer/Butera, 2nd off Hill/Butera) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jason Kipnis (7) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Trevor Bauer (W 8-6) | 7.2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2.37 |
| Oliver Perez (H 6) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.82 |
| Cody Allen (SV 18) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.38 |
| HBP - Alex Gordon (by Bauer) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Trevor Bauer 108-68, Oliver Perez 6-4, Cody Allen 17-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Trevor Bauer 1-7, Oliver Perez 0-0, Cody Allen 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Trevor Bauer 30, Oliver Perez 1, Cody Allen 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Oliver Perez 1-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .288 |
| Rosell Herrera | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .274 |
| Salvador Perez | DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .214 |
| Lucas Duda | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .245 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .247 |
| Hunter Dozier | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .223 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .193 |
| Drew Butera | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .153 |
| Totals | 32 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield (24), Alex Gordon (8) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 2, Rosell Herrera, Salvador Perez 2, Alex Gordon 2, Hunter Dozier, Alcides Escobar, Drew Butera | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (27) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Salvador Perez (27), Alcides Escobar (19), Drew Butera (17) | |||||||||
| SF - Whit Merrifield (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Whit Merrifield (5, 3rd by Bauer/Perez), Rosell Herrera (3, 2nd by Bauer/Perez), Alex Gordon (1, Home by Bauer/Perez) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Trevor Oaks (L 0-2) | 4.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7.24 |
| Heath Fillmyer | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Tim Hill | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.47 |
| Wily Peralta | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.35 |
| WP - Wily Peralta | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Trevor Oaks 73-43, Heath Fillmyer 40-23, Tim Hill 14-9, Wily Peralta 15-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Trevor Oaks 5-3, Heath Fillmyer 5-1, Tim Hill 1-1, Wily Peralta 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Trevor Oaks 18, Heath Fillmyer 10, Tim Hill 4, Wily Peralta 5 | ||||||||