Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Kansas City 4,
Detroit 2
When: 2:15 PM ET, Sunday, May 6, 2018
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Jansen Visconti, 1B - Manny Gonzalez, 2B - Jeff Nelson, 3B - Lazaro Diaz
Attendance: 18424
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Jansen Visconti, 1B - Manny Gonzalez, 2B - Jeff Nelson, 3B - Lazaro Diaz
Attendance: 18424
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 7 | 0 |
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Leonys Martin | CF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .287 |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .216 |
| Nicholas Castellanos | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .311 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .257 |
| John Hicks | 1B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .292 |
| JaCoby Jones | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .239 |
| Niko Goodrum | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .189 |
| Dixon Machado | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .207 |
| Grayson Greiner | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Victor Reyes | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .143 |
| Totals | 36 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Leonys Martin (7) | |||||||||
| HR - John Hicks (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Leonys Martin 3, Jose Iglesias, Victor Martinez, John Hicks 6, Dixon Machado, Grayson Greiner, Victor Reyes | |||||||||
| RBI - John Hicks 2 (8) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Victor Martinez 2 (18), Dixon Machado (16) | |||||||||
| GIDP - JaCoby Jones (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Matthew Boyd (L 1-3) | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Buck Farmer | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Matthew Boyd 102-64, Buck Farmer 7-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Matthew Boyd 5-5, Buck Farmer 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Matthew Boyd 27, Buck Farmer 3 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .252 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .308 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .291 |
| Salvador Perez | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .273 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Lucas Duda | 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .239 |
| Jon Jay | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| Abraham Almonte | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .214 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .229 |
| Drew Butera | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .175 |
| Totals | 28 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield (7), Mike Moustakas (8) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 3, Jorge Soler 2, Mike Moustakas 2, Salvador Perez, Alcides Escobar | |||||||||
| RBI - Mike Moustakas 3 (23), Salvador Perez (7) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Mike Moustakas 2 (7), Salvador Perez (1) | |||||||||
| SF - Mike Moustakas (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Mike Moustakas 2 (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 2 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Whit Merrifield 3 (7, 3rd off Boyd/Greiner, 2nd off Boyd/Greiner, 3rd off Boyd/Greiner), Jorge Soler (1, 2nd off Boyd/Greiner) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jakob Junis (W 4-2) | 7.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3.18 |
| Tim Hill (H 3) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.97 |
| Brad Keller (H 3) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 |
| Kelvin Herrera (SV 7) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.66 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jakob Junis 98-67, Tim Hill 1-1, Brad Keller 15-7, Kelvin Herrera 14-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jakob Junis 4-6, Tim Hill 1-0, Brad Keller 1-1, Kelvin Herrera 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jakob Junis 29, Tim Hill 1, Brad Keller 4, Kelvin Herrera 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tim Hill 1-0, Brad Keller 1-1 | ||||||||