Major League BaseballKauffman Stadium · Kansas City, Missouri



CWS
Chase Meidroth1-4.244
Tristan Petersvs RHP .3260-3.242▲
Luisangel Acuña0-3 · 1 RBI.231▲
KC
Maikel Garcia2-4.320▼
Bobby Witt Jr.vs LHP .3302-5 · 2B.286
Jac Caglianone0-2.237Season batting average · amber = strong vs today's starter · up/down arrow = hot/cold last 15 · MLB Stats API · hero Statcast accent by Baseball Savant
CWS
KC
Season pitching · MLB Stats API · Statcast accent by Baseball Savant
CWS2 R · .311 xBA
KC0 R · .382 xBACWS scored more despite the lower team xBA — KC squared more up and had less to show for it.
Expected BA on balls in play · Baseball Savant
CWS win1st in the AL Central| Inn | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CWS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |








Montgomery doubled to right, Murakami scored.4th Inning1-0
Acuña hit sacrifice fly to right, Benintendi scored, Harris to third.7th Inning2-0| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Meidroth | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .244 | .333 | .378 |
| M. Murakami | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | .195 | .346 | .488 |
| M. Vargas | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .209 | .340 | .395 |
| C. Montgomery | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .200 | .308 | .378 |
| A. Benintendi | 0-3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | .176 | .222 | .235 |
| D. Harris | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | .333 | .556 | .333 |
| D. Hill | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .400 | .182 |
| E. Quero | 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .194 | .265 | .194 |
| L. Acuna | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .231 | .262 | .231 |
| T. Peters | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .242 | .306 | .273 |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Kay | 5.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 100-63 | 2.45 | 100 |
| G. Taylor | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22-17 | 1.42 | 22 |
| J. Leasure | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18-9 | 4.70 | 18 |
| S. Dominguez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15-8 | 3.86 | 15 |
CWS 100%KC 0% 
Biggest swing: Montgomery doubled to right, Murakami scored. (+14% CWS)
CWSKC
CWSKC
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
Royals
Vinnie Pasquantino · 1BJul 11Day-To-Day
Stephen Kolek · SPJul 11bereavement
Nick Mears · RPJul 1115-Day-IL
Carlos Estevez · RPJul 1760-Day-IL
Maikel Garcia · 3BJul 2010-Day-IL
White Sox
Everson Pereira · RFJul 117-Day IL
Tyler Gilbert · RPJul 1115-Day-IL
Trevor Richards · RPJul 17Bereavement
Austin Hays · LFJul 1760-Day-IL
Jordan Leasure · RPJul 2860-Day-ILSend someone this game's postgame recap.
CWS+149+1.5O 9-120
KC-181-1.5U 9+100Odds by


Pace current win rate over a full 162 · Pythagthe record you'd expect from runs scored vs allowed (+ = winning more than that, − = fewer)
MLB Stats API
CWS48-45· 2-5 away
KC38-57· 3-4 home+1 earlier meeting this season
CWSLast 6Rec 5-8
KCLast 6Rec 5-8
LADL161-34
MILW159-34
TBW155-37
ATLL154-39
NYYW252-42
CHCL252-42