Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals, July 21, 2019
July 21, 2019, 1:10 PM ET | Progressive Field
Starting Pitchers
Kansas City Royals
Recorded starter
Cleveland Indians
Recorded starter
Season Comparison
2019Kansas City RoyalsCleveland Indians
.710
OPS.755
162
HR223
691
Runs769
5.20
ERA3.76
1.48
WHIP1.22
1230
Strikeouts by pitchers1508
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
Kansas City Royals, MLBDB pick
Box Score
Batting
Jorge Soler led Kansas City Royals with 3 hits and 1 home run and 1 RBI.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whit Merrifield2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Alex GordonLF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hunter DozierDH | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jorge SolerRF | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Humberto ArteagaSS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bubba StarlingCF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lucas Duda1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cam GallagherC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
Francisco Lindor and José Ramírez led Cleveland Indians with 2 hits each.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco LindorDH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Óscar MercadoCF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Santana1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Kipnis2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| José Ramírez3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake BauersLF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg AllenLF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike FreemanSS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin PlaweckiC | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler NaquinRF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Pitching
Glenn Sparkman went 5.2 innings for Kansas City Royals (1 SO, 4 ER); Zach Plesac went 6.0 innings for Cleveland Indians (6 SO, 2 ER).
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Royals | |||||||
| Glenn Sparkman | 5.2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Tim Hill | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jorge López | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cleveland Indians | |||||||
| Zach Plesac | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Nick Goody | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Cimber | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Hand | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
- AB
- at-bats
- R
- runs
- H
- hits
- RBI
- runs batted in
- BB
- walks
- SO
- strikeouts
- HR
- home runs
- IP
- innings pitched
- ER
- earned runs
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