April 9, 2026 · AL Cent
Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
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Scoring summary
| INN | BATTER | PLAY | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| T4 | Colson Montgomery | Colson Montgomery doubles (2) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Lane Thomas. Munetaka Murakami scores. | CWS 1, KC 0 |
| T7 | Luisangel Acuña | Luisangel Acuña out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Lane Thomas. Andrew Benintendi scores. Dustin Harris to 3rd. | CWS 2, KC 0 |
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching & bullpen
How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.
White Sox
AWAY
2
Anthony Kay started for White Sox, leaving with a 1–0 lead.
workload · innings pitched
-
Anthony Kay
Starter
5.2
100
0
6
W
Pitch-by-pitch: what Anthony Kay threw
CSW 34% 1st-pitch strike 71% 4.2 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Four-Seam Fastball 31 31% 4 6 5 10 6 Cutter 22 22% 2 6 4 8 2 Sweeper 21 21% 4 4 2 10 1 Sinker 14 14% 3 5 2 3 1 Changeup 12 12% 0 0 2 6 4 - Grant Taylor Middle 1.1 22 0 1 HLD inherited 2, stranded 2
- Jordan Leasure Reliever 1.0 18 0 2 HLD
- Seranthony Domínguez Closer 1.0 15 0 2 SV
Royals
HOME
0
Seth Lugo started for Royals, leaving trailing 0–2.
workload · innings pitched
-
Seth Lugo
Starter
6.1
92
2
4
L
Pitch-by-pitch: what Seth Lugo threw
CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 63% 3.8 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Sinker 25 27% 0 5 5 11 4 Four-Seam Fastball 18 20% 2 2 5 7 2 Cutter 15 16% 5 2 3 2 3 Slider 10 11% 1 2 2 4 1 Changeup 9 10% 0 2 1 4 2 Curveball 8 9% 0 0 0 5 3 Slurve 4 4% 0 0 1 3 0 Sweeper 2 2% 0 0 1 1 0 Slow Curve 1 1% 0 0 0 0 1 - John Schreiber Middle 0.2 11 0 0 inherited 2, 1 scored
- Eli Morgan Reliever 2.0 27 0 1
Where the game turned
1 run
- Montgomery 2B (1)
Batting lines
AWAY · CWS
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Meidroth 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .244 | .333 | .378 | .711 | |
| Munetaka Murakami 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .195 | .346 | .488 | .834 | |
| Miguel Vargas 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .209 | .340 | .395 | .735 | |
| Colson Montgomery SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .308 | .378 | .686 | 2B |
| Andrew Benintendi DH | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .176 | .222 | .235 | .457 | |
| Edgar Quero C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .265 | .194 | .459 | |
| Luisangel Acuña CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .262 | .231 | .493 | |
| Tristan Peters RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .242 | .306 | .273 | .579 | |
| Dustin Harris LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .556 | .333 | .889 |
HOME · KC
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maikel Garcia 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .320 | .397 | .460 | .857 | |
| Bobby Witt Jr. SS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .368 | .327 | .695 | 2B, SB |
| Vinnie Pasquantino 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .184 | .281 | .204 | .485 | |
| Salvador Perez C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .146 | .226 | .313 | .539 | |
| Jac Caglianone DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .237 | .341 | .289 | .630 | |
| Jonathan India 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .189 | .318 | .351 | .669 | |
| Isaac Collins LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .171 | .310 | .286 | .596 | |
| Kyle Isbel CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .375 | .412 | .594 | 1.006 | |
| Lane Thomas RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .296 | .182 | .478 | |
| Carter Jensen PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .219 | .278 | .531 | .809 |
Pitching lines
AWAY · CWS
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Kay | 5.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 100 | 2.45 | W |
| Grant Taylor | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1.42 | HLD |
| Jordan Leasure | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4.70 | HLD |
| Seranthony Domínguez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3.86 | SV |
HOME · KC
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 6.1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 92 | 1.53 | L |
| John Schreiber | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5.40 | |
| Eli Morgan | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0.00 |
Manager comparison
AWAY · CWS
Lineup 4.2 R
Bunts 2.9 R
IBBs 1.4 R
HOME · KC
Lineup 3.1 R
Bunts 1.6 R
IBBs 1.5 R
Recent form
AWAY · CWS
4-6
W1
-13 run diff
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HOME · KC
5-5
W1
+7 run diff
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How RunsLeft analyzes games
Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.