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Kansas City Royals logo Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Indians logo Cleveland Indians

7–2Final · Sep 20, 2021
KC 7 CLE 2 Final
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KC68-820221200790
CLE73-750000200260

· Line: CLE -159 (O/U 7)

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Every scoring moment, when the official feed stamped it — and when FirstBuzzer's in-venue spotters buzzed it first. Times are ET.

  1. Pitch 1 : Ball 1

    0–0

  2. Pitch 2 : Ball 2

    0–0

  3. Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Swinging

    0–0

  4. Pitch 4 : Ball In Play

    2–0

  5. Dozier homered to left (434 feet), Mondesi scored.

    2–0

  6. Pitch 1 : Ball In Play

    4–0

  7. Benintendi homered to right (409 feet), Lopez scored.

    4–0

  8. Pitch 1 : Ball In Play

    5–0

  9. Dozier singled to right, Taylor scored.

    5–0

  10. Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul

    5–0

  11. Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging

    5–0

  12. Pitch 3 : Ball 1

    5–0

  13. Pitch 4 : Ball In Play

    7–0

  14. Perez homered to left center (429 feet), Lopez scored.

    7–0

  15. Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul

    7–0

  16. Pitch 2 : Ball In Play

    7–2

  17. J. Ramírez singled to center, Hedges scored and Straw scored.

    7–2

Play-by-play

  1. Top 1 Triston McKenzie pitches to Whit Merrifield
  2. Top 1 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  3. Top 1 Pitch 2 : Ball 2
  4. Top 1 Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul
  5. Top 1 Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
  6. Top 1 Merrifield singled to left.
  7. Top 1 Triston McKenzie pitches to Nicky Lopez
  8. Top 1 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
  9. Top 1 Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
  10. Top 1 Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
  11. Top 1 Lopez struck out swinging.
  12. Top 1 Triston McKenzie pitches to Salvador Perez
  13. Top 1 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
  14. Top 1 Pitch 2 : Ball 1
  15. Top 1 Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
  16. Top 1 Perez singled to left, Merrifield to second.
  17. Top 1 Triston McKenzie pitches to Andrew Benintendi
  18. Top 1 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  19. Top 1 Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
  20. Top 1 Benintendi flied out to left.
  21. Top 1 Triston McKenzie pitches to Carlos Santana
  22. Top 1 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
  23. Top 1 Pitch 2 : Ball 1
  24. Top 1 Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
  25. Top 1 C. Santana grounded out to shortstop.
  26. Bot 1 Brady Singer pitches to Myles Straw
  27. Bot 1 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  28. Bot 1 Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
  29. Bot 1 Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
  30. Bot 1 Straw singled to left.
  31. Bot 1 Brady Singer pitches to Bradley Zimmer
  32. Bot 1 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  33. Bot 1 Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
  34. Bot 1 Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging
  35. Bot 1 Pitch 4 : Ball 2
  36. Bot 1 Straw caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
  37. Bot 1 Straw caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
  38. Bot 1 Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging
  39. Bot 1 Zimmer struck out swinging.
  40. Bot 1 Brady Singer pitches to Jose Ramirez
  41. Bot 1 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  42. Bot 1 Pitch 2 : Ball 2
  43. Bot 1 Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking
  44. Bot 1 Pitch 4 : Ball 3
  45. Bot 1 Pitch 5 : Ball 4
  46. Bot 1 J. Ramírez walked.
  47. Bot 1 Brady Singer pitches to Franmil Reyes
  48. Bot 1 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
  49. Bot 1 Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
  50. Bot 1 Reyes singled to center, J. Ramírez to third.
  51. Bot 1 Brady Singer pitches to Bobby Bradley
  52. Bot 1 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
  53. Bot 1 Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
  54. Bot 1 Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
  55. Bot 1 Bradley hit by pitch, Reyes to second.
  56. Bot 1 Brady Singer pitches to Owen Miller
  57. Bot 1 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
  58. Bot 1 Pitch 2 : Ball 1
  59. Bot 1 Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking
  60. Bot 1 Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking
  61. Bot 1 Miller struck out looking.
  62. Top 2 Triston McKenzie pitches to Adalberto Mondesi
  63. Top 2 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
  64. Top 2 Pitch 2 : Ball 1
  65. Top 2 Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
  66. Top 2 Mondesi singled to shallow right center.
  67. Top 2 Triston McKenzie pitches to Michael Taylor
  68. Top 2 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  69. Top 2 Mondesi stole second.
  70. Top 2 Mondesi stole second.
  71. Top 2 Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
  72. Top 2 Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
  73. Top 2 Taylor flied out to left.
  74. Top 2 Triston McKenzie pitches to Ryan O'Hearn
  75. Top 2 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
  76. Top 2 Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
  77. Top 2 Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
  78. Top 2 Pitch 4 : Ball 1
  79. Top 2 Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging
  80. Top 2 O'Hearn struck out swinging.
  81. Top 2 Triston McKenzie pitches to Hunter Dozier
  82. Top 2 Pitch 1 : Ball 1 0–0
  83. Top 2 Pitch 2 : Ball 2 0–0
  84. Top 2 Mondesi stole third.
  85. Top 2 Mondesi stole third.
  86. Top 2 Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Swinging 0–0
  87. Top 2 Pitch 4 : Ball In Play 2–0
  88. Top 2 Dozier homered to left (434 feet), Mondesi scored. 2–0
  89. Top 2 Triston McKenzie pitches to Whit Merrifield
  90. Top 2 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
  91. Top 2 Pitch 2 : Ball 1
  92. Top 2 Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
  93. Top 2 Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
  94. Top 2 Merrifield struck out swinging.
  95. Bot 2 Brady Singer pitches to Andres Gimenez
  96. Bot 2 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Bunted Foul
  97. Bot 2 Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
  98. Bot 2 Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
  99. Bot 2 Pitch 4 : Ball 1
  100. Bot 2 Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
  101. Bot 2 Giménez grounded out to first.
  102. Bot 2 Brady Singer pitches to Austin Hedges
  103. Bot 2 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  104. Bot 2 Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
  105. Bot 2 Pitch 3 : Ball 2
  106. Bot 2 Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
  107. Bot 2 Hedges grounded out to second.
  108. Bot 2 Brady Singer pitches to Oscar Mercado
  109. Bot 2 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  110. Bot 2 Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
  111. Bot 2 Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
  112. Bot 2 Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
  113. Bot 2 Mercado grounded out to shortstop.
  114. Top 3 Triston McKenzie pitches to Nicky Lopez
  115. Top 3 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  116. Top 3 Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
  117. Top 3 Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
  118. Top 3 Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
  119. Top 3 Lopez singled to center.
  120. Top 3 Triston McKenzie pitches to Salvador Perez
  121. Top 3 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
  122. Top 3 Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
  123. Top 3 Perez popped out to shortstop.
  124. Top 3 Triston McKenzie pitches to Andrew Benintendi
  125. Top 3 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play 4–0
  126. Top 3 Benintendi homered to right (409 feet), Lopez scored. 4–0
  127. Top 3 Triston McKenzie pitches to Carlos Santana
  128. Top 3 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
  129. Top 3 Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
  130. Top 3 Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
  131. Top 3 C. Santana struck out swinging.
  132. Top 3 Triston McKenzie pitches to Adalberto Mondesi
  133. Top 3 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Bunted Foul
  134. Top 3 Pitch 2 : Ball 1
  135. Top 3 Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
  136. Top 3 Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
  137. Top 3 Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
  138. Top 3 Mondesi grounded out to shortstop.
  139. Bot 3 Brady Singer pitches to Myles Straw
  140. Bot 3 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  141. Bot 3 Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
  142. Bot 3 Straw reached on infield single to shortstop.
  143. Bot 3 Brady Singer pitches to Bradley Zimmer
  144. Bot 3 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
  145. Bot 3 Zimmer grounded into fielder's choice to first, Straw out at second.
  146. Bot 3 Brady Singer pitches to Jose Ramirez
  147. Bot 3 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  148. Bot 3 Pitch 2 : Ball 2
  149. Bot 3 Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking
  150. Bot 3 Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
  151. Bot 3 Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
  152. Bot 3 J. Ramírez grounded into fielder's choice to second, Zimmer out at second.
  153. Bot 3 Brady Singer pitches to Franmil Reyes
  154. Bot 3 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  155. Bot 3 Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
  156. Bot 3 Pitch 3 : Ball 2
  157. Bot 3 Pitch 4 : Ball 3
  158. Bot 3 Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
  159. Bot 3 Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging
  160. Bot 3 Reyes struck out swinging.
  161. Top 4 Triston McKenzie pitches to Michael Taylor
  162. Top 4 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  163. Top 4 Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
  164. Top 4 Pitch 3 : Ball 2
  165. Top 4 Pitch 4 : Ball 3
  166. Top 4 Pitch 5 : Ball 4
  167. Top 4 Taylor walked.
  168. Top 4 Triston McKenzie pitches to Ryan O'Hearn
  169. Top 4 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
  170. Top 4 Taylor stole second.
  171. Top 4 Taylor stole second.
  172. Top 4 Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
  173. Top 4 O'Hearn grounded out to second, Taylor to third.
  174. Top 4 Triston McKenzie pitches to Hunter Dozier
  175. Top 4 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play 5–0
  176. Top 4 Dozier singled to right, Taylor scored. 5–0
  177. Top 4 Triston McKenzie pitches to Whit Merrifield
  178. Top 4 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  179. Top 4 Pitch 2 : Ball 2
  180. Top 4 Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul
  181. Top 4 Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
  182. Top 4 Merrifield grounded into double play, third to second to first, Dozier out at second.
  183. Bot 4 Brady Singer pitches to Bobby Bradley
  184. Bot 4 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  185. Bot 4 Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
  186. Bot 4 Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking
  187. Bot 4 Pitch 4 : Ball 2
  188. Bot 4 Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging
  189. Bot 4 Bradley struck out swinging.
  190. Bot 4 Brady Singer pitches to Owen Miller
  191. Bot 4 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
  192. Bot 4 Miller grounded out to third.
  193. Bot 4 Brady Singer pitches to Andres Gimenez
  194. Bot 4 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
  195. Bot 4 Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
  196. Bot 4 Pitch 3 : Ball 1
  197. Bot 4 Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
  198. Bot 4 Giménez struck out swinging.
  199. Top 5 Triston McKenzie pitches to Nicky Lopez
  200. Top 5 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
  201. Top 5 Pitch 2 : Ball 1
  202. Top 5 Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
  203. Top 5 Lopez singled to left center.
  204. Top 5 Triston McKenzie pitches to Salvador Perez
  205. Top 5 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul 5–0
  206. Top 5 Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging 5–0
  207. Top 5 Pitch 3 : Ball 1 5–0
  208. Top 5 Pitch 4 : Ball In Play 7–0
  209. Top 5 Perez homered to left center (429 feet), Lopez scored. 7–0
  210. Top 5 Triston McKenzie pitches to Andrew Benintendi
  211. Top 5 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  212. Top 5 Pitch 2 : Ball 2
  213. Top 5 Pitch 3 : Ball 3
  214. Top 5 Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking
  215. Top 5 Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
  216. Top 5 Pitch 6 : Ball In Play
  217. Top 5 Benintendi popped out to first.
  218. Top 5 Mejia relieved McKenzie
  219. Top 5 J.C. Mejia pitches to Carlos Santana
  220. Top 5 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  221. Top 5 Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
  222. Top 5 Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging
  223. Top 5 Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
  224. Top 5 Pitch 5 : Ball 2
  225. Top 5 Pitch 6 : Ball In Play
  226. Top 5 C. Santana grounded out to second.
  227. Top 5 J.C. Mejia pitches to Adalberto Mondesi
  228. Top 5 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  229. Top 5 Pitch 2 : Ball 2
  230. Top 5 Pitch 3 : Ball 3
  231. Top 5 Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking
  232. Top 5 Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Swinging
  233. Top 5 Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging
  234. Top 5 Mondesi struck out swinging.
  235. Bot 5 Brady Singer pitches to Austin Hedges
  236. Bot 5 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
  237. Bot 5 Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
  238. Bot 5 Hedges singled to left.
  239. Bot 5 Brady Singer pitches to Oscar Mercado
  240. Bot 5 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
  241. Bot 5 Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
  242. Bot 5 Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
  243. Bot 5 Mercado struck out swinging.
  244. Bot 5 Brady Singer pitches to Myles Straw
  245. Bot 5 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  246. Bot 5 Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
  247. Bot 5 Pitch 3 : Ball 2
  248. Bot 5 Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
  249. Bot 5 Straw hit a ground rule double to deep right, Hedges to third.
  250. Bot 5 Brady Singer pitches to Bradley Zimmer
  251. Bot 5 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  252. Bot 5 Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
  253. Bot 5 Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging
  254. Bot 5 Pitch 4 : Ball 2
  255. Bot 5 Pitch 5 : Ball 3
  256. Bot 5 Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
  257. Bot 5 Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Swinging
  258. Bot 5 Zimmer struck out swinging.
  259. Bot 5 Brady Singer pitches to Jose Ramirez
  260. Bot 5 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul 7–0
  261. Bot 5 Pitch 2 : Ball In Play 7–2
  262. Bot 5 J. Ramírez singled to center, Hedges scored and Straw scored. 7–2
  263. Bot 5 Brady Singer pitches to Franmil Reyes
  264. Bot 5 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  265. Bot 5 Pitch 2 : Ball 2
  266. Bot 5 Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking
  267. Bot 5 Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
  268. Bot 5 Reyes grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J. Ramírez out at second.
  269. Top 6 J.C. Mejia pitches to Michael Taylor
  270. Top 6 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  271. Top 6 Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
  272. Top 6 Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
  273. Top 6 Taylor flied out to right.
  274. Top 6 J.C. Mejia pitches to Ryan O'Hearn
  275. Top 6 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  276. Top 6 Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
  277. Top 6 O'Hearn grounded out to shortstop.
  278. Top 6 J.C. Mejia pitches to Hunter Dozier
  279. Top 6 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
  280. Top 6 Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
  281. Top 6 Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
  282. Top 6 Dozier struck out swinging.
  283. Bot 6 Brady Singer pitches to Bobby Bradley
  284. Bot 6 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  285. Bot 6 Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
  286. Bot 6 Bradley grounded out to second.
  287. Bot 6 Brady Singer pitches to Owen Miller
  288. Bot 6 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
  289. Bot 6 Pitch 2 : Ball 1
  290. Bot 6 Pitch 3 : Ball 2
  291. Bot 6 Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
  292. Bot 6 Miller grounded out to third.
  293. Bot 6 Brady Singer pitches to Andres Gimenez
  294. Bot 6 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
  295. Bot 6 Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
  296. Bot 6 Giménez grounded out to shortstop.
  297. Top 7 Hentges relieved Mejia
  298. Top 7 Sam Hentges pitches to Whit Merrifield
  299. Top 7 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
  300. Top 7 Pitch 2 : Ball 1
  301. Top 7 Pitch 3 : Ball 2
  302. Top 7 Pitch 4 : Ball 3
  303. Top 7 Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Looking
  304. Top 7 Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
  305. Top 7 Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul
  306. Top 7 Pitch 8 : Strike 2 Foul
  307. Top 7 Pitch 9 : Strike 2 Foul
  308. Top 7 Pitch 10 : Strike 3 Swinging
  309. Top 7 Merrifield struck out swinging.
  310. Top 7 Sam Hentges pitches to Nicky Lopez
  311. Top 7 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
  312. Top 7 Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
  313. Top 7 Pitch 3 : Ball 1
  314. Top 7 Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
  315. Top 7 Lopez grounded out to first.
  316. Top 7 Sam Hentges pitches to Salvador Perez
  317. Top 7 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
  318. Top 7 Pitch 2 : Ball 2
  319. Top 7 Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
  320. Top 7 Perez grounded out to pitcher.
  321. Bot 7 Brady Singer pitches to Austin Hedges
  322. Bot 7 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
  323. Bot 7 Hedges lined out to center.
  324. Bot 7 Brady Singer pitches to Oscar Mercado
  325. Bot 7 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
  326. Bot 7 Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
  327. Bot 7 Mercado grounded out to shortstop.
  328. Bot 7 Brady Singer pitches to Myles Straw
  329. Bot 7 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
  330. Bot 7 Pitch 2 : Ball 1
  331. Bot 7 Pitch 3 : Ball 2
  332. Bot 7 Pitch 4 : Ball 3
  333. Bot 7 Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
  334. Bot 7 Straw grounded out to shortstop.

Box score

KC

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Whit Merrifield2B1-4401000222.279.319.398
Nicky LopezSS2-4422000114.302.369.375
Salvador PerezC2-4412210012.275.316.547
Andrew BenintendiLF1-331121009.278.320.443
Carlos SantanaDH0-3300000112.215.320.352
Adalberto Mondesi3B1-3311000114.267.298.533
Michael A. TaylorCF0-2210001011.246.301.360
Ryan O'Hearn1B0-330000019.217.259.365
Hunter DozierRF2-331231018.214.285.383
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Brady SingerP7.062217097-624.7297

CLE

batting
PlayerH-ABABRHRBIHRBBK#PAVGOBPSLG
Myles StrawCF3-4413000014.271.351.345
Bradley ZimmerRF0-3300000213.228.334.338
Jose Ramirez3B1-2201201012.268.360.554
Franmil ReyesDH1-3301000112.259.329.547
Bobby Bradley1B0-2200000110.218.310.450
Owen Miller2B0-330000019.189.233.296
Andres GimenezSS0-3300000111.200.268.309
Austin HedgesC1-331100007.176.219.291
Oscar MercadoLF0-330000019.222.300.367
pitching
PlayerIPHRERBBKHRPC-STERAPC
Triston McKenzieP4.197714374-504.6774
J.C. MejiaP1.200002020-138.6420
Sam HentgesP1.000001017-116.7517

Starting lineups

CLE

  1. 1 Myles Straw CF
  2. 2 Bradley Zimmer RF
  3. 3 Jose Ramirez 3B
  4. 4 Franmil Reyes DH
  5. 5 Bobby Bradley 1B
  6. 6 Owen Miller 2B
  7. 7 Andres Gimenez SS
  8. 8 Austin Hedges C
  9. 9 Oscar Mercado LF

KC

  1. 1 Whit Merrifield 2B
  2. 2 Nicky Lopez SS
  3. 3 Salvador Perez C
  4. 4 Andrew Benintendi LF
  5. 5 Carlos Santana DH
  6. 6 Adalberto Mondesi 3B
  7. 7 Michael A. Taylor CF
  8. 8 Ryan O'Hearn 1B
  9. 9 Hunter Dozier RF

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