Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Cleveland Indians
1. Merrifield 2b Straw cf
2. Lopez ss Zimmer rf
3. Perez c J. Ramirez 3b
4. Benintendi lf Reyes dh
5. C. Santana dh Bradley 1b
6. Mondesi 3b Miller 2b
7. Taylor cf Gimenez ss
8. O'Hearn 1b Hedges c
9. Dozier rf Mercado lf
Singer p McKenzie p
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield singled to left; Lopez struck out; Perez
singled to left [Merrifield to second]; Benintendi flied to
left; C. Santana grounded out (shortstop to first); Indians
challenged call that Santana was safe at 1st; call overturned -
ground out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0.
INDIANS 1ST: Straw singled to left; Straw was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Zimmer struck out; J. Ramirez
walked; Reyes singled to center [J. Ramirez to third]; Bradley
was hit by a pitch [Reyes to second]; Miller was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Mondesi singled to right; Mondesi stole second;
Taylor flied to left; O'Hearn struck out; Mondesi stole third;
Dozier homered to left [Mondesi scored]; Merrifield struck out;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Indians 0.
INDIANS 2ND: Gimenez grounded out (first unassisted); Hedges
grounded out (second to first); Mercado grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Indians 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Lopez singled to center; Perez popped to shortstop;
Benintendi homered to right-center [Lopez scored]; C. Santana
struck out; Mondesi grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 0.
INDIANS 3RD: Straw singled to second; Zimmer forced Straw (first
to shortstop) [Zimmer to first]; J. Ramirez forced Zimmer
(second to shortstop) [J. Ramirez to first]; Reyes struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Indians 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Taylor walked; Taylor stole second; O'Hearn grounded
out (second to first) [Taylor to third]; Dozier singled to right
[Taylor scored]; Merrifield grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [Dozier out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 5, Indians 0.
INDIANS 4TH: Bradley struck out; Miller grounded out (third to
first); Gimenez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5,
Indians 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Lopez singled to center; Perez homered to
left-center [Lopez scored]; Benintendi popped to first; MEJIA
REPLACED MCKENZIE (PITCHING); C. Santana grounded out (second to
first); Mondesi struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 7,
Indians 0.
INDIANS 5TH: Hedges singled to left; Mercado struck out; Straw
doubled [Hedges to third]; Zimmer struck out; J. Ramirez singled
to center [Hedges scored, Straw scored]; Reyes forced J. Ramirez
(shortstop to second) [Reyes to first]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 7, Indians 2.
ROYALS 6TH: Taylor flied to right; O'Hearn grounded out
(shortstop to first); Dozier struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 7, Indians 2.
INDIANS 6TH: Bradley grounded out (second to first); Miller
grounded out (third to first); Gimenez grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 7, Indians 2.
ROYALS 7TH: HENTGES REPLACED MEJIA (PITCHING); Merrifield struck
out; Lopez grounded out (first unassisted); Perez grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 7, Indians 2.
INDIANS 7TH: Hedges lined to center; Mercado grounded out
(shortstop to first); Straw grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 7, Indians 2.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 7 9 0 2
Indians 2 6 0 5
