Kansas City Royals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

Royals Batting

Triples: Taylor (1, Crowe); Gutiérrez (1, Bednar)

Home Runs: Perez 2 (12, 4th inning off Crowe 1 on, 1 Out, 7th inning off Shreve 0 on, 1 Out); Benintendi (5, 5th inning off Crowe 3 on, 0 Out)

Runs Batted In: Perez 3 (36), Taylor (19), Merrifield (29), Benintendi 5 (23)

Sacrifice Flies: Taylor

Team Left On Base: 5

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 3-5 (C. Santana 0-1, Merrifield 1-1, Benintendi 2-3)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: C. Santana 1; Benintendi 1

Royals Pitching

Hit By Pitch: Tom (by Singer)

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Davis 1/3; Zimmer 1/2; Brentz 1/3; Junis 4/5; Singer 10/28

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Davis-3-2-5-2; Zimmer-2-1-2-0; Brentz-2-4-6-0; Junis-6-2-1-3; Singer-17-11-10-20

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Davis 1-1; Zimmer 1-0; Junis 0-2; Singer 4-8

Game Scores: B Singer 40

Royals Fielding

Errors: Singer 2 (4, throw 2)

Royals Baserunning

Stolen Bases: Merrifield (16, 2nd base off Bednar/Perez)

Pirates Batting

Doubles: Perez (2, Singer); Frazier 2 (19, Singer 2)

Runs Batted In: Gamel (3), Perez (7), Polanco (15), Frazier (19), Reynolds (24)

2-out Runs Batted In: Frazier

Sacrifice Flies: Gamel; Polanco

Team Left On Base: 9

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 2-14 (Perez 0-1, Polanco 0-1, González 0-3, Frazier 1-3, Tom 0-1, Reynolds 1-3, Craig 0-2)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Polanco 1; Reynolds 2; Craig 2

Pirates Pitching

Pitcher Notes: Crowe pitched to 5 batters in the 5th.

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Stratton 1/8; Shreve 1/4; Howard 1/1; Bednar 4/5; Crowe 11/21

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Stratton-2-4-7-5; Shreve-0-3-1-2; Howard-0-0-1-1; Bednar-4-1-10-4; Crowe-8-7-11-15

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Stratton 2-2; Shreve 0-2; Howard 0-1; Bednar 1-1; Crowe 3-5

Game Scores: W Crowe 15

Pirates Fielding

Assists: Polanco (Benintendi at 2nd base)