Summary
8/27/2023 5:40PM PDT
W: Gerrit Cole (2-0, 0.00), L: Gerrit Cole (1-1, 6.00)
Game Log
Inning 1:
Royals batting. Cole pitching. Sosa doubled to center. Armstrong in bullpen. Cabrera in bullpen. Rodriguez grounded to left for a single. Sosa advances to 3rd. Harper hit a sacrifice fly to Brantley (SF7). Sosa scores.* Castellanos homered to center (389 feet). Rodriguez scores. Zunino grounded to left for a single. Andrus flied out to Senzel (F8). Diaz doubled to center, out while advancing extra bases (8-6-3).
Runs: 4 Hits: 5 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 9 Runners Left On: 1
Kaiju batting. Cole pitching. Rodriguez grounded out to Andrus (6-3). Senzel was called out on strikes looking on a changeup low and in. Harper struck out swinging late at a fastball high and in.
Runs: 0 Hits: 0 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 10 Runners Left On: 0
Inning 2:
Royals batting. Armstrong pitching. Donaldson flied out to Brantley (F7). Giles in bullpen. Merrifield doubled to left. Sosa flied out to Harper (F9). Merrifield advances to 3rd. Rodriguez flied out to Senzel (F8).
Runs: 0 Hits: 1 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 9 Runners Left On: 1
Kaiju batting. Morel struck out on a fastball high and in. Abreu flied out to Harper (F9). Heim was called out on strikes looking on a high fastball.
Runs: 0 Hits: 0 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 9 Runners Left On: 0
Inning 3:
Royals batting. Giles pitching. Burke in bullpen. Harper grounded out to Garcia (4-3). Alcala in bullpen. Castellanos grounded out to Jeter (6-3). Zunino flied out to Harper (F9).
Runs: 0 Hits: 0 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 9 Runners Left On: 0
Kaiju batting. Burke pitching. Jeter lined to right for a single. Brantley struck out on a low sinker. Garcia popped out to Andrus (P6). Rodriguez grounded to center for a single. Jeter advances to 2nd. Senzel grounded to center for a single (8-2). Jeter out.
Runs: 0 Hits: 3 Walks: 0 Errors: 0 Pitches: 14
Game Log Legend
Critical Play
Run Scored
Critical Situation
Simulated Play
* Go-Ahead Play
Perfect Contact Hits (Perfect-Perfect)
Merrifield: 98 mph (Merrifield doubled to left. )
Tokyo (135 ft elevation)
Pitching Difficulty is Veteran.
2023 Diamond Dynasty
Attendance: 8,573 (86% capacity)
Weather: 86 degrees, Clear
Wind: 5.0 mph, Blowing across from LF to RF
Scheduled First Pitch: 1:05pm
Game Scores: 18 (Cole), 56 (Cole)
UMPIRES
HP: Jerry Hillsdale. 1B: Kenny Janzen. 2B: Mike Fillmore. 3B: Rusty Valentine.