Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Detroit 4,
Kansas City 2
When: 7:40 PM ET, Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 86°
Umpires: Home - Chris Segal, 1B - David Rackley, 2B - Larry Vanover, 3B - Nate Tomlinson
Attendance: 16279
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 86°
Umpires: Home - Chris Segal, 1B - David Rackley, 2B - Larry Vanover, 3B - Nate Tomlinson
Attendance: 16279
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Detroit | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Parker Meadows | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .242 |
| Kerry Carpenter | DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .281 |
| Matt Vierling | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .261 |
| Wenceel Perez | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .242 |
| Riley Greene | LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .262 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .222 |
| Jace Jung | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .222 |
| Andy Ibanez | PH-2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Zach McKinstry | 2B-3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .222 |
| Trey Sweeney | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .225 |
| Jake Rogers | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .195 |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 24 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Trey Sweeney (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Riley Greene (24) | |||||||||
| TB - Parker Meadows, Wenceel Perez, Riley Greene 4, Jace Jung, Trey Sweeney 2, Jake Rogers 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Riley Greene (71), Trey Sweeney 2 (15) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Parker Meadows (17), Wenceel Perez 2 (35), Spencer Torkelson (44), Jace Jung 2 (15) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Riley Greene (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Zach McKinstry (9) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Tarik Skubal (W 17-4) | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2.48 |
| Brenan Hanifee (H 6) | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.16 |
| Sean Guenther (H 2) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.17 |
| Will Vest (SV 2) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.02 |
| HBP - Bobby Witt Jr. (by Skubal) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Tarik Skubal 95-64, Brenan Hanifee 29-22, Sean Guenther 13-8, Will Vest 9-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Tarik Skubal 5-1, Brenan Hanifee 1-1, Sean Guenther 1-1, Will Vest 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Tarik Skubal 21, Brenan Hanifee 9, Sean Guenther 4, Will Vest 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Sean Guenther 1-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Tommy Pham | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .264 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .331 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .276 |
| Robbie Grossman | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .219 |
| MJ Melendez | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .208 |
| Freddy Fermin | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .281 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .385 |
| Hunter Renfroe | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .232 |
| Maikel Garcia | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .239 |
| Michael Massey | PH-2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 |
| Paul DeJong | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .230 |
| Garrett Hampson | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .229 |
| Kyle Isbel | PH-CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .236 |
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Bobby Witt Jr. (44) | |||||||||
| TB - Tommy Pham, Bobby Witt Jr. 2, Salvador Perez 2, Yuli Gurriel 2, Michael Massey | |||||||||
| RBI - Salvador Perez (103), Yuli Gurriel (5) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Yuli Gurriel (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Salvador Perez (43), Hunter Renfroe (31) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Freddy Fermin (10), Hunter Renfroe (9) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Bobby Witt Jr. (15), Alec Marsh (4) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Alec Marsh (L 8-9) | 2.2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4.65 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.89 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.02 |
| Sam Long | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.20 |
| Carlos Hernandez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.81 |
| WP - Alec Marsh | ||||||||
| HBP - Kerry Carpenter (by Marsh) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Alec Marsh 73-39, Daniel Lynch IV 40-30, John Schreiber 18-12, Sam Long 11-8, Carlos Hernandez 20-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Alec Marsh 1-1, Daniel Lynch IV 3-1, John Schreiber 1-1, Sam Long 1-0, Carlos Hernandez 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Alec Marsh 18, Daniel Lynch IV 12, John Schreiber 4, Sam Long 3, Carlos Hernandez 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Daniel Lynch IV 1-0 | ||||||||