MLB/Scores/KC at PIT
April 28, 2021 · 2021 · Regular season

01/Line score

9 innings
Runs by inning
Club123456789R
KC3012030009
PIT0003200106
X marks a half-inning that was never played

02/Box score

20 lines
Both sides
KANSAS CITY ROYALS 9
HITTING
PlayerPOSABRHHRRBIBBSOSBAVG
Tyler ZuberP81200000.250
Jorge SolerRF52303010.600
Salvador PerezC51301020.600
Carlos Santana1B43100100.250
Michael A. TaylorRF40001110.000
Andrew BenintendiLF21102310.500
PITCHING
PlayerIPHERBBSOBFERAWHIP
Mike Minor4.16436228.312.08
Tyler Zuber2.0210084.501.00
Josh Staumont1.1000240.000.00
Jake Brentz0.2002140.003.00
Kyle Zimmer0.2002040.003.00
PITTSBURGH PIRATES 6
HITTING
PlayerPOSABRHHRRBIBBSOSBAVG
Mitch KellerP104300520.300
Clay HolmesP80200040.250
Adam Frazier2B51200010.400
Bryan ReynoldsRF51100020.200
PITCHING
PlayerIPHERBBSOBFERAWHIP
Mitch Keller2.134521515.433.43
Chris Stratton2.03202109.001.50
Clay Holmes2.0200480.001.00
Sean Poppen1.24221910.803.60
Kyle Crick1.0000130.000.00

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.