Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Indians

1-4, 1-2 Away

Final

3-4, 1-0 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	RBI	AVG
J. JayLF	2-3	1	0	.333
W. Merrifield2B	2-3	1	0	.263
M. Moustakas3B	0-3	0	1	.211
L. DudaDH	1-4	0	1	.214
C. Cuthbert1B	0-4	0	0	.286
J. SolerRF	0-3	0	0	.000
A. GordonCF	1-4	0	0	.167
A. EscobarSS	0-4	0	0	.176
D. ButeraC	1-3	0	0	.250

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
D. Duffy	5.2	3	3	3	3	99-54	7.45
B. Keller	1.1	1	0	1	0	18-12	0.00
T. Hill	1.0	0	0	0	0	11-8	3.86

CLE

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Progressive Field

9:10 PM, 6 April 2018

Cleveland, Ohio

Attendance: 34,720

Game Time:2:41

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Roberto Ortiz
First Base Umpire - Will Little
Second Base Umpire - Ted Barrett
Third Base Umpire - Lance Barksdale

Brantley sparks Indians early in dazzling debut

Michael Brantley singled home two runs in his first at-bat this season and Carlos Carrasco worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 3-2 win in their chilly home opener over the Kansas City Royals on Friday.

Apr 7, 2018, 01:40 am - Associated Press


KC
CLE

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

Scoring Summary

		KC	CLE
1st	Moustakas grounded out to second, Jay scored, Merrifield to third.	1	0
1st	Duda singled to right, Merrifield scored.	2	0
1st	Ramírez singled to center, Lindor scored, Kipnis to second.	2	1
1st	Brantley singled to shallow right, Kipnis and Ramírez scored, Encarnación to second.	2	3

Data is currently unavailable.

Royals
2
Indians
3

Game 1

6/4

Royals
1
Indians
0

Game 2

7/4

Royals
1
Indians
3

Game 3

8/4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	3	2	.600	-	W1
Kansas City	2	2	.500	0.5	W2
Detroit	2	2	.500	0.5	L2
Minnesota	1	3	.250	1.5	L2
Chicago	1	3	.250	1.5	W1

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Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Indians

Game Information

Brantley sparks Indians early in dazzling debut

C. Carrasco2-0

D. Duffy0-2

C. Allen2

Scoring Summary

Inning

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