Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals
2
Cleveland Indians
0
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Danny Duffy pitched six shutout innings for his first win in more than a month as the Kansas City Royals moved closer to the top of the AL Central and kept some distance over Cleveland in the wild-card race, beating the Indians 2-0 on Monday night.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 0 (bunted foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
A Escobar reached on infield single to shortstop, O Infante scored.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
E Hosmer singled to right, N Aoki scored.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
End of the 9th
D Murphy grounded out to second.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: ball 1
D Murphy batting
D Murphy hit for T Holt.
J Shuck struck out swinging.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Shuck batting
J Shuck hit for C Gimenez.
L Chisenhall grounded out to first.
Pitch 1: in play
L Chisenhall batting
G Holland relieved W Davis.
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
M Moustakas flied out to left.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
M Moustakas batting
O Infante singled to right.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: ball 1
O Infante batting
S Perez lined out to shortstop.
Pitch 3: in play
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KC wins series 2-1
Michael BournCF1
Jose RamirezSS11
Michael BrantleyLF23
Carlos SantanaDH41
Yan GomesC15
Mike Aviles2B12
Lonnie Chisenhall3B5
Chris Gimenez1B46
Tyler HoltRF40
Jason KipnisPH22
Justin Sellers2B
JB ShuckPH38
David MurphyPH18
Alcides EscobarSS3
Norichika AokiRF11
Lorenzo CainRF6
Eric Hosmer1B51
Billy ButlerDH36
Alex GordonLF4
Salvador PerezC13
Omar Rafael Infante2B14
Mike Moustakas3B18
Jarrod DysonCF1
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