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Major League BaseballRate Field · Chicago, Illinois

Kansas City

Royals

Final

Top hitters

AVG

.297▼

Maikel Garcia

Kansas City Royals

1-5 · 2 RBI

xwOBA 44thvs LHP .327

CWS

AVG

.294▼

Season batting average · amber = strong vs today's starter · up/down arrow = hot/cold last 15 · MLB Stats API · hero Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Starting pitchers

Starter

Michael Lorenzen

Kansas City Royals · 5-8

5.0 IP, 4 ER, 6 K, BB

xwOBA 10th

4.62 ERA · 100 K · 1.35 WHIP

CWS

Starter

Martín Pérez

Chicago White Sox · 1-3

7.0 IP, 0 ER, 5 K, 0 BB

xwOBA 29th

2.02 ERA · 32 K · 0.95 WHIP

Season pitching · MLB Stats API · Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Contact quality

KC5 R · .354 xBA

CWS4 R · .336 xBA

The scoreboard matched the contact — KC both hit it harder and scored more.

Expected BA on balls in play · Baseball Savant

KC win5th in the AL Central, 10 GB

Looking ahead

The Royals sit 5th in the AL Central, 10 games back — losers of 2 straight, 4-6 over their last 10.
The White Sox sit atop the AL Central — losers of 3 straight, 4-6 over their last 10.
Series tied 3-3.
The Royals are up next at BAL (Jul 10-12).
The White Sox are up next home vs ATH (Jul 10-12).

Line score

Inn	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	9	0
CWS	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	9	0

Statcast

Hardest hit · KC
B. Witt Jr. · Single
112.2 mph · .810 xBA
Hardest hit · CWS
B. Baldwin · Single
105.5 mph · .590 xBA
Longest hit
B. Witt Jr. · Lineout
389 ft · .780 xBA
Best barrel
B. Witt Jr. · Lineout
109.9 mph · .780 xBA
Fastest pitch
G. Taylor · 4-Seam Fastball
98.4 mph

Game MVP · win probability

Martín Pérez
CWS
+40%
Michael Massey
KC
+38%
Kyle Isbel
KC
+21%

Scoring summary

Montgomery homered to left (361 feet).2nd Inning0-1
Teel singled to center, Baldwin scored, Vargas to second, Tauchman to third.6th Inning0-2
Sosa singled to left, Tauchman scored, Teel to second, Vargas to third.6th Inning0-3
Vargas scored on Schreiber wild pitch, Sosa to second on wild pitch by Schreiber, Teel to third on wild pitch by Schreiber.6th Inning0-4
Vargas scored on Schreiber wild pitch, Sosa to second on wild pitch by Schreiber, Teel to third on wild pitch by Schreiber.6th Inning0-4
Garcia singled to right, Frazier scored and India scored, Isbel to second.8th Inning2-4
Massey singled to right, Pasquantino scored and Yastrzemski scored, India to third.9th Inning4-4
Isbel singled to center, India scored, Frazier to second, Massey to third.9th Inning5-4

Box score

Hitting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
M. Garcia	1-5	5	0	1	2	0	0	21	.297	.360	.463
B. Witt Jr.	1-5	5	0	1	0	0	2	23	.296	.353	.501
V. Pasquantino	1-4	4	1	1	0	0	0	13	.262	.321	.474
S. Perez	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	1	18	.244	.290	.443
R. Grichuk	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	.232	.317	.339
M. Yastrzemski	1-2	2	1	1	0	0	0	9	.250	.346	.559
J. India	2-4	4	2	2	0	0	1	15	.236	.328	.348
N. Loftin	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	7	.200	.272	.352
M. Massey	1-2	2	0	1	2	0	0	6	.203	.222	.257
A. Frazier	1-3	3	1	1	0	0	2	17	.287	.327	.406
T. Tolbert	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.242	.278	.364
K. Isbel	1-1	1	0	1	1	1	0	10	.265	.307	.374

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
M. Lorenzen	5.0	7	4	4	1	6	1	78-50	4.62	78
J. Schreiber	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	14-11	3.04	14
T. Clarke	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15-9	3.14	15
S. Long	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19-11	6.03	19
C. Estevez	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16-11	2.62	16

Win probability

KC 100%CWS 0%

Win probability over timeCWS win %

Biggest swing: Massey singled to right, Pasquantino scored and Yastrzemski scored, India to third. (+42% KC)

Team stats

KCCWS

Hits

Runs

Home Runs

RBI

Stolen Bases

Walks

Strikeouts

Runners LOB

Statcast profile

KCCWS

7.7%

Barrel%

7.57%

40.14%

Hard-hit%

40.57%

.320

xwOBA

.310

Barrel% perfectly-struck balls — ideal exit velo + launch angle, near-automatic extra bases · Hard-hit% share of balls hit 95+ mph · xwOBA expected offensive value from contact quality (higher is better)

Season quality of contact · Baseball Savant