San Francisco Giants 3 – 4 Kansas City Royals
MLB · July 20, 2026 · Final
🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)
Post-Game Recap
The Kansas City Royals held off the San Francisco Giants tonight, four to three, in a game that looked like a comfortable Kansas City win until the ninth inning nearly flipped everything upside down.
The Royals took control early in the fourth. Perez went deep to center, four hundred and forty feet, scoring Pasquantino to put Kansas City up two to one, and then Collins followed with a single to right that pushed the lead to three to one. At that point the Giants looked like a team running out of answers.
San Francisco stayed quiet for the better part of the night, but in the ninth, Willy Adames changed everything. He launched a two-run shot to right center, three hundred and eighty feet, and just like that it was tied at three. The crowd had to feel it — a full comeback was right there.
But Nick Loftin wouldn't let the moment belong to the Giants. He dropped down a bunt single to first, Rojas came around to score, and Kansas City had the lead back at four to three. That was the ballgame.
Loftin finished two for three with the decisive RBI, and Adames delivered the drama with that clutch two-run blast, but it wasn't enough. The Giants couldn't answer in the final frame, and Kansas City walked out of tonight with a hard-earned one-run victory.
Sometimes the team that makes the smallest play in the biggest moment wins the game. That's your post-game report. Sports Desk, signing off.
AI-generated post-game report composed from the official play-by-play and box score.
Who Scored — Scoring Timeline
- Ramos homered to right center (430 feet). P4 · 1–0
- Perez homered to center (440 feet), Pasquantino scored. P4 · 1–2
- Collins singled to right, Massey scored. P4 · 1–3
- Adames homered to right center (380 feet), Lee scored. P9 · 3–3
- Loftin reached on bunt single to first, Rojas scored, Tolbert to second. P9 · 3–4
Complete Play-by-Play
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Top of the 1st inning
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Michael Wacha pitches to Luis Arraez
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Arraez grounded out to second.
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Michael Wacha pitches to Bryce Eldridge
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Ball 3
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Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 5 : Ball 4
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Eldridge walked. San Francisco Giants challenged: call on the field was overturned.
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Michael Wacha pitches to Casey Schmitt
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Schmitt fouled out to first.
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Michael Wacha pitches to Rafael Devers
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Ball 3
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Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 5 : Ball 4
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Devers walked, Eldridge to second.
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Michael Wacha pitches to Heliot Ramos
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 6 : Ball In Play
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Ramos grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Devers out at second.
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Middle of the 1st inning
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Bottom of the 1st inning
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Trevor McDonald pitches to Carter Jensen
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Jensen struck out swinging.
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Trevor McDonald pitches to Bobby Witt Jr.
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Ball 3
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Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Looking
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Witt Jr. struck out looking.
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Trevor McDonald pitches to Jac Caglianone
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Caglianone lined out to center.
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End of the 1st inning
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Top of the 2nd inning
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Michael Wacha pitches to Jung Hoo Lee
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Lee grounded out to first.
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Michael Wacha pitches to Willy Adames
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Adames struck out swinging.
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Michael Wacha pitches to Drew Gilbert
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Gilbert flied out to right.
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Middle of the 2nd inning
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Bottom of the 2nd inning
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Trevor McDonald pitches to Lane Thomas
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Thomas singled to center.
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Trevor McDonald pitches to Vinnie Pasquantino
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Ball 3
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Pitch 5 : Ball 4
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Pasquantino walked, Thomas to second.
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Trevor McDonald pitches to Salvador Perez
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Perez hit by pitch, Pasquantino to second, Thomas to third.
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Trevor McDonald pitches to Michael Massey
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Massey flied into double play, center to catcher, Thomas thrown out at home.
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Trevor McDonald pitches to Josh Rojas
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Rojas grounded out to third.
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End of the 2nd inning
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Top of the 3rd inning
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Michael Wacha pitches to Daniel Susac
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Susac lined out to second.
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Michael Wacha pitches to Luis Arraez
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
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Arraez flied out to center.
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Michael Wacha pitches to Bryce Eldridge
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Looking
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Eldridge struck out looking.
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Middle of the 3rd inning
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Bottom of the 3rd inning
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Trevor McDonald pitches to Isaac Collins
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Collins grounded out to first.
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Trevor McDonald pitches to Carter Jensen
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Jensen flied out to left.
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Trevor McDonald pitches to Bobby Witt Jr.
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 5 : Ball 3
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Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 8 : Ball 4
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Witt Jr. walked.
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Trevor McDonald pitches to Jac Caglianone
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Caglianone grounded out to first.
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End of the 3rd inning
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Top of the 4th inning
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Michael Wacha pitches to Casey Schmitt
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Schmitt struck out swinging.
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Michael Wacha pitches to Rafael Devers
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Devers fouled out to catcher.
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Michael Wacha pitches to Heliot Ramos
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Ramos homered to right center (430 feet).
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Michael Wacha pitches to Jung Hoo Lee
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Lee flied out to left.
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Middle of the 4th inning
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Bottom of the 4th inning
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Trevor McDonald pitches to Lane Thomas
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Ball 3
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Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Looking
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Thomas struck out looking.
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Trevor McDonald pitches to Vinnie Pasquantino
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Pasquantino hit by pitch.
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Trevor McDonald pitches to Salvador Perez
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Perez homered to center (440 feet), Pasquantino scored.
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Trevor McDonald pitches to Michael Massey
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Massey doubled to right.
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Trevor McDonald pitches to Josh Rojas
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Rojas grounded out to pitcher, Massey to third.
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Trevor McDonald pitches to Isaac Collins
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Pitch 1 : Automatic Strike - Pitch Timer Violation 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Collins singled to right, Massey scored.
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Trevor McDonald pitches to Carter Jensen
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Jensen fouled out to third.
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End of the 4th inning
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Top of the 5th inning
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Loftin at shortstop.
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Michael Wacha pitches to Willy Adames
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Adames flied out to center.
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Michael Wacha pitches to Drew Gilbert
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 6 : Ball In Play
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Gilbert grounded out to third.
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Michael Wacha pitches to Daniel Susac
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Susac singled to left.
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Michael Wacha pitches to Luis Arraez
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Susac stole second.
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Susac stole second.
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Arraez flied out to left.
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Middle of the 5th inning
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Bottom of the 5th inning
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Brubaker relieved McDonald
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JT Brubaker pitches to Nick Loftin
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Loftin grounded out to shortstop.
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JT Brubaker pitches to Jac Caglianone
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Caglianone struck out swinging.
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JT Brubaker pitches to Lane Thomas
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Thomas reached on infield single to first.
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JT Brubaker pitches to Vinnie Pasquantino
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Pasquantino lined out to shortstop.
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End of the 5th inning
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Top of the 6th inning
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Michael Wacha pitches to Bryce Eldridge
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Ball 2
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Pitch 6 : Ball 3
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Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 8 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Eldridge struck out swinging.
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Michael Wacha pitches to Casey Schmitt
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Schmitt flied out to left.
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Michael Wacha pitches to Rafael Devers
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
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Devers singled to center.
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Michael Wacha pitches to Heliot Ramos
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Ramos struck out swinging.
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Middle of the 6th inning
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Bottom of the 6th inning
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JT Brubaker pitches to Salvador Perez
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball 1
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Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Perez struck out swinging.
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JT Brubaker pitches to Michael Massey
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Massey grounded out to second.
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JT Brubaker pitches to Josh Rojas
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Rojas popped out to third.
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End of the 6th inning
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Top of the 7th inning
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Cruz relieved Wacha
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Steven Cruz pitches to Jung Hoo Lee
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Lee grounded out to second.
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Steven Cruz pitches to Willy Adames
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Adames flied out to center.
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Steven Cruz pitches to Drew Gilbert
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Gilbert flied out to right.
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Middle of the 7th inning
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Bottom of the 7th inning
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JT Brubaker pitches to Isaac Collins
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 5 : Ball 3
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Pitch 6 : Ball In Play
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Collins singled to left.
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Tolbert ran for Collins
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JT Brubaker pitches to Carter Jensen
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Jensen flied out to center.
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JT Brubaker pitches to Nick Loftin
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Loftin singled to center, Tolbert to second.
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Smith relieved Brubaker
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Dylan Smith pitches to Jac Caglianone
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Caglianone popped out to third.
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Dylan Smith pitches to Lane Thomas
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Thomas struck out swinging.
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End of the 7th inning
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Top of the 8th inning
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Tolbert in left field.
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Lynch IV relieved Cruz
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Daniel Lynch IV pitches to Daniel Susac
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Susac doubled to center.
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Daniel Lynch IV pitches to Luis Arraez
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Arraez grounded out to shortstop, Susac to third.
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Daniel Lynch IV pitches to Bryce Eldridge
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball 1
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Pitch 5 : Ball 2
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Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Eldridge struck out swinging.
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Daniel Lynch IV pitches to Casey Schmitt
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Schmitt grounded out to third.
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Middle of the 8th inning
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Bottom of the 8th inning
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Foley relieved Smith
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Jason Foley pitches to Vinnie Pasquantino
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Pasquantino flied out to center.
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Jason Foley pitches to Salvador Perez
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
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Perez flied out to center.
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Jason Foley pitches to Michael Massey
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Massey grounded out to second.
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End of the 8th inning
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Top of the 9th inning
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Lange relieved Lynch IV
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Alex Lange pitches to Rafael Devers
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Devers struck out swinging.
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Alex Lange pitches to Heliot Ramos
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Ramos struck out swinging.
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Alex Lange pitches to Jung Hoo Lee
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Lee singled to center.
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Alex Lange pitches to Willy Adames
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Adames homered to right center (380 feet), Lee scored.
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Alex Lange pitches to Drew Gilbert
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Gilbert grounded out to pitcher.
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Middle of the 9th inning
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Bottom of the 9th inning
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Kilian relieved Foley
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Caleb Kilian pitches to Josh Rojas
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Rojas singled to left.
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Caleb Kilian pitches to Tyler Tolbert
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Tolbert hit sacrifice bunt, Rojas to second.
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Caleb Kilian pitches to Carter Jensen
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Jensen lined out to center, Rojas to third.
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Caleb Kilian pitches to Nick Loftin
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Bunted Foul
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Loftin reached on bunt single to first, Rojas scored, Tolbert to second.
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