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Indians
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
August 18, 2017
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Cleveland Indians, played on August 18, 2017 at Kauffman Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 18, 2017 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 18, 2017 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Corey Kluber |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ian Kennedy |
| Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 35,974 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 58 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ron Kulpa 1B: Marvin Hudson 2B: Brian Knight 3B: Chris Conroy |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Francisco Lindor | Shortstop |
| Jason Kipnis | Second Baseman |
| Austin Jackson | Left Fielder |
| Edwin Encarnacion | DH |
| Jay Bruce | Right Fielder |
| Carlos Santana | First Baseman |
| Yan Gomes | Catcher |
| Bradley Zimmer | Center Fielder |
| Giovanny Urshela | Third Baseman |
| Terry Francona | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whit Merrifield | Second Baseman |
| Lorenzo Cain | Center Fielder |
| Eric Hosmer | First Baseman |
| Melky Cabrera | Right Fielder |
| Mike Moustakas | Third Baseman |
| Brandon Moss | DH |
| Alcides Escobar | Shortstop |
| Alex Gordon | Left Fielder |
| Drew Butera | Catcher |
| Ned Yost | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
August 18, 2017
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lindor vs. Kennedy
Lindor hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Cabrera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kipnis vs. Kennedy
Kipnis hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Kennedy
Jackson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Encarnacion vs. Kennedy
Encarnacion hits a line drive into right field. Cabrera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Bruce vs. Kennedy
Bruce hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Kennedy
Santana hits a fly ball into right field. Cabrera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Kluber
Merrifield strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cain vs. Kluber
Cain hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kluber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hosmer vs. Kluber
Hosmer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Cabrera vs. Kluber
Cabrera hits a popup towards short. Lindor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gomes vs. Kennedy
Gomes strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Zimmer vs. Kennedy
Zimmer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Urshela vs. Kennedy
Urshela hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Kennedy, and towards Escobar, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Zimmer moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Lindor vs. Kennedy
Lindor hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Moustakas vs. Kluber
Moustakas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kipnis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Moss vs. Kluber
Moss hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Escobar vs. Kluber
Escobar hits a line drive into center field. Zimmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Kluber
Gordon strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Kipnis vs. Kennedy
Kipnis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Kennedy
Jackson hits a line drive into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Encarnacion vs. Kennedy
Encarnacion hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Bruce vs. Kennedy
Bruce hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kipnis moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Santana vs. Kennedy
Santana takes first base on ball four. Bruce moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Gomes vs. Kennedy
Gomes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kipnis scores. Bruce scores. Santana moves to third. Gomes moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Zimmer vs. Alexander
Scott Alexander now pitching.
Zimmer strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Butera vs. Kluber
Butera strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Kluber
Merrifield hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kluber fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Cain vs. Kluber
Cain hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lindor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Urshela vs. Alexander
Urshela hits a ball on the ground towards third. Moustakas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lindor vs. Alexander
Lindor strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Kipnis vs. Alexander
Kipnis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Moustakas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hosmer vs. Kluber
Hosmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lindor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cabrera vs. Kluber
Cabrera hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Moustakas vs. Kluber
Moustakas hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Zimmer. Moustakas reaches second base with a double. Cabrera moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Moss vs. Kluber
Moss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Santana fields it, tags Moss for the out, and throws to second to double up Moustakas. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Junis
Jake Junis now pitching.
Jackson strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Junis
Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground towards third. Moustakas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruce vs. Junis
Bruce hits a line drive into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Escobar vs. Kluber
Escobar hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Kluber
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Butera vs. Kluber
Butera hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Gomes fields it and throws to first for the out. Escobar moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Merrifield vs. Kluber
Merrifield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kipnis scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Junis
Santana hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Gomes vs. Junis
Gomes strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zimmer vs. Junis
Zimmer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Santana moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Urshela vs. Junis
Urshela hits a line drive into right field. Cabrera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Lindor vs. Junis
Lindor hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Santana scores. Zimmer moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Kipnis vs. Junis
Kipnis strikes out. Butera drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Kipnis out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cain vs. Kluber
Cain hits a line drive into center field. Zimmer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hosmer vs. Kluber
Hosmer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Santana fields the ball and throws to Kluber covering. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Cabrera vs. Kluber
Cabrera hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hosmer moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Moustakas vs. Miller
Andrew Miller now pitching.
Moustakas strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Moss vs. Miller
Moss takes first base on ball four. Hosmer moves to third. Cabrera moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Escobar vs. Miller
Escobar hits a fly ball into right field. Bruce settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Junis
Jackson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Encarnacion vs. Junis
Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Bruce vs. Junis
Bruce hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Junis
Santana hits a popup towards third. Moustakas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gomes vs. McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy now pitching.
Gomes hits a line drive into center field. Cain settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Zimmer vs. McCarthy
Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hosmer scoops it up and throws to first, with McCarthy covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Smith
Brandon Guyer now playing left field. Joe Smith now pitching.
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Urshela fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Butera vs. Smith
Butera hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kipnis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Smith
Merrifield hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Urshela vs. McCarthy
Urshela hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Lindor vs. McCarthy
Lindor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Kipnis vs. McCarthy
Kipnis hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Guyer vs. McCarthy
Guyer strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cain vs. Olson
Tyler Olson now pitching.
Cain hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Hosmer vs. Olson
Hosmer strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Cabrera vs. Olson
Cabrera hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Cain moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Moustakas vs. Olson
Moustakas strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Moss vs. Olson
Moss hits a fly ball into right field. Bruce settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 9 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Encarnacion vs. Buchter
Cheslor Cuthbert now playing third base. Ryan Buchter now pitching.
Encarnacion hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Bruce vs. Buchter
Bruce hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Buchter
Santana takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gomes vs. Buchter
Gomes hits a fly ball into center field. Cain settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Zimmer vs. Buchter
Zimmer hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 10 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Escobar vs. Goody
Nick Goody now pitching.
Escobar hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kipnis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Goody
Gordon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Butera vs. Goody
Butera hits a popup towards short. Lindor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Merrifield vs. Goody
Merrifield strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/18/2017 -- Cleveland at Kansas City (N)
Cleveland AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Lindor F, ss 5 0 1 1 Merrifield W, 2b 5 0 0 0
Kipnis J, 2b 4 2 1 1 Cain L, cf 4 0 1 0
Jackson A, lf 3 2 1 0 Hosmer E, 1b 3 0 1 0
Guyer B, lf 1 0 0 0 Cabrera M, rf 4 0 3 0
Encarnacion E, dh 5 2 2 1 Moustakas M, 3b 4 0 1 0
Bruce J, rf 5 3 3 5 Cuthbert C, 3b 0 0 0 0
Santana C, 1b 3 1 1 0 Moss B, dh 3 1 1 1
Gomes Y, c 5 0 1 2 Escobar A, ss 4 0 1 0
Zimmer B, cf 5 0 2 0 Gordon A, lf 4 0 1 0
Urshela G, 3b 4 0 1 0 Butera D, c 4 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40 10 13 10 35 1 9 1
Cleveland 302 001 301 -- 10
Kansas City 010 000 000 -- 1
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Kluber C (W) 5.1 6 1 1 1 4
Miller A 0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Smith J 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Olson T 1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Goody N 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy I (L) 2.2 6 5 5 2 1
Alexander S 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Junis J 2.1 5 4 4 1 3
McCarthy K 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Buchter R 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
DP -- Cleveland 1
LOB -- Cleveland 7, Kansas City 9
2B -- Moustakas M
HR -- Kipnis J, Bruce J 2, Moss B, Encarnacion E
T -- 2:58
A -- 35974
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