CWS vs ATH — MainMarket Sports

Major League BaseballSutter Health Park · Sacramento, California

Chicago

White Sox

47-45 · 4-8 away

Final

Athletics

41-51 · 5-4 home

MLB.TV

Top hitters

CWS

AVG

.273▼

ATH

AVG

.325▼

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

CWS

Starter

Erick Fedde

Chicago White Sox · 0-3

4.2 IP, 3 ER, 3 K, 4 BB

xwOBA 25th

3.92 ERA · 15 K · 1.11 WHIP

ATH

Starter

Luis Severino

Athletics · 0-2

5.1 IP, 5 ER, 3 K, 4 BB

xwOBA 45th

6.20 ERA · 27 K · 1.70 WHIP

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

Contact quality

CWS6 R · .389 xBA

ATH7 R · .344 xBA

ATH scored more despite the lower team xBA — CWS squared more up and had less to show for it.

Expected BA on balls in play · Baseball Savant

ATH win4th in the AL West, 5½ GB

Looking ahead

The Athletics sit 4th in the AL West, 5½ games back — losers of 6 straight, 1-9 over their last 10.
The White Sox sit atop the AL Central — losers of 3 straight, 4-6 over their last 10.
CHW win series 2-1.
The Athletics are up next at CHW (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	10	11	R	H	E
CWS	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	8	0
ATH	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	7	10	0

Statcast

Hardest hit
N. Kurtz · Home Run
115.3 mph · .990 xBA
Hardest hit · CWS
C. Montgomery · Home Run
106.5 mph · .930 xBA
Longest hit
M. Murakami · Home Run
415 ft · .760 xBA
Best barrel
C. Montgomery · Home Run
106.5 mph · .930 xBA
Fastest pitch
J. Hicks · Sinker
99.8 mph

Game MVP · win probability

Jack Perkins
Win probability added
+73%
Nick Kurtz
Win probability added
+36%
Jordan Hicks
CWS
+31%

Scoring summary

Montgomery homered to right (397 feet).2nd Inning1-0
McGuire singled to left, Pereira scored, Peters to second.2nd Inning2-0
Benintendi homered to right (372 feet), Peters scored and McGuire scored.2nd Inning5-0
Wilson homered to left (384 feet).2nd Inning5-1
McNeil hit sacrifice fly to right, Butler scored.3rd Inning5-2
Soderstrom singled to left, Wynns scored, Kurtz to third.5th Inning5-3
Butler grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Muncy scored.6th Inning5-4
Murakami homered to center (415 feet).7th Inning6-4
Kurtz homered to right (386 feet), Langeliers scored.7th Inning6-6
Muncy hit sacrifice fly to left, Wilson scored.11th Inning6-7

Box score

Hitting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A. Benintendi	1-6	6	1	1	3	1	0	1	22	.200	.262	.367
M. Murakami	1-2	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	29	.209	.386	.522
L. Acuna	1-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	.207	.254	.224
M. Vargas	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	25	.153	.287	.306
C. Montgomery	1-4	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	18	.194	.310	.417
E. Pereira	2-5	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	20	.273	.333	.636
S. Antonacci	0-5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	.067	.263	.067
C. Meidroth	1-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	24	.239	.325	.338
T. Peters	0-1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	9	.209	.277	.233
D. Hill	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.261	.370	.261
E. Quero	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.184	.286	.204
T. Murray	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.333	.421

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
E. Fedde	4.2	2	3	3	4	3	1	75-39	3.92	75
S. Newcomb	1.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	19-12	4.61	19
J. Leasure	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	1	15-8	4.76	15
B. Hudson	1.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	28-18	2.08	28
S. Dominguez	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	16-8	6.43	16
J. Hicks	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	17-9	4.91	17
L. Sims	0.2	0	1	0	0	0	0	7-4	3.38	7

Win probability

CWS 0%ATH 100%

Win probability over timeATH win %

Biggest swing: Kurtz homered to right (386 feet), Langeliers scored. (+31% ATH)

Team stats

CWSATH

Hits

Runs

Home Runs

RBI

Stolen Bases

Walks

Strikeouts

Runners LOB

Statcast profile

CWSATH

10.8%

Barrel%

9.07%

42.5%

Hard-hit%

41.61%

.340

xwOBA

.320

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