Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Indians

46-91, 21-46 Away

Final

77-60, 42-28 Home


KC
CLE

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	5	11	1
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0

RoyalsTop 1st
- A. Plutko pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- Pitch Type MPH
  1
  Ball
  Four-seam FB 91
  2
  Foul Ball
  Four-seam FB 91
  3
  Strike Swinging
  Curve 79
  4
  Foul Ball
  Slider 82
  5
  Ground Out
  Slider 79
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
IndiansBottom 1st
- J. Junis pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 2nd
- A. Plutko pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
IndiansBottom 2nd
- J. Junis pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 3rd
- A. Plutko pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
IndiansBottom 3rd
- J. Junis pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- Lindor singled to center, G. Allen to second, G. Allen to third on error by center fielder Goodwin.
  1
  0
- G. Allen caught stealing home, catcher to shortstop to first to shortstop to catcher.
  1
  0
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error
RoyalsTop 4th
- A. Plutko pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
IndiansBottom 4th
- J. Junis pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 5th
- A. Plutko pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
IndiansBottom 5th
- J. Junis pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 6th
- A. Plutko pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
IndiansBottom 6th
- J. Junis pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 7th
- D. Otero pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
IndiansBottom 7th
- J. Junis pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 8th
- J. Edwards pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
IndiansBottom 8th
- B. Flynn pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 9th
- Ne. Ramírez pitching for CLE
  KC
  CLE
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
IndiansBottom 9th
- W. Peralta pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- T. Hill pitching for KC
  KC
  CLE
- Díaz hit for Alonso.
  5
  1
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors

Pitch	Type	MPH
1 Ball	Four-seam FB	91
2 Foul Ball	Four-seam FB	91
3 Strike Swinging	Curve	79
4 Foul Ball	Slider	82
5 Ground Out	Slider	79

Royals
5
Indians
1

Game 1

3/9

Royals
3
Indians
9

Game 2

5/9

Royals
1
Indians
3

Game 3

5/9

Progressive Field

9:10 PM, 3 September 2018

Cleveland, Ohio

Attendance: 20,536

Game Time:2:40

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Doug Eddings
First Base Umpire - Joe West
Second Base Umpire - Marty Foster
Third Base Umpire - Mark Ripperger

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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Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Indians

J. Junis8-12

A. Plutko4-5

T. Hill2

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