Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 6,
Detroit 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, April 23, 2021
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 62°
Umpires: Home - Ben May, 1B - Pat Hoberg, 2B - Chris Conroy, 3B - Bill Welke
Attendance: 8000
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 62°
Umpires: Home - Ben May, 1B - Pat Hoberg, 2B - Chris Conroy, 3B - Bill Welke
Attendance: 8000
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .292 |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .242 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .274 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .211 |
| Jarrod Dyson | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | DH | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Hunter Dozier | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .128 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .203 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .271 |
| Nicky Lopez | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .269 |
| Totals | 34 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jorge Soler (4) | |||||||||
| HR - Ryan O'Hearn (1), Andrew Benintendi (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 2, Salvador Perez, Jorge Soler 2, Ryan O'Hearn 4, Andrew Benintendi 5, Michael A. Taylor | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (13), Jorge Soler 2 (8), Ryan O'Hearn (1), Andrew Benintendi (5), Nicky Lopez (7) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jorge Soler 2 (4), Ryan O'Hearn (1), Andrew Benintendi (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jarrod Dyson 2 (3), Ryan O'Hearn (1), Michael A. Taylor (7) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Jorge Soler (1), Hunter Dozier (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Whit Merrifield (6, 3rd off Holland/Greiner), Carlos Santana (1, 2nd off Holland/Greiner) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Mike Minor (W 2-1) | 5.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4.64 |
| Tyler Zuber (H 1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jake Brentz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.57 |
| Kyle Zimmer | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Josh Staumont | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.90 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Mike Minor 102-62, Tyler Zuber 2-2, Jake Brentz 11-9, Kyle Zimmer 16-10, Josh Staumont 14-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Mike Minor 4-1, Tyler Zuber 0-0, Jake Brentz 1-0, Kyle Zimmer 0-0, Josh Staumont 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Mike Minor 22, Tyler Zuber 1, Jake Brentz 4, Kyle Zimmer 3, Josh Staumont 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tyler Zuber 2-0 | ||||||||
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Niko Goodrum | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .200 |
| Zack Short | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .200 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .206 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .267 |
| Wilson Ramos | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .231 |
| Robbie Grossman | RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
| JaCoby Jones | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .158 |
| Akil Baddoo | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .283 |
| Grayson Greiner | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .150 |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jeimer Candelario (5) | |||||||||
| HR - Robbie Grossman (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Zack Short, Jeimer Candelario 3, Robbie Grossman 5 | |||||||||
| RBI - Robbie Grossman 2 (7) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Wilson Ramos (5), JaCoby Jones (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Niko Goodrum (1, 2nd off Minor/Perez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Zack Short (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Casey Mize (L 1-2) | 4.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5.23 |
| Tyler Alexander | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.23 |
| Buck Farmer | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8.22 |
| Derek Holland | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.12 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Casey Mize 85-51, Tyler Alexander 23-18, Buck Farmer 25-12, Derek Holland 21-15 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Casey Mize 7-0, Tyler Alexander 5-1, Buck Farmer 0-0, Derek Holland 3-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Casey Mize 22, Tyler Alexander 8, Buck Farmer 5, Derek Holland 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tyler Alexander 1-0 | ||||||||