Cleveland Indians @ Kansas City Royals

92-67, 39-39 Away

Final

81-79, 47-32 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
C. Santana1B	3-5	2	0	2	.259
J. Aguilar1B	0-0	0	0	0	.000
J. Kipnis2B	0-3	0	0	1	.274
A. AlmonteRF	0-1	0	0	0	.265
F. LindorSS	2-2	2	1	3	.303
E. GonzalezSS	0-1	0	0	0	.267
M. NapoliDH	1-4	0	0	0	.242
J. Ramirez3B	2-4	0	0	1	.312
L. ChisenhallRF	0-4	0	0	0	.288
Y. GomesC	0-0	0	0	0	.165
R. DavisLF-CF	0-4	0	0	0	.252
T. NaquinCF	1-3	1	0	0	.298
B. GuyerPH-LF	0-0	0	0	0	.266
R. PerezC	1-2	1	0	0	.185
M. MartinezPR-2B	0-1	1	0	0	.238

pitchers	IP	H	ER	K	PC-ST	ERA
R. Merritt	5.0	3	1	4	62-40	1.64
D. Otero	1.2	0	0	2	17-14	1.53
B. Shaw	0.2	1	1	1	12-10	3.24
A. Miller	0.2	1	0	1	11-8	1.49
C. Allen	1.0	0	0	1	8-5	2.59

CLE

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Kauffman Stadium

1:15 AM, 1 October 2016

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 24,741

Game Time:2:36

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Greg Gibson
First Base Umpire - Mike Estabrook
Second Base Umpire - Bill Miller
Third Base Umpire - Ed Hickox


CLE
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	10	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	2

R. Merritt1-0

5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 4 K, 0 BB

Y. Ventura11-12

6.0 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 8 K, 3 BB

Scoring Summary

		CLE	KC
1st	Hosmer singled to right, Burns scored.	0	1
3rd	Santana tripled to deep center, Naquin and Pérez scored.	2	1
3rd	Kipnis hit sacrifice fly to right, Santana scored.	3	1
3rd	Ramírez singled to right, Lindor scored.	4	1
7th	Lindor homered to left (367 feet), Martínez and Santana scored.	7	1
8th	Butera tripled to deep right, Dozier scored.	7	2

Data is currently unavailable.

Indians
7
Royals
2

Game 1

1/10

Indians
6
Royals
3

Game 2

1/10

Indians
3
Royals
2

Game 3

2/10

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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Cleveland Indians @ Kansas City Royals

Game Information

R. Merritt1-0

Y. Ventura11-12

Scoring Summary

Inning

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