Royals 7, Palms 5 (11 innings)

There was a lot going on in this game. The Palms jumped out to a 4 run lead and looked to have all the momentum on their side, but to get there, Jaspero Gonzalez blasted a mammoth home run to left field, which rankled starting pitcher Jason Hammel. After throwing behind Edwin Encarnacion, the next batter, Hammel connected, and the benches cleared into a long lasting melee that seemed to have changed momentum. For the Palms, Encarnacion was ejected, as was Brock Holt who came screaming into the fracas from the dugout. Travis Jankowski was also tossed, though it appeared he was hit in the legs and fell onto the scuffle late. Losing their center fielder, DH and backup outfielder took the wind out of Miami's sails, but also invigorated Kansas City. They were down 5-1 entering the 8th, and scored two, including a bases loaded walk off of Keith Harding, his first walk of the season. Then, Hunter Dozier tied it in the 9th with a 2 run blast off of Brian Matusz. Dozier struck again in the 11th off of Wandy Peralta, giving Miami perhaps the most devastating loss of the season.
 Kansas City Royals 7, Miami Palms 5
 Sunday, May 27, 2018


 Kansas City Royals 7, Miami Palms 5
 Sunday, May 27, 2018


 Miami Palms (24-27)                                      Kansas City Royals (3-0)                               
 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave     
 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---     
 Grant 1b rf     5  1  2  0  1  0  10 0  0  0   .327      Jay cf          6  0  2  0  0  1  5  0  0  2   .214
 Abreu ss        6  0  2  0  0  2  0  2  0  0   .315      Merrifield 2b   6  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  3   .308
 Gonzalez 2b 1b  6  1  1  2  0  3  4  1  0  3   .277      Perez dh        6  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  2   .143
 Encarnacion dh  2  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  1   .244      Soler rf        4  2  1  0  2  1  3  0  0  1   .333
  Ruiz dh        2  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0   .267      Dozier 1b       6  4  5  4  0  0  5  0  0  0   .462
 Sohn rf cf      5  0  2  0  0  1  2  0  0  0   .265      Escobar ss      5  1  2  0  0  0  2  1  0  0   .182
 Hayes c         4  1  2  0  1  0  7  0  0  0   .275      Gordon lf       5  0  4  1  0  1  3  0  0  0   .500
 Korb 3b         5  1  1  0  0  2  1  0  0  2   .236      Torres 3b       4  0  0  1  1  1  0  2  0  2   .000
 Jankowski cf    2  0  1  2  0  1  2  0  0  1   .266      Butera c        3  0  0  1  1  1  14 0  0  3   .000
  Garcia 2b      3  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  2   .214
 Markakis lf     5  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  1   .238

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---           
 Totals          45 5  12 5  2  11 30 6  0  10            Totals          45 7  16 7  4  7  33 5  0  13


                            1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 11     R  H  E
                            -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -
 Miami Palms                0  0  0  2  2  0  1  0  0  0  0      5  12 0 
 Kansas City Royals         0  0  0  1  0  0  0  2  2  0  2      7  16 0 



 LOB- Miami Palms 10, Kansas City Royals 13; 2B- Grant 2(13), Hayes(9), Abreu(12),
 Jankowski(6), Jay(1), Merrifield(1); 3B- Merrifield(1), Gordon(1); HR- Gonzalez(7),
 Ruiz(4), Dozier 2(2); RBI- Gonzalez 2(27), Jankowski 2(15), Ruiz(8), Dozier 4(4),
 Torres(1), Gordon(1), Butera(1); SF- Butera(1); RLSP- Gonzalez 2, Encarnacion,
 Korb, Jankowski, Markakis, Garcia, Jay, Merrifield 2, Perez 2, Soler, Butera 2;
 

 
 


 Miami Palms                   IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 Lantz                         7.0  8  1  1  1  5    3.87 
 Harding                       1.0  4  2  2  1  0    2.35 
 Matusz(BS,4)                  1.0  2  2  2  1  2    7.71 
 Peralta(L 2-1)                1.0  2  2  2  1  0    2.63 

 Kansas City Royals            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 Hammel                        4.1  7  4  4  1  9    8.31 
 Hill                          1.2  1  0  0  0  0    0.00 
 Stout                         2.0  1  1  1  0  0    4.50 
 McCarthy                      2.0  2  0  0  1  2    0.00 
 Adam(W 1-0)                   1.0  1  0  0  0  0    0.00 

 Inherited runners-scored- Hill; Pitches-strikes- Lantz 87-58, Harding 19-9, Matusz 20-12,
 Peralta 19-11, Hammel 74-51, Hill 20-11, Stout 23-15, McCarthy 31-18, Adam 11-7;
 Batters faced- Lantz 30, Harding 8, Matusz 6, Peralta 6, Hammel 22, Hill 6, Stout 7,
 McCarthy 9, Adam 4;

 HBP- Encarnacion(by Hammel); 

 
 Player of the GameL Hunter Dozier

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