MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
KANSAS CITY ROYALS AT PITTSBURGH PIRATES
09/19/2018
 
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
KANSAS CITY ROYALS AT PITTSBURGH PIRATES
GAME ID: 2603 - WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2018 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City Royals (66-85) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 0
Pittsburgh Pirates (65-87) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 7 0
Pirates Walk Off with 3-2 Win
The Pittsburgh Pirates sent the home crowd home smiling from PNC Park.

Chris Sale pitched well, but the Kansas City Royals still lost the game, falling 3-2 to the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. At 65-87, the Pirates are currently last in the National League Central Division.

Carlos Correa, who won the Rookie of the Year Award in 2015, chipped in for Pittsburgh with a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth. For the game, the shortstop had 2 hits in 4 at-bats with 1 home run, 1 single, 1 run scored, and 1 RBI.

"It's a thrill to get that kind of win," Correa said.
KANSAS CITY BATTING LINESCORE PITTSBURGH BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
O. Herrera CF 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .267 3 14
J. Mauer 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .312 5 51
N. Arenado 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .313 16 54
L. Chisenhall RF 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .276 22 79
M. Cabrera LF 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .296 6 35
I. Kinsler 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .222 4 25
J. Profar SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .257 9 59
J. Phegley C 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 .227 1 15
   a-L. Valbuena PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .266 23 68
   b-K. Plawecki C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277 3 36
C. Sale P 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2 4 5 14      
a - L. Valbuena pinch hit for J. Phegley in the 9th
b - K. Plawecki substituted for L. Valbuena in the 9th

BATTING
Home Runs: L. Chisenhall (22, 6th Inning off R. Porcello, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: J. Mauer , M. Cabrera , J. Profar , L. Chisenhall 5 , I. Kinsler 2
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: C. Sale , N. Arenado
GIDP: J. Profar , I. Kinsler
Team LOB: 4

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Profar-Kinsler-Mauer, Sale-Profar-Mauer)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
B. Buxton CF 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 .258 6 16
B. Dozier 2B 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .239 20 60
C. Correa SS 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .313 23 100
J. Lamb 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .277 19 93
R. Zimmerman 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .274 25 104
J. Bruce RF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .255 30 94
B. McKinney LF 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 .302 3 10
Z. Collins C 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 .121 0 2
R. Porcello P 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .245 0 6
   J. Kelly P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0
   M. Bush P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 0 2
   a-R. Chirinos PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 10 32
   S. Dominguez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 29 3 7 3 0 11 7      
a - R. Chirinos pinch hit for M. Bush in the 8th

BATTING
Doubles: B. McKinney (5, 5th Inning off C. Sale, 1 on, 0 outs)
Triples: J. Bruce (3, 5th Inning off C. Sale, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: C. Correa (23, 9th Inning off C. Sale, 0 on, 0 outs) B. Dozier (20, 6th Inning off C. Sale, 0 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: B. McKinney 2 , J. Lamb , C. Correa 5 , B. Buxton , B. Dozier 4 , J. Bruce 3
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Buxton , R. Zimmerman
GIDP: B. Dozier , R. Zimmerman
Hit by Pitch: J. Lamb
Team LOB: 0

FIELDING
Double Plays: 3 (Correa-Dozier-Zimmerman, Zimmerman, Dozier-Correa-Zimmerman)
KANSAS CITY PITCHING LINESCORE PITTSBURGH PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
C. Sale L (13-9) 8.0 7 3 3 0 11 2 115 78 3.46   
PITCHING
Game Score: C. Sale 67
Batters Faced: C. Sale 30
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: C. Sale 6-5
Pitches - Strikes: C. Sale 115-78
Hit Batsmen: C. Sale
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA   
R. Porcello 6.0 6 2 2 3 1 1 97 59 5.65   
J. Kelly 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 19 12 6.34   
M. Bush 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 7 5.09   
S. Dominguez W (5-5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 6 3.71   
PITCHING
Game Score: R. Porcello 50
Batters Faced: R. Porcello 25, J. Kelly 4, M. Bush 3, S. Dominguez 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: R. Porcello 6-9, J. Kelly 0-1, M. Bush 1-1, S. Dominguez 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: R. Porcello 97-59, J. Kelly 19-12, M. Bush 14-7, S. Dominguez 8-6
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Chris Sale
Ballpark: PNC Park
Weather: Partly Cloudy (60 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 19 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM EST
Time: 2:52
Attendance: 21556
Saturday, November 24th, 2018 - OOTP Baseball 19.9 Build 117