MLB Recap · August 5, 2021

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

KC3
Final
CWS2

Line Score

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KC200000100360
CWS100000010260

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 67.2% → final 0%).

Biggest Plays by Win-Probability Added

Leury García Groundout
Bot 9th · off Jake Brentz
+31.6%
Eloy Jiménez Double
Bot 8th · off Scott Barlow
+20.2%
Andrew Vaughn Groundout
Bot 8th · off Scott Barlow
-18.7%
Andrew Vaughn Grounded Into DP
Bot 6th · off Josh Staumont
-15.3%
Edward Olivares Home Run
Top 7th · off Reynaldo López
+13.4%

Top Batters by WPA

Leury García+31.3%-0.1 RE24
Edward Olivares+18.0%+0.5 RE24
Eloy Jiménez+17.2%+1.3 RE24

Top Pitchers by WPA

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