MLB Recap · August 28, 2020

Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox: Final Score & Recap

KC5
Final
CWS6

Line Score

Team123456789RHE
KC0020002015110
CWS0100211016111

The Story

AI recap unavailable for archived games. The final score, win-probability story, biggest plays, and top performers are all shown below.

Win Probability

755025KC bats firstFinalCWS win %KC win %
DiamondIQ model home win probability across the game (pre-game 76.5% → final 100%).

Biggest Plays by Win-Probability Added

Yasmani Grandal Home Run
Bot 9th · off Ian Kennedy
+35.9%
Maikel Franco Double
Top 9th · off Alex Colomé
+28.0%
Eloy Jiménez Home Run
Bot 5th · off Danny Duffy
+25.2%
Jorge Soler Home Run
Top 7th · off Matt Foster
+24.3%
Nomar Mazara Walk
Bot 6th · off Jesse Hahn
+12.7%

Top Batters by WPA

Eloy Jiménez+37.1%+2.3 RE24
Yasmani Grandal+36.9%+0.8 RE24
Ryan O'Hearn+31.3%+1.7 RE24

Top Pitchers by WPA

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