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Major League BaseballRate Field · Chicago, Illinois

Kansas City

Royals

Final

Top hitters

AVG

.298

CWS

AVG

.295▼

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

Ryan Bergert

Kansas City Royals · 2-1

6.0 IP, ER, 3 K, 2 BB

2.67 ERA · 59 K · 1.11 WHIP

CWS

Starter

Aaron Civale

Chicago White Sox · 3-9

4.2 IP, 5 ER, 4 K, BB

xwOBA 16th

5.26 ERA · 74 K · 1.37 WHIP

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

Contact quality

KC12 R · .365 xBA

CWS1 R · .227 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	8	3	0	1	0	12	16	1
CWS	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0

Statcast

Hardest hit · KC
B. Witt Jr. · Single
110.8 mph · .670 xBA
Hardest hit · CWS
C. Meidroth · Single
103.1 mph · .580 xBA
Longest hit
M. Yastrzemski · Home Run
409 ft · .710 xBA
Best barrel
M. Massey · Flyout
102 mph · .530 xBA
Fastest pitch
A. Zerpa · Sinker
98.7 mph

Game MVP · win probability

Andrew Benintendi
CWS
+19%
Salvador Perez
KC
+19%
Bobby Witt Jr.
KC
+18%

Scoring summary

Benintendi homered to right (353 feet).4th Inning0-1
Perez homered to right center (396 feet).5th Inning1-1
Witt Jr. singled to right, Frazier scored and Isbel scored, Witt Jr. to second, Yastrzemski to third.5th Inning3-1
Pasquantino singled to center, Yastrzemski scored and Witt Jr. scored.5th Inning5-1
Perez doubled to left, Garcia scored and Pasquantino scored.5th Inning7-1
Frazier doubled to left, Perez scored.5th Inning8-1
Yastrzemski homered to center (409 feet), Massey scored and Isbel scored.6th Inning11-1
Garcia singled to right, Yastrzemski scored, Loftin to second.8th Inning12-1

Box score

Hitting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
M. Yastrzemski	2-5	5	3	2	3	1	1	1	20	.260	.356	.603
B. Witt Jr.	2-4	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	20	.298	.354	.501
N. Loftin	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.200	.276	.352
V. Pasquantino	1-4	4	1	1	2	0	0	1	18	.262	.321	.473
T. Tolbert	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.235	.270	.353
M. Garcia	1-4	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	15	.297	.360	.461
D. Lynch IV	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
S. Perez	2-4	4	2	2	3	1	0	0	16	.246	.291	.451
L. Maile	1-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	.212	.316	.333
A. Frazier	3-5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	20	.302	.339	.425
J. India	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	23	.234	.326	.345
M. Massey	2-5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	19	.208	.226	.271

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
R. Bergert	6.0	6	1	1	2	3	1	98-63	2.67	98
J. Bowlan	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16-9	4.40	16
A. Zerpa	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	15-10	3.76	15
D. Lynch IV	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-6	2.89	11

Win probability

KC 100%CWS 0%

Win probability over timeCWS win %

Biggest swing: Witt Jr. singled to right, Frazier scored and Isbel scored, Witt Jr. to second, Yastrzemski to third. (+25% 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