Ejections: Eric Hosmer by Bill Welke [Check swing]; KC Manager
Ned Yost by Bill Welke [Check swing]
Time of Game: 3:06 Attendance: 30920
Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Cleveland Indians
1. Escobar ss Kipnis 2b
2. Moustakas 3b Lindor ss
3. Cain cf Brantley lf
4. Hosmer 1b Santana 1b
5. Perez c Encarnacion dh
6. Bonifacio rf Ramirez 3b
7. Moss dh Gomes c
8. Merrifield 2b Jackson cf
9. Gordon lf Robertson rf
Vargas p Salazar p
ROYALS 1ST: Escobar reached on an error by Kipnis; Moustakas
singled to right [Escobar to second]; Cain walked [Escobar to
third, Moustakas to second]; Hosmer struck out; Eric Hosmer
and Royals Manager Ned Yost ejected by HP umpire Bill Welke;
Perez out on a sacrifice fly to right [Escobar scored
(unearned)]; Salazar threw a wild pitch [Moustakas to third,
Cain to second]; Bonifacio struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB. Royals 1, Indians 0.
INDIANS 1ST: CUTHBERT REPLACED HOSMER (PLAYING 1B); Kipnis
struck out; Lindor homered to left; Brantley singled to right;
Santana forced Brantley (shortstop to second); Encarnacion flied
to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 1.
ROYALS 2ND: Moss flied to left; Merrifield walked; Gordon forced
Merrifield (first to shortstop); Escobar was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 1.
INDIANS 2ND: Ramirez flied to center; Gomes grounded out
(shortstop to first); Jackson grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 1.
ROYALS 3RD: Moustakas singled to left; Cain forced Moustakas
(third to second); Cuthbert singled to center [Cain to second];
Perez hit into a double play to third [Cain out at second (third
to second)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 1.
INDIANS 3RD: On a bunt Robertson singled to third; Vargas threw
a wild pitch [Robertson to second]; Kipnis singled to center
[Robertson scored]; Lindor struck out; Brantley flied to left;
Santana flied to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Indians
2.
ROYALS 4TH: Bonifacio grounded out (shortstop to first); Moss
walked; Merrifield singled to pitcher [Moss to second]; Gordon
grounded into a double play (third to shortstop to first)
[Merrifield out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1,
Indians 2.
INDIANS 4TH: Encarnacion singled to center; Ramirez singled to
right [Encarnacion to second]; Gomes popped to shortstop;
Jackson flied to right; Robertson walked [Encarnacion to third,
Ramirez to second]; Jason Kipnis' fly to RF was ruled foul
but acting crew chief Alfonzo Marquez requested a review; the
call was upheld by replay; Kipnis popped to first; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 2.
ROYALS 5TH: Escobar grounded out (shortstop to first); Moustakas
struck out; Cain singled to center; Cuthbert grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 2.
INDIANS 5TH: Lindor grounded out (third to first); Brantley
singled to center; Santana flied to center; Encarnacion singled
to left [Brantley to third]; Ramirez popped to second; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 2.
ROYALS 6TH: Perez flied to center; Bonifacio doubled to left;
Moss walked; Merrifield walked [Bonifacio to third, Moss to
second]; LOGAN REPLACED SALAZAR (PITCHING); Gordon singled to
center [Bonifacio scored, Moss to third, Merrifield to second];
GOODY REPLACED LOGAN (PITCHING); Escobar doubled to left [Moss
scored, Merrifield scored, Gordon to third]; Moustakas was
walked intentionally; Cain struck out; Cuthbert struck out; 3 R,
3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 2.
INDIANS 6TH: Gomes walked; Jackson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Gomes out at second]; Robertson
singled to shortstop; STRAHM REPLACED VARGAS (PITCHING); Kipnis
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals
4, Indians 2.
ROYALS 7TH: Perez flied to center; Bonifacio struck out; Moss
flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 2.
INDIANS 7TH: Lindor walked; Brantley struck out; Santana walked
[Lindor to second]; MOYLAN REPLACED STRAHM (PITCHING);
Encarnacion grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Santana out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4,
Indians 2.
ROYALS 8TH: OTERO REPLACED GOODY (PITCHING); Merrifield struck
out; Gordon grounded out (third to first); Escobar struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 2.
INDIANS 8TH: SORIA REPLACED MOYLAN (PITCHING); Ramirez grounded
out (pitcher to first); Gomes struck out; Jackson struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 2.
ROYALS 9TH: ARMSTRONG REPLACED OTERO (PITCHING); Moustakas
homered to right-center; Cain struck out; Cuthbert singled to
center; Perez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Cuthbert out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 5, Indians 2.
INDIANS 9TH: HERRERA REPLACED SORIA (PITCHING); ZIMMER BATTED
FOR ROBERTSON; Zimmer struck out; Kipnis struck out; Lindor
doubled to right; Brantley grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Indians 2.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 5 10 0 9
Indians 2 10 1 10
