Major League Baseball
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Cleveland 9,
Kansas City 3
When: 8:15 PM ET, Monday, July 2, 2018
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 88°
Umpires: Home - CB Bucknor, 1B - Chris Conroy, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Fieldin Culbreth
Attendance: 18285
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 88°
Umpires: Home - CB Bucknor, 1B - Chris Conroy, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Fieldin Culbreth
Attendance: 18285
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Francisco Lindor | SS | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .298 |
| Erik Gonzalez | SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .293 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .307 |
| Brandon Guyer | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .155 |
| Jose Ramirez | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .298 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .230 |
| Yonder Alonso | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .253 |
| Jason Kipnis | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .214 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 |
| Tyler Naquin | RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .282 |
| Rajai Davis | CF | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 |
| Totals | 34 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jose Ramirez 2 (24), Rajai Davis (4) | |||||||||
| HR - Francisco Lindor 2 (23) | |||||||||
| TB - Francisco Lindor 8, Michael Brantley, Jose Ramirez 4, Yan Gomes 2, Tyler Naquin, Rajai Davis 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Francisco Lindor 7 (55), Michael Brantley (47), Edwin Encarnacion (57) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Edwin Encarnacion 2 (33), Yonder Alonso (32) | |||||||||
| S - Francisco Lindor (3) | |||||||||
| SF - Michael Brantley (4), Edwin Encarnacion (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Michael Brantley (9) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Jose Ramirez (15, 2nd off Junis/Perez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PB - Yan Gomes (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Corey Kluber (W 12-4) | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2.64 |
| Dan Otero | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.87 |
| George Kontos | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Marc Rzepczynski | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Corey Kluber 99-63, Dan Otero 14-10, George Kontos 11-9, Marc Rzepczynski 9-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Corey Kluber 7-2, Dan Otero 1-2, George Kontos 3-0, Marc Rzepczynski 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Corey Kluber 25, Dan Otero 3, George Kontos 3, Marc Rzepczynski 3 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .288 |
| Rosell Herrera | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| Mike Moustakas | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .258 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .213 |
| Lucas Duda | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .245 |
| Hunter Dozier | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .221 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .308 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .246 |
| Abraham Almonte | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .186 |
| Alcides Escobar | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .191 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .184 |
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Mike Moustakas (18) | |||||||||
| HR - Whit Merrifield (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 4, Rosell Herrera, Mike Moustakas 2, Salvador Perez, Lucas Duda, Hunter Dozier, Jorge Bonifacio 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (25), Salvador Perez (33), Jorge Bonifacio (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jorge Bonifacio (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jorge Bonifacio (1), Alex Gordon (22) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Abraham Almonte (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jakob Junis (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jakob Junis (L 5-10) | 5.1 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5.13 |
| Brian Flynn | 2.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Jason Adam | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 |
| HBP - Yan Gomes (by Junis), Tyler Naquin (by Junis), Rajai Davis (by Junis) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jakob Junis 94-60, Brian Flynn 32-21, Jason Adam 16-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jakob Junis 8-3, Brian Flynn 5-0, Jason Adam 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jakob Junis 28, Brian Flynn 10, Jason Adam 4 | ||||||||