Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals, September 4, 2018
September 4, 2018, 7:10 PM ET | Progressive Field
Starting Pitchers
Kansas City Royals
Recorded starter
Cleveland Indians
Recorded starter
Season Comparison
2018Kansas City RoyalsCleveland Indians
.697
OPS.766
155
HR216
638
Runs818
4.94
ERA3.77
1.46
WHIP1.20
1157
Strikeouts by pitchers1544
Lower is better for ERA and WHIP; bars show each value against the larger of the two.
Top Performers
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Cleveland Indians, MLBDB pick
Cleveland Indians, MLBDB pick
Cleveland Indians, MLBDB pick
Box Score
Batting
Hunter Dozier and Alcides Escobar led Kansas City Royals with 2 hits each.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whit Merrifield2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adalberto MondesiSS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex GordonLF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hunter Dozier1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan O'HearnDH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Brian GoodwinCF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alcides Escobar3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brett PhillipsRF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jorge BonifacioRF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cam GallagherC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 1 |
Yandy Díaz led Cleveland Indians with 3 hits and 1 home run and 2 RBI.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco LindorSS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yandy DíazDH | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| José Ramírez3B | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Edwin Encarnación1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Rosales1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brandon GuyerLF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Melky CabreraRF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon BarnesRF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Kipnis2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik González2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roberto PérezC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Rajai DavisCF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
Pitching
Burch Smith went 2.1 innings for Kansas City Royals (4 SO, 3 ER); Mike Clevinger went 6.0 innings for Cleveland Indians (10 SO, 1 ER).
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Royals | |||||||
| Danny Duffy | 0.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Burch Smith | 2.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Jake Newberry | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Jerry Vasto | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brandon Maurer | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Hammel | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cleveland Indians | |||||||
| Mike Clevinger | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Oliver Pérez | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Cimber | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Hand | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cody Allen | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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