MLB Recap · May 5, 2021

Cleveland Indians at Kansas City Royals: Final Score & Recap

CLE5
Final
KC4

Line Score

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CLE000003011563
KC010120000491

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

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DiamondIQ model home win probability across the game (pre-game 54% → final 0%).

Biggest Plays by Win-Probability Added

Josh Naylor Home Run
Top 9th · off Wade Davis
+34.2%
Whit Merrifield Groundout
Bot 9th · off James Karinchak
+31.6%
José Ramírez Home Run
Top 8th · off Jakob Junis
+19.0%
Jorge Soler Double
Bot 5th · off Shane Bieber
+10.8%
Jorge Soler Grounded Into DP
Bot 3rd · off Shane Bieber
-10.4%

Top Batters by WPA

Josh Naylor+47.9%+2.1 RE24
Whit Merrifield+29.5%-0.1 RE24
José Ramírez+19.6%+1.1 RE24

Top Pitchers by WPA

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