Starting Lineups:
Cleveland Indians Kansas City Royals
1. Lindor ss Merrifield 2b
2. Mercado cf Gordon lf
3. Santana 1b Dozier 3b
4. Luplow rf Soler dh
5. J. Ramirez 3b Cuthbert 1b
6. Kipnis 2b Starling rf
7. R. Perez c N. Lopez ss
8. Bauers dh Viloria c
9. G. Allen lf Hamilton cf
Plutko p Montgomery p
INDIANS 1ST: Lindor homered to left-center; Mercado grounded out
(pitcher to first); Santana singled to first; Luplow lined to
center; J. Ramirez grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield popped to first; Gordon singled to third;
Dozier homered to left-center [Gordon scored]; Soler walked;
Cuthbert struck out; Starling singled to left [Soler to second];
N. Lopez flied to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 1,
Royals 2.
INDIANS 2ND: Kipnis singled to left; R. Perez lined to right;
Bauers forced Kipnis (first to shortstop); G. Allen flied to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 2.
ROYALS 2ND: Viloria doubled to left; Hamilton lined to right;
Merrifield grounded out (first unassisted) [Viloria to third];
Gordon walked; Dozier lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 1, Royals 2.
INDIANS 3RD: Lindor grounded out (second to first); On a bunt
Mercado grounded out (pitcher to first); Santana walked; Luplow
flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 2.
ROYALS 3RD: Soler flied to left; Cuthbert singled to shortstop;
On a bunt Starling singled to pitcher [Cuthbert to second]; N.
Lopez grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Starling out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1,
Royals 2.
INDIANS 4TH: J. Ramirez doubled to left; Kipnis flied to left;
J. Ramirez was picked off second (pitcher to second); R. Perez
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians
1, Royals 2.
ROYALS 4TH: Viloria grounded out (first unassisted); Hamilton
flied to right; Merrifield flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Indians 1, Royals 2.
INDIANS 5TH: Bauers singled to right; G. Allen lined to left;
Lindor lined to center; Mercado lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 2.
ROYALS 5TH: Gordon lined to left; Dozier flied to right; Soler
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Royals 2.
INDIANS 6TH: J. LOPEZ REPLACED MONTGOMERY (PITCHING); Santana
walked; Luplow walked [Santana to second]; MCCARTHY REPLACED J.
LOPEZ (PITCHING); J. Ramirez forced Luplow (first to shortstop)
[Santana to third]; Kipnis singled to right [Santana scored, J.
Ramirez to third]; R. Perez struck out; Bauers reached on an
error by Merrifield [J. Ramirez scored (unearned) (no RBI),
Kipnis to second]; G. Allen grounded out (shortstop to first); 2
R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 2.
ROYALS 6TH: Cuthbert flied to right; Starling singled to right;
O. PEREZ REPLACED PLUTKO (PITCHING); N. Lopez forced Starling
(first to shortstop); Viloria walked [N. Lopez to second];
Hamilton walked [N. Lopez to third, Viloria to second]; CIMBER
REPLACED O. PEREZ (PITCHING); Merrifield was hit by a pitch [N.
Lopez scored, Viloria to third, Hamilton to second]; Gordon
flied to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 3.
INDIANS 7TH: Lindor struck out; Mercado grounded out (third to
first); Santana grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 3.
ROYALS 7TH: Dozier flied to center; Soler struck out; Cuthbert
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3,
Royals 3.
INDIANS 8TH: NEWBERRY REPLACED MCCARTHY (PITCHING); Luplow lined
to pitcher; J. Ramirez walked; HILL REPLACED NEWBERRY
(PITCHING); J. Ramirez safe on a pick-off error by Cuthbert [J.
Ramirez to second]; Kipnis flied to center; R. Perez was walked
intentionally; Bauers lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 3, Royals 3.
ROYALS 8TH: CLIPPARD REPLACED CIMBER (PITCHING); Starling
grounded out (third to first); N. Lopez grounded out (shortstop
to first); Viloria lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 3, Royals 3.
INDIANS 9TH: BARLOW REPLACED HILL (PITCHING); G. Allen grounded
out (second to first); Lindor grounded out (pitcher to first);
Mercado struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 3.
ROYALS 9TH: Hamilton struck out; WITTGREN REPLACED CLIPPARD
(PITCHING); Merrifield grounded out (shortstop to first); Gordon
singled to right; Dozier walked [Gordon to second]; Soler flied
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 3.
INDIANS 10TH: Santana singled to right; FREEMAN BATTED FOR
LUPLOW; Freeman out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Santana to second]; J. Ramirez flied to left; Kipnis was walked
intentionally; R. Perez flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 3, Royals 3.
ROYALS 10TH: FREEMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); G. ALLEN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Cuthbert flied to center;
Starling struck out; HAND REPLACED WITTGREN (PITCHING); N. Lopez
lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 3.
INDIANS 11TH: STAUMONT REPLACED BARLOW (PITCHING); Bauers flied
to left; G. Allen grounded out (pitcher to first); Lindor
singled to right; Mercado singled to center [Lindor to second];
Santana grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 3, Royals 3.
ROYALS 11TH: Viloria grounded out (first unassisted); Hamilton
struck out; Merrifield walked; Gordon flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 3.
INDIANS 12TH: Freeman flied to center; J. Ramirez doubled to
center; Kipnis was walked intentionally; R. Perez walked [J.
Ramirez to third, Kipnis to second]; Bauers struck out; G. Allen
flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 3.
ROYALS 12TH: GOODY REPLACED HAND (PITCHING); Dozier popped to
first; Soler grounded out (third to first); Cuthbert flied to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 3.
INDIANS 13TH: FLYNN REPLACED STAUMONT (PITCHING); Lindor doubled
to right; Mercado was called out on strikes; Santana was walked
intentionally; Freeman grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Santana out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 3, Royals 3.
ROYALS 13TH: Starling flied to center; N. Lopez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Viloria singled to left; DUDA BATTED FOR
HAMILTON; Duda struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 3,
Royals 3.
INDIANS 14TH: MERRIFIELD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF);
STARLING CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); N. LOPEZ CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); ARTEAGA REPLACED DUDA (PLAYING SS); J.
Ramirez homered to left-center; Kipnis singled to center; R.
Perez out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Kipnis to
second]; Bauers singled to right [Kipnis scored]; On a bunt G.
Allen grounded out (pitcher to first) [Bauers to second]; Lindor
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Royals 3.
ROYALS 14TH: COLE REPLACED GOODY (PITCHING); Merrifield singled
to right; Gordon singled to right [Merrifield to second]; Dozier
walked [Merrifield to third, Gordon to second]; Soler out on a
sacrifice fly to center [Merrifield scored]; Cuthbert flied to
left; Starling struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 5,
Royals 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Indians 5 14 0 17
Royals 4 11 2 14
