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Whit Merrifield Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .275
OBP .500 .321
At Bats 4 466
Hits 2 128
• Singles 2 92
• Doubles 0 26
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 33
RBI’s 1 57

Yimi Garcia Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 7 15
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Kauffman Stadium - August 16, 2021
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Yimi Garcia
Jason Castro
Yulieski Gurriel
Jose Altuve
Aledmys Diaz
Carlos Correa
Michael Brantley
Jake Meyers
Chas McCormick
Whit Merrifield
 
 
 
Count: 0-1, 2 Outs
Count: 0-1, 2 Outs

Merrifield hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Rivera strikes out.
Bottom 8 Yimi Garcia now pitching. Dozier strikes out.
Top 8 Diaz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Benintendi throws the ball in to Rivera who tags Diaz trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Jones scores.
Top 8 Scott Barlow now pitching. Gurriel hits a line drive into left field. Benintendi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Taylor Jones pinch hits for Yordan Alvarez. Jones hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Benintendi. Jones reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Correa hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rivera fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Taylor strikes out.
Bottom 7 O'Hearn is hit by the pitch. Santana moves to second.
Bottom 7 Benintendi hits a line drive into center field. Meyers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Santana hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lopez scores.
Bottom 7 There goes Lopez. The throw from Castro and he is safe. Lopez steals third.
Bottom 7 Perez strikes out. There goes Lopez. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 7 Ryne Stanek now pitching. Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Brantley hits a fly ball into left field. Benintendi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Altuve hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Meyers moves to second.
Top 7 Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Jake Brentz now pitching. Castro strikes out.
Top 7 The umpire calls a balk on Hernandez McCormick moves to second.
Top 7 McCormick hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Merrifield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Correa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Phil Maton now pitching. Rivera strikes out.
Bottom 6 Dozier hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Taylor strikes out.
Top 6 Diaz hits a popup towards first. Santana settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gurriel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rivera fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Alvarez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Correa hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 O'Hearn hits a fly ball into left field. Brantley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Benintendi hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Odorizzi fields it and has Santana trapped. There's the throw to Altuve and over to Diaz, who tags Santana for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Santana hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Meyers. Santana reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Perez hits a line drive towards first. Gurriel reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Brantley is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way.
Top 5 Brantley hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Meyers scores. Altuve moves to second.
Top 5 Altuve hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Meyers moves to second.
Top 5 Meyers is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 Castro hits a fly ball into right field. Dozier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McCormick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Diaz hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Lopez hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Brantley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Merrifield hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Altuve settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards third. Diaz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Gurriel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Alvarez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hernandez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Correa hits a line drive beyond second. Merrifield can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Bottom 3 Dozier hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Altuve scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Taylor hits a fly ball into right field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Santana moves to third.
Bottom 3 O'Hearn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Perez scores. Santana moves to second.
Bottom 3 Benintendi hits a fly ball into right field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Perez moves to third.
Bottom 3 Santana takes first base on ball four. Perez moves to second.
Bottom 3 Perez takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Brantley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rivera fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Altuve hits a popup towards short. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Meyers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lopez hits a line drive into right field. McCormick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Merrifield hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Dozier scores. Rivera moves to third.
Bottom 2 Rivera hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dozier moves to second.
Bottom 2 Dozier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Odorizzi fields it and throws to home to get O'Hearn. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Taylor bunts towards third. Diaz fields it and throws to first for the out. O'Hearn moves to third.
Bottom 2 O'Hearn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brantley. O'Hearn reaches second base with a double. Benintendi goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Benintendi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Castro hits a fly ball into left field. Benintendi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McCormick hits a fly ball into right field. Dozier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Diaz hits a fly ball into left field. Benintendi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Santana strikes out.
Bottom 1 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Correa fields it and throws to home to get Merrifield. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 1 Lopez bunts towards the mound. Odorizzi fields it and throws to first for the out. Merrifield moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes Merrifield. The throw from Castro and he is safe. Merrifield steals second.
Bottom 1 Merrifield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gurriel fields the ball and throws to Odorizzi covering. Safe.
Top 1 Gurriel hits a ball on the ground towards first. Santana scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gurriel for the out.
Top 1 Alvarez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Altuve scores.
Top 1 Correa strikes out.
Top 1 Brantley hits a line drive into left field. Benintendi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Altuve hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Benintendi. Altuve reaches second base with a double.