MLB Recap · September 8, 2020

Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Indians: Final Score & Recap

KC8
Final
CLE6

Line Score

Team123456789RHE
KC0030002218100
CLE212000001691

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 firstFinalCLE win %KC win %
DiamondIQ model home win probability across the game (pre-game 78.1% → final 0%).

Biggest Plays by Win-Probability Added

Whit Merrifield Home Run
Top 3rd · off Triston McKenzie
+22.0%
Francisco Lindor Home Run
Bot 3rd · off Jakob Junis
+18.1%
Cam Gallagher Double
Top 7th · off Cal Quantrill
+17.4%
Hunter Dozier Single
Top 8th · off Adam Cimber
+14.0%
Nicky Lopez Hit By Pitch
Top 8th · off Oliver Pérez
+12.9%

Top Batters by WPA

Whit Merrifield+17.3%+2.3 RE24
Nicky Lopez+16.8%+1.5 RE24
Alex Gordon+15.8%+0.7 RE24

Top Pitchers by WPA

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