Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 3,
Cleveland 0
When: 4:10 PM ET, Monday, April 5, 2021
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 44°
Umpires: Home - Chad Whitson, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Tony Randazzo, 3B - Todd Tichenor
Attendance: 8914
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 44°
Umpires: Home - Chad Whitson, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Tony Randazzo, 3B - Todd Tichenor
Attendance: 8914
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .167 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .267 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .188 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .182 |
| Jarrod Dyson | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .438 |
| Hanser Alberto | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .308 |
| Ryan McBroom | DH | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Kyle Isbel | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .357 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .429 |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Whit Merrifield (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 5, Andrew Benintendi, Michael A. Taylor, Hanser Alberto, Nicky Lopez 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield 3 (9) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Whit Merrifield 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Andrew Benintendi (1), Michael A. Taylor 2 (2) | |||||||||
| SF - Whit Merrifield (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Hanser Alberto (1, 2nd by Allen/Perez) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Danny Duffy (W 1-0) | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Scott Barlow (H 2) | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jesse Hahn (SV 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Danny Duffy 97-58, Scott Barlow 19-15, Jesse Hahn 17-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Danny Duffy 2-2, Scott Barlow 2-2, Jesse Hahn 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Danny Duffy 22, Scott Barlow 6, Jesse Hahn 4 | ||||||||
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jordan Luplow | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .125 |
| Ben Gamel | PH-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Cesar Hernandez | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .143 |
| Jose Ramirez | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .312 |
| Eddie Rosario | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 |
| Franmil Reyes | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Amed Rosario | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .375 |
| Josh Naylor | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 |
| Roberto Perez | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 |
| Yu Chang | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Jake Bauers | PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Franmil Reyes (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Ramirez, Franmil Reyes 2, Amed Rosario | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Franmil Reyes (2), Josh Naylor (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Jose Ramirez (1), Eddie Rosario (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Eddie Rosario (Taylor at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Logan Allen (L 0-1) | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3.60 |
| Triston McKenzie | 3.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2.45 |
| James Karinchak | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Logan Allen 72-44, Triston McKenzie 58-32, James Karinchak 3-3 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Logan Allen 7-3, Triston McKenzie 0-4, James Karinchak 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Logan Allen 21, Triston McKenzie 16, James Karinchak 1 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - James Karinchak 2-0 | ||||||||