Major League Baseball
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Detroit 5,
Kansas City 4
When: 7:08 PM ET, Friday, September 18, 2015
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Ryan Blakney, 1B - Gary Cederstrom, 2B - Quinn Wolcott, 3B - Lance Barksdale
Attendance: 32926
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Ryan Blakney, 1B - Gary Cederstrom, 2B - Quinn Wolcott, 3B - Lance Barksdale
Attendance: 32926
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | X | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| Detroit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .278 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .278 |
| Kendrys Morales | DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .289 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .258 |
| Terrance Gore | PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Drew Butera | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 |
| Alex Rios | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .265 |
| Jarrod Dyson | PR-CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .253 |
| Omar Infante | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .220 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .283 |
| Paulo Orlando | CF-RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .249 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .252 |
| Christian Colon | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .253 |
| Totals | 41 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Paulo Orlando (13) | |||||||||
| HR - Salvador Perez (20) | |||||||||
| TB - Kendrys Morales, Eric Hosmer 2, Salvador Perez 6, Alex Rios, Paulo Orlando 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Salvador Perez 2 (66), Paulo Orlando 2 (25) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Salvador Perez 2 (36), Paulo Orlando (8) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ben Zobrist (35), Alcides Escobar (53), Christian Colon (12) | |||||||||
| S - Jarrod Dyson (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Alex Gordon (5, 2nd by Verlander/McCann), Jarrod Dyson (3, 2nd by Wilson/McCann) | |||||||||
| SB - Terrance Gore (3, 2nd off VerHagen/McCann), Alex Rios (9, 2nd off Verlander/McCann) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Wade Davis (1) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Paulo Orlando (Cabrera at Home) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Johnny Cueto | 7.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5.12 |
| Wade Davis | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.88 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.78 |
| Ryan Madson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.35 |
| Luke Hochevar | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.74 |
| Greg Holland (L 3-2; BS 5) | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.83 |
| IBB - J.D. Martinez (by Holland) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Johnny Cueto 105-61, Wade Davis 30-14, Kelvin Herrera 26-17, Ryan Madson 8-6, Luke Hochevar 9-7, Greg Holland 23-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Johnny Cueto 8-4, Wade Davis 0-2, Kelvin Herrera 0-0, Ryan Madson 0-1, Luke Hochevar 0-1, Greg Holland 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Johnny Cueto 28, Wade Davis 6, Kelvin Herrera 5, Ryan Madson 3, Luke Hochevar 3, Greg Holland 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Wade Davis 1-1 | ||||||||
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Anthony Gose | CF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .262 |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .303 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .337 |
| Rajai Davis | PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .248 |
| J.D. Martinez | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .287 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .238 |
| Tyler Collins | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
| Jefry Marte | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .234 |
| Josh Wilson | 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .320 |
| Nick Castellanos | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .249 |
| Dixon Machado | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| James McCann | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .271 |
| Andrew Romine | SS-3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .258 |
| Totals | 44 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Anthony Gose (22), Miguel Cabrera (28) | |||||||||
| TB - Anthony Gose 3, Ian Kinsler 4, Miguel Cabrera 3, J.D. Martinez, Victor Martinez, Dixon Machado, James McCann, Andrew Romine | |||||||||
| RBI - Miguel Cabrera 2 (70), Victor Martinez (56), Tyler Collins (17), Dixon Machado (3) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Tyler Collins (7), Dixon Machado (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Miguel Cabrera (24), Victor Martinez (47), Jefry Marte (7) | |||||||||
| SF - Miguel Cabrera (2), Victor Martinez (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 12 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - J.D. Martinez (2, 2nd by Cueto/Perez) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander | 8.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3.46 |
| Alex Wilson (BS 2) | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.25 |
| Neftali Feliz | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.54 |
| Drew VerHagen (W 2-0) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.66 |
| HBP - Alcides Escobar (by Feliz) | ||||||||
| IBB - Ben Zobrist (by VerHagen) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 114-71, Alex Wilson 16-12, Neftali Feliz 18-13, Drew VerHagen 11-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 8-3, Alex Wilson 0-0, Neftali Feliz 1-3, Drew VerHagen 3-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 31, Alex Wilson 2, Neftali Feliz 7, Drew VerHagen 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Alex Wilson 1-1 | ||||||||