Royals 9-2 Orioles (1 Sep, 2018) Play-by-Play

Kansas City Royals

43-91, 23-45 home


BAL
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	0
1	0	0	1	1	3	0	3	-	9	14	1

B. Keller7-5

8.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 4 K, 2 BB

A. Cashner4-13

5.1 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 1 K, 3 BB

OriolesTop 1st
- B. Keller pitching for KC
  BAL
  KC
- Pitch Type MPH
  1
  Strike Looking
  Four-seam FB 93
  2
  Home Run
  Two-seam FB 94
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 1st
- A. Cashner pitching for BAL
  BAL
  KC
- 1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
OriolesTop 2nd
- B. Keller pitching for KC
  BAL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 2nd
- A. Cashner pitching for BAL
  BAL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
OriolesTop 3rd
- B. Keller pitching for KC
  BAL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 3rd
- A. Cashner pitching for BAL
  BAL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
OriolesTop 4th
- B. Keller pitching for KC
  BAL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 4th
- A. Cashner pitching for BAL
  BAL
  KC
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
OriolesTop 5th
- B. Keller pitching for KC
  BAL
  KC
- Núñez safe at first on throwing error by shortstop Mondesi.
  1
  2
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error
RoyalsBottom 5th
- A. Cashner pitching for BAL
  BAL
  KC
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
OriolesTop 6th
- B. Keller pitching for KC
  BAL
  KC
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 6th
- A. Cashner pitching for BAL
  BAL
  KC
- Y. Ramirez pitching for BAL
  BAL
  KC
- Merrifield to third, Dozier to second on wild pitch by Ramírez.
  2
  4
- 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
OriolesTop 7th
- B. Keller pitching for KC
  BAL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 7th
- T. Scott pitching for BAL
  BAL
  KC
- Mondesi stole second.
  2
  6
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
OriolesTop 8th
- B. Keller pitching for KC
  BAL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 8th
- B. Keller pitching for BAL
  BAL
  KC
- Merrifield to second on wild pitch by Meisinger.
  2
  6
- Merrifield stole third.
  2
  6
- Gordon stole second.
  2
  6
- 3 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
OriolesTop 9th
- K. McCarthy pitching for KC
  BAL
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Pitch	Type	MPH
1 Strike Looking	Four-seam FB	93
2 Home Run	Two-seam FB	94

Orioles
2
Royals
9

Game 1

1/9

Orioles
4
Royals
5

Game 2

2/9

Orioles
1
Royals
9

Game 3

2/9

Kauffman Stadium

1:15 AM, 1 September 2018

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 15,394

Game Time:2:39

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Ben May
First Base Umpire - Greg Gibson
Second Base Umpire - Vic Carapazza
Third Base Umpire - Jerry Layne

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Baltimore	20	11	.645	-	W1
New York	20	13	.606	1	L1
Boston	18	14	.563	2.5	L1
Toronto	15	17	.469	5.5	L2
Tampa Bay	14	18	.438	6.5	L2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	20	11	.645	-	L1
Kansas City	19	13	.594	1.5	W2
Detroit	18	13	.581	2	W2
Minnesota	17	13	.567	2.5	W10
Chicago	6	25	.194	14	L3

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