Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 4,
Cleveland 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, September 15, 2017
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Lance Barksdale, 1B - Ted Barrett, 2B - Angel Hernandez, 3B - John Tumpane
Attendance: 34025
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Lance Barksdale, 1B - Ted Barrett, 2B - Angel Hernandez, 3B - John Tumpane
Attendance: 34025
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| Cleveland | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .284 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .302 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .324 |
| Melky Cabrera | RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .285 |
| Paulo Orlando | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .273 |
| Brandon Moss | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .212 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .253 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .207 |
| Drew Butera | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .241 |
| Totals | 38 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Lorenzo Cain (26), Alex Gordon (19) | |||||||||
| HR - Brandon Moss (22), Alcides Escobar (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield, Lorenzo Cain 4, Eric Hosmer, Melky Cabrera, Mike Moustakas, Brandon Moss 4, Alcides Escobar 4, Alex Gordon 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Lorenzo Cain (48), Eric Hosmer (87), Brandon Moss (46), Alcides Escobar (48) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Lorenzo Cain (18) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Whit Merrifield (51), Eric Hosmer (52), Mike Moustakas 2 (26), Brandon Moss (34) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Mike Moustakas (15) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PB - Drew Butera (6) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jason Vargas (W 16-10) | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4.19 |
| Ryan Buchter (H 3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.32 |
| Trevor Cahill (H 1) | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.89 |
| Mike Minor (SV 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.71 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jason Vargas 90-52, Ryan Buchter 14-9, Trevor Cahill 36-16, Mike Minor 17-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jason Vargas 5-5, Ryan Buchter 0-2, Trevor Cahill 4-0, Mike Minor 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jason Vargas 22, Ryan Buchter 3, Trevor Cahill 8, Mike Minor 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Ryan Buchter 1-0 | ||||||||
Cleveland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Francisco Lindor | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .278 |
| Austin Jackson | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .304 |
| Jose Ramirez | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .314 |
| Edwin Encarnacion | DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .252 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .265 |
| Jay Bruce | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .242 |
| Yandy Diaz | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .261 |
| Abraham Almonte | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 |
| Roberto Perez | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .217 |
| Tyler Naquin | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .227 |
| Greg Allen | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 |
| Francisco Mejia | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 |
| Totals | 30 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Francisco Lindor (39), Austin Jackson (16) | |||||||||
| HR - Jose Ramirez (27) | |||||||||
| TB - Francisco Lindor 3, Austin Jackson 2, Jose Ramirez 4, Yandy Diaz 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jose Ramirez 2 (75), Edwin Encarnacion (90) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jose Ramirez 2 (26) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose Ramirez (47), Carlos Santana (71) | |||||||||
| SF - Edwin Encarnacion (4) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Austin Jackson (11), Roberto Perez (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Francisco Lindor (14, 2nd off Vargas/Butera) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jose Ramirez (12) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Trevor Bauer (L 16-9) | 5.1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4.41 |
| Joe Smith | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.06 |
| Tyler Olson | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bryan Shaw | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.10 |
| Dan Otero | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.72 |
| Danny Salazar | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.52 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Trevor Bauer 98-66, Joe Smith 10-7, Tyler Olson 5-4, Bryan Shaw 8-5, Dan Otero 7-7, Danny Salazar 18-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Trevor Bauer 8-0, Joe Smith 0-0, Tyler Olson 1-0, Bryan Shaw 3-0, Dan Otero 2-1, Danny Salazar 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Trevor Bauer 26, Joe Smith 3, Tyler Olson 1, Bryan Shaw 3, Dan Otero 3, Danny Salazar 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Joe Smith 1-1, Tyler Olson 2-0 | ||||||||