Pittsburgh Pirates @ Kansas City Royals

20-33, 10-18 Away

Final

26-26, 13-13 Home


PIT
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	2
1	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	-	7	13	0

M. Minor4-2

6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 7 K, 1 BB

C. Kuhl0-2

4.0 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 5 K, 0 BB

Pirates Hitting

hitters
A. FrazierDH
K. Newman2B
B. ReynoldsCF
J. StallingsC
G. PolancoRF
W. Craig1B
K. TomLF
E. Gonzalez3B
C. TuckerSS
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.332	.391	.471
4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.209	.237	.264
4	1	1	2	1	0	2	.286	.387	.489
4	0	1	1	0	0	1	.235	.331	.417
4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.221	.296	.386
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.224	.274	.310
2	0	0	0	0	2	2	.172	.317	.281
4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.213	.250	.287
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.214
33	3	6	3	1	2	10

Batting
2BPolanco (6, Minor); Frazier (17, Minor); Newman (5, Minor)
HRReynolds (7, 8th inning off Zuber 0 on, 1 Out)
RBIStallings (19), Reynolds 2 (23)
2Out RBIStallings
Team LOB5
Team RISP1-6 (Tucker 0-1, Stallings 1-1, Newman 0-1, Reynolds 0-2, Craig 0-1)

Fielding
DP2 (Kuhl-Newman , González-Newman-Craig)
ETucker (1, fielding); Stallings (3, throw)

Royals Hitting

hitters
W. Merrifield2B
C. Santana1B
A. BenintendiLF
S. PerezC
A. MondesiSS
aN. LopezPH-SS
E. OlivaresRF
H. DozierDH
K. Gutierrez3B
M. TaylorCF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.314	.375
4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.382	.443
4	1	2	0	0	0	1	.288	.347	.384
4	0	1	1	0	0	1	.276	.305	.478
3	1	2	2	1	0	0	.360	.360	.720
1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.227	.316	.311
3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.429	.500	.429
3	1	1	1	0	1	1	.147	.214	.357
4	1	1	2	0	0	0	.250	.264	.288
4	0	2	1	0	0	1	.255	.309	.386
35	7	13	7	1	1	6

a-doubled to left for Mondesi in the 8th

Batting
2BTaylor (5, Oviedo); Merrifield (13, Kuhl); Dozier (5, Kuhl); Lopez (5, Oviedo)
HRMondesi (2, 5th inning off Underwood Jr. 1 on, 2 Out)
RBIPerez (33), Taylor (18), Mondesi 2 (5), Dozier (17), Gutiérrez 2 (3)
2Out RBIPerez, Taylor, Mondesi 2
GIDPMerrifield
Team LOB6
Team RISP4-15 (C. Santana 0-2, Perez 1-3, Merrifield 0-2, Mondesi 1-1, Dozier 0-1, Benintendi 1-2, Olivares 0-2, Gutiérrez 1-2)

Baserunning
CSBenintendi (5, 2nd base by Underwood Jr./Stallings)
SBOlivares (1, 2nd base off Underwood Jr./Stallings)

Pirates Pitching

pitchers
C. Kuhl(L, 0-2)
D. Underwood Jr.
L. Oviedo
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
4.0	6	3	3	0	5	0	75-49	6.41
3.0	5	2	2	0	1	1	56-36	4.18
1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	22-11	8.10
8.0	13	7	7	1	6	1	153-96

Pitching
WPUnderwood Jr.; Kuhl ( 2)
HBPOlivares (by Kuhl)
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedUnderwood Jr. 9/12; Kuhl 14/19; Oviedo 2/6
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesUnderwood Jr.-6-5-14-11; Kuhl-13-14-9-13; Oviedo-3-0-3-5
Ground Balls-Fly BallsUnderwood Jr. 5-1; Kuhl 3-4; Oviedo 2-1
Game ScoresC Kuhl 43

Royals Pitching

pitchers
M. Minor(W, 4-2)
J. Brentz(H, 5)
T. Zuber(H, 4)
G. Holland
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
6.0	5	2	2	1	7	0	98-67	4.65
1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	22-12	2.19
1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	22-12	6.75
1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14-9	3.66
9.0	6	3	3	2	10	1	156-100

Pitching
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedMinor 14/24; Holland 3/3; Brentz 2/4; Zuber 0/4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesMinor-17-8-26-16; Holland-4-1-3-1; Brentz-4-1-4-3; Zuber-4-3-2-3
Ground Balls-Fly BallsMinor 5-6; Holland 0-1; Brentz 1-2; Zuber 1-1
Game ScoresM Minor 60

Scoring Summary

		PIT	KC
1st	Reynolds grounded out to first, Frazier scored.	1	0
1st	Perez singled to left center, Merrifield scored.	1	1
2nd	Dozier doubled to deep left, Olivares scored.	1	2
2nd	Gutiérrez singled to right, Dozier scored.	1	3
3rd	Stallings singled to center, Newman scored.	2	3
5th	Mondesi homered to right (417 feet), Benintendi scored.	2	5
8th	Reynolds homered to center (427 feet).	3	5
8th	Gutiérrez grounded into fielder's choice to third, Lopez scored, Dozier out at second.	3	6
8th	Taylor doubled to deep center, Gutiérrez scored.	3	7

Pirates
3
Royals
7

Game 1

1/6

Pirates
5
Royals
10

Game 2

2/6

Kauffman Stadium

1:00 AM, 1 June 2021

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 12,604

Game Time:3:09

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Bruce Dreckman
First Base Umpire - Dan Bellino
Second Base Umpire - Edwin Moscoso
Third Base Umpire - Joe West

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	97	65	.599	-	W1
Chicago	92	70	.568	5	W3
Cincinnati	83	79	.512	14	L1
St. Louis	78	84	.481	19	L4
Pittsburgh	71	91	.438	26	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Kansas City Royals

M. Minor4-2

C. Kuhl0-2

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