Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Cleveland 4,
Kansas City 0
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, August 25, 2017
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 69°
Umpires: Home - Sam Holbrook, 1B - D.J. Reyburn, 2B - Chris Guccione, 3B - Greg Gibson
Attendance: 34061
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 69°
Umpires: Home - Sam Holbrook, 1B - D.J. Reyburn, 2B - Chris Guccione, 3B - Greg Gibson
Attendance: 34061
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 10 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .285 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .290 |
| Melky Cabrera | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .294 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .320 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .278 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .255 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .238 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .223 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .204 |
| Totals | 34 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Eric Hosmer (24), Alcides Escobar (25), Alex Gordon (15) | |||||||||
| TB - Eric Hosmer 3, Salvador Perez, Jorge Bonifacio, Alcides Escobar 2, Alex Gordon 4 | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Whit Merrifield (47), Melky Cabrera (40), Salvador Perez (29), Cheslor Cuthbert 2 (15) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Melky Cabrera (15), Jorge Bonifacio (8) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Whit Merrifield (25, 2nd off Merritt/Gomes) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Salvador Perez (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jason Vargas (L 14-8) | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.72 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 1.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.59 |
| Ryan Buchter | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.26 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jason Vargas 97-58, Kevin McCarthy 36-22, Ryan Buchter 22-17 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jason Vargas 5-2, Kevin McCarthy 2-1, Ryan Buchter 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jason Vargas 22, Kevin McCarthy 9, Ryan Buchter 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Ryan Buchter 2-0 | ||||||||
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Francisco Lindor | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .267 |
| Austin Jackson | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .314 |
| Bradley Zimmer | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 |
| Jose Ramirez | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .299 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .247 |
| Jay Bruce | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .328 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .251 |
| Brandon Guyer | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .226 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .220 |
| Giovanny Urshela | 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .217 |
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Giovanny Urshela (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Francisco Lindor (23) | |||||||||
| TB - Francisco Lindor 5, Austin Jackson, Jose Ramirez, Carlos Santana, Brandon Guyer, Yan Gomes 2, Giovanny Urshela 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Francisco Lindor 2 (63), Austin Jackson (27), Giovanny Urshela (8) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Edwin Encarnacion (67), Jay Bruce 2 (3), Giovanny Urshela (6) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Brandon Guyer (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Francisco Lindor (10, 2nd off McCarthy/Perez), Austin Jackson (2, 2nd off Vargas/Perez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Francisco Lindor (9) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ryan Merritt (W 1-0) | 6.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.76 |
| Joe Smith (H 16) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.25 |
| Tyler Olson | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Cody Allen | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Ryan Merritt 97-66, Joe Smith 9-7, Tyler Olson 5-3, Cody Allen 17-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ryan Merritt 11-1, Joe Smith 0-1, Tyler Olson 0-0, Cody Allen 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ryan Merritt 27, Joe Smith 3, Tyler Olson 1, Cody Allen 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Joe Smith 2-0, Cody Allen 1-0 | ||||||||