Kansas City Royals @
Los Angeles Angels
2–4Final · Mar 24, 2021
KC 2 LAA 4 Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | T | H | E | |
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| KC13-7-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| LAA12-9-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Taylor hit sacrifice fly to right, Soler scored.
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
1–1 -
Suzuki singled to left center, Upton scored.
1–1 -
Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
2–1 -
Dozier homered to left.
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Upton homered to left, Adams scored and Rendon scored.
2–4
Play-by-play
- Top 1 Jose Quintana pitches to Whit Merrifield
- Top 1 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 1 Merrifield lined out to left.
- Top 1 Jose Quintana pitches to Andrew Benintendi
- Top 1 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 1 Benintendi grounded out to first.
- Top 1 Jose Quintana pitches to Adalberto Mondesi
- Top 1 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
- Top 1 Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
- Top 1 Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
- Top 1 Mondesi struck out swinging.
- Bot 1 Daniel Lynch pitches to Dexter Fowler
- Bot 1 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 1 Fowler lined out to center.
- Bot 1 Daniel Lynch pitches to Jared Walsh
- Bot 1 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
- Bot 1 Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
- Bot 1 Walsh struck out swinging.
- Bot 1 Daniel Lynch pitches to Mike Trout
- Bot 1 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 1 Trout doubled to deep left center.
- Bot 1 Daniel Lynch pitches to Anthony Rendon
- Bot 1 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 1 Rendon grounded out to pitcher.
- Top 2 Jose Quintana pitches to Carlos Santana
- Top 2 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
- Top 2 Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
- Top 2 Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
- Top 2 C. Santana struck out swinging.
- Top 2 Jose Quintana pitches to Jorge Soler
- Top 2 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 2 Soler doubled to deep center.
- Top 2 Jose Quintana pitches to Hunter Dozier
- Top 2 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 2 Dozier grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Soler safe at third on throwing error by second baseman Rengifo.
- Top 2 Dozier grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Soler safe at third on throwing error by second baseman Rengifo.
- Top 2 Jose Quintana pitches to Michael Taylor
- Top 2 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play 1–0
- Top 2 Taylor hit sacrifice fly to right, Soler scored. 1–0
- Top 2 Jose Quintana pitches to Kyle Isbel
- Top 2 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 2 Isbel grounded out to pitcher.
- Bot 2 Daniel Lynch pitches to Justin Upton
- Bot 2 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 2 Upton reached on infield single to first.
- Bot 2 Daniel Lynch pitches to Albert Pujols
- Bot 2 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 2 Pujols popped out to second.
- Bot 2 Daniel Lynch pitches to Jose Iglesias
- Bot 2 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 2 J. Iglesias lined out to right.
- Bot 2 Daniel Lynch pitches to Kurt Suzuki
- Bot 2 Pitch 1 : Ball 1 1–0
- Bot 2 Upton stole second.
- Bot 2 Upton stole second.
- Bot 2 Pitch 2 : Ball In Play 1–1
- Bot 2 Suzuki singled to left center, Upton scored. 1–1
- Bot 2 Daniel Lynch pitches to Luis Rengifo
- Bot 2 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 2 Rengifo grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Suzuki out at second.
- Top 3 Jose Quintana pitches to Cam Gallagher
- Top 3 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 3 Gallagher grounded out to shortstop.
- Top 3 Jose Quintana pitches to Whit Merrifield
- Top 3 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 3 Merrifield reached on infield single to second.
- Top 3 Jose Quintana pitches to Andrew Benintendi
- Top 3 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 3 Benintendi doubled to left center, Merrifield to third.
- Top 3 Jose Quintana pitches to Adalberto Mondesi
- Top 3 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
- Top 3 Pitch 2 : Ball 2
- Top 3 Pitch 3 : Ball 3
- Top 3 Pitch 4 : Ball 4
- Top 3 Mondesi walked.
- Top 3 Jose Quintana pitches to Carlos Santana
- Top 3 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 3 C. Santana grounded into double play, third to first, Benintendi out at third.
- Bot 3 Junis relieved Lynch
- Bot 3 Jakob Junis pitches to Dexter Fowler
- Bot 3 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
- Bot 3 Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
- Bot 3 Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
- Bot 3 Fowler struck out swinging.
- Bot 3 Jakob Junis pitches to Jared Walsh
- Bot 3 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 3 Walsh grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 3 Jakob Junis pitches to Mike Trout
- Bot 3 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
- Bot 3 Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
- Bot 3 Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking
- Bot 3 Trout struck out looking.
- Top 4 Jose Quintana pitches to Jorge Soler
- Top 4 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 4 Soler lined out to center.
- Top 4 Jose Quintana pitches to Hunter Dozier
- Top 4 Pitch 1 : Ball 1 2–1
- Top 4 Pitch 2 : Ball In Play 2–1
- Top 4 Dozier homered to left. 2–1
- Top 4 Jose Quintana pitches to Michael Taylor
- Top 4 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
- Top 4 Pitch 2 : Ball 2
- Top 4 Pitch 3 : Ball 3
- Top 4 Pitch 4 : Ball 4
- Top 4 Taylor walked.
- Top 4 Jose Quintana pitches to Kyle Isbel
- Top 4 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
- Top 4 Taylor to second on wild pitch by Quintana.
- Top 4 Taylor to second on wild pitch by Quintana.
- Top 4 Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
- Top 4 Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking
- Top 4 Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking
- Top 4 Isbel struck out looking.
- Top 4 Jose Quintana pitches to Cam Gallagher
- Top 4 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
- Top 4 Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
- Top 4 Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
- Top 4 Gallagher struck out swinging.
- Bot 4 Jakob Junis pitches to Anthony Rendon
- Bot 4 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 4 Rendon flied out to center.
- Bot 4 Jakob Junis pitches to Justin Upton
- Bot 4 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
- Bot 4 Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
- Bot 4 Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
- Bot 4 Upton struck out swinging.
- Bot 4 Jakob Junis pitches to Albert Pujols
- Bot 4 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 4 Pujols flied out to center.
- Top 5 Jose Quintana pitches to Whit Merrifield
- Top 5 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 5 Merrifield flied out to left.
- Top 5 R. Iglesias relieved Quintana
- Top 5 Raisel Iglesias pitches to Andrew Benintendi
- Top 5 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 5 Benintendi flied out to right.
- Top 5 Raisel Iglesias pitches to Adalberto Mondesi
- Top 5 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 5 Mondesi tripled to deep right.
- Top 5 Raisel Iglesias pitches to Carlos Santana
- Top 5 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
- Top 5 Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
- Top 5 Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking
- Top 5 C. Santana struck out looking.
- Bot 5 Holland relieved Junis
- Bot 5 Greg Holland pitches to Jose Iglesias
- Bot 5 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 5 J. Iglesias flied out to right.
- Bot 5 Greg Holland pitches to Kurt Suzuki
- Bot 5 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 5 Suzuki flied out to left.
- Bot 5 Greg Holland pitches to Luis Rengifo
- Bot 5 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 5 Rengifo grounded out to first.
- Top 6 Mayers relieved R. Iglesias
- Top 6 Mike Mayers pitches to Jorge Soler
- Top 6 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 6 Soler fouled out to catcher.
- Top 6 Dyson hit for Dozier
- Top 6 Mike Mayers pitches to Jarrod Dyson
- Top 6 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
- Top 6 Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
- Top 6 Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
- Top 6 Dyson struck out swinging.
- Top 6 Mike Mayers pitches to Michael Taylor
- Top 6 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 6 Taylor flied out to center.
- Bot 6 Rivera at third base.
- Bot 6 Dyson in left field.
- Bot 6 Bowlan relieved Holland
- Bot 6 Jonathan Bowlan pitches to Dexter Fowler
- Bot 6 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 6 Fowler hit a ground rule double to deep center.
- Bot 6 Ward ran for Fowler
- Bot 6 Jonathan Bowlan pitches to Jared Walsh
- Bot 6 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
- Bot 6 Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
- Bot 6 Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
- Bot 6 Walsh struck out swinging.
- Bot 6 Jonathan Bowlan pitches to Mike Trout
- Bot 6 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 6 Trout singled to left, Ward thrown out at home.
- Bot 6 Adams ran for Trout
- Bot 6 Jonathan Bowlan pitches to Anthony Rendon
- Bot 6 Pitch 1 : Ball 1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2 : Ball 2
- Bot 6 Pitch 3 : Ball 3
- Bot 6 Pitch 4 : Ball 4
- Bot 6 Rendon walked, Adams to second.
- Bot 6 Jonathan Bowlan pitches to Justin Upton
- Bot 6 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging 2–1
- Bot 6 Pitch 2 : Ball In Play 2–4
- Bot 6 Upton homered to left, Adams scored and Rendon scored. 2–4
- Bot 6 Jonathan Bowlan pitches to Albert Pujols
- Bot 6 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 6 Pujols grounded out to third.
- Top 7 Ward in right field.
- Top 7 Adams in center field.
- Top 7 Schebler in left field.
- Top 7 Rojas at first base.
- Top 7 Bemboom catching.
- Top 7 Slegers relieved Mayers
- Top 7 Aaron Slegers pitches to Kyle Isbel
- Top 7 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 7 Isbel grounded out to second.
- Top 7 O'Hearn hit for Gallagher
- Top 7 Aaron Slegers pitches to Ryan O'Hearn
- Top 7 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 7 O'Hearn grounded out to first.
- Top 7 Alberto hit for Merrifield
- Top 7 Aaron Slegers pitches to Hanser Alberto
- Top 7 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 7 Alberto reached on infield single to third.
- Top 7 Aaron Slegers pitches to Emmanuel Rivera
- Top 7 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 7 Rivera flied out to center.
- Bot 7 Alberto at shortstop.
- Bot 7 Lopez at second base.
- Bot 7 Miller in left field.
- Bot 7 Miller in left field.
- Bot 7 Dyson in center field.
- Bot 7 Mejía in right field.
- Bot 7 Mejía in right field.
- Bot 7 O'Hearn at first base.
- Bot 7 Staumont relieved Bowlan
- Bot 7 Josh Staumont pitches to Jose Iglesias
- Bot 7 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 7 J. Iglesias grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 7 Josh Staumont pitches to Anthony Bemboom
- Bot 7 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 7 Bemboom lined out to left.
- Bot 7 Josh Staumont pitches to Luis Rengifo
- Bot 7 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 7 Rengifo grounded out to second.
- Top 8 Gosselin at third base.
- Top 8 Soto at shortstop.
- Top 8 Wong at second base.
- Top 8 Chavez relieved Slegers
- Top 8 Jesse Chavez pitches to Nicky Lopez
- Top 8 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 8 Lopez grounded out to first.
- Top 8 Jesse Chavez pitches to Nick Dini
- Top 8 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 8 Dini flied out to right.
- Top 8 Jesse Chavez pitches to Jorge Soler
- Top 8 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 8 Soler singled to center.
- Top 8 Dungan ran for Soler
- Top 8 Jesse Chavez pitches to Jarrod Dyson
- Top 8 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 8 Dyson grounded into fielder's choice to second, Dungan out at second.
- Bot 8 Dungan as designated hitter.
- Bot 8 Cox relieved Staumont
- Bot 8 Austin Cox pitches to Taylor Ward
- Bot 8 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 8 Ward grounded out to shortstop.
- Bot 8 Austin Cox pitches to Jared Walsh
- Bot 8 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 8 Walsh reached on infield single to catcher.
- Bot 8 Austin Cox pitches to Jordyn Adams
- Bot 8 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Bot 8 Adams grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Walsh out at second.
- Top 9 Rowen relieved Chavez
- Top 9 Ben Rowen pitches to Erick Mejia
- Top 9 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 9 Mejía grounded out to third.
- Top 9 Ben Rowen pitches to Anderson Miller
- Top 9 Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
- Top 9 Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
- Top 9 Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
- Top 9 Miller struck out swinging.
- Top 9 Ben Rowen pitches to Ryan O'Hearn
- Top 9 Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
- Top 9 O'Hearn lined out to left.
Box score
KC
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whit Merrifield2B | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .424 | .457 | .545 |
| Hanser AlbertoSS | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .435 | .500 | .522 |
| Andrew BenintendiLF | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .306 | .375 |
| Emmanuel Rivera3B | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .323 | .344 | .548 |
| Adalberto MondesiSS | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .304 | .360 | .478 |
| Nicky Lopez2B | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .231 | .147 |
| Carlos Santana1B | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .225 | .367 | .400 |
| Nick DiniC | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
| Jorge SolerDH | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .300 | .596 |
| Clay DunganDH | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 |
| Hunter Dozier3B | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .306 | .375 | .750 |
| Jarrod DysonCF | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .118 | .158 | .235 |
| Michael A. TaylorCF | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .433 | .514 | .800 |
| Erick MejiaRF | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .316 | .529 |
| Kyle IsbelRF | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .313 | .395 | .563 |
| Anderson MillerLF | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .471 |
| Cam GallagherC | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .280 | .357 | .320 |
| Ryan O'Hearn1B | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .171 | .293 | .514 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lynch IVP | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ----- | 7.71 | -- |
| Jakob JunisP | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ----- | 1.29 | -- |
| Greg HollandP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ----- | 0.00 | -- |
| Jonathan BowlanP | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ----- | 18.00 | -- |
| Josh StaumontP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ----- | 6.75 | -- |
| Austin CoxP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ----- | 0.00 | -- |
LAA
batting
| Player | H-AB | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | K | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dexter FowlerRF | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .194 | .206 | .355 |
| Taylor WardRF | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .348 | .448 | .739 |
| Jared WalshDH | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .216 | .279 | .243 |
| Mike TroutCF | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .290 | .436 | .452 |
| Jordyn AdamsCF | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .111 | .235 |
| Anthony Rendon3B | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .233 | .361 | .533 |
| Phil Gosselin3B | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .261 | .381 |
| Justin UptonLF | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .394 | .444 | .848 |
| Scott ScheblerLF | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .346 | .400 | .769 |
| Albert Pujols1B | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .351 | .415 | .541 |
| Jose Rojas1B | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .321 | .487 | .607 |
| Jose IglesiasSS | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 | .263 | .459 |
| Livan SotoSS | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .273 | .000 |
| Kurt SuzukiC | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .440 | .300 |
| Anthony BemboomC | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .150 | .190 | .150 |
| Luis Rengifo2B | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .389 | .393 |
| Kean Wong2B | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | .333 | .278 |
pitching
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA | PC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose QuintanaP | 4.1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ----- | 0.64 | -- |
| Raisel IglesiasP | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ----- | 2.70 | -- |
| Mike MayersP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ----- | 7.50 | -- |
| Aaron SlegersP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ----- | 0.00 | -- |
| Jesse ChavezP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ----- | 14.54 | -- |
| Ben RowenP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ----- | 3.60 | -- |
Starting lineups
LAA
- 1 Dexter Fowler RF
- 2 Jared Walsh DH
- 3 Mike Trout CF
- 4 Anthony Rendon 3B
- 5 Justin Upton LF
- 6 Albert Pujols 1B
- 7 Jose Iglesias SS
- 8 Kurt Suzuki C
- 9 Luis Rengifo 2B
KC
- 1 Whit Merrifield 2B
- 2 Andrew Benintendi LF
- 3 Adalberto Mondesi SS
- 4 Carlos Santana 1B
- 5 Jorge Soler DH
- 6 Hunter Dozier 3B
- 7 Michael A. Taylor CF
- 8 Kyle Isbel RF
- 9 Cam Gallagher C
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