MLB/Scores/KC at BAL
September 9, 2021 · 2021 · Regular season

01/Line score

9 innings
Runs by inning
Club123456789R
KC1000000326
BAL0000000000
X marks a half-inning that was never played

02/Box score

18 lines
Both sides
KANSAS CITY ROYALS 6
HITTING
PlayerPOSABRHHRRBIBBSOSBAVG
Andrew BenintendiLF40101010.250
Carlos Santana1B40101000.250
Michael A. TaylorRF41200000.500
Salvador PerezC41100010.250
Scott BarlowP30000120.000
PITCHING
PlayerIPHERBBSOBFERAWHIP
Carlos Hernández6.03031230.001.00
Domingo Tapia2.0000160.000.00
Scott Barlow1.0001240.001.00
BALTIMORE ORIOLES 0
HITTING
PlayerPOSABRHHRRBIBBSOSBAVG
John MeansP252510250.200
Tanner ScottP62300010.500
Anthony SantanderRF40000010.000
Ryan Mountcastle1B40000010.000
Cedric MullinsCF30000100.000
Jahmai JonesRF30100010.333
Jorge MateoSS30100000.333
PITCHING
PlayerIPHERBBSOBFERAWHIP
John Means7.05225272.571.00
Manny Barreda1.02201518.002.00
Tanner Scott1.03201618.003.00

The line score is derived from the play log rather than read from a stored innings table, because the play log covers 2015 onward where that table starts in 2023. The two were compared on their overlap and agree on every inning-half except the ones the stored table marks unplayed, which is the case shown as X above: when the home club leads after the top of the last inning it does not bat, and printing a zero there would say it batted and failed to score. Games before 2015 have no play log and so no line score, only the final. Batting average in the hitting table is this game alone, not the season. Earned run average and WHIP in the pitching table are likewise this appearance, which is why a one-inning reliever who allowed a run reads 9.00. Innings come from the out count rather than the stored decimal: “6.1” means six innings and one out. No venue is shown because no MLB fixture in this database carries one.