Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 4,
Detroit 1
When: 7:10 PM ET, Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Lance Barrett, 1B - Bob Davidson, 2B - Dan Iassogna, 3B - Dale Scott
Attendance: 28790
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Lance Barrett, 1B - Bob Davidson, 2B - Dan Iassogna, 3B - Dale Scott
Attendance: 28790
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| Detroit | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Paulo Orlando | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .322 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .290 |
| Lorenzo Cain | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .282 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .274 |
| Kendrys Morales | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .243 |
| Jarrod Dyson | PR-DH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .251 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .219 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .258 |
| Drew Butera | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .280 |
| Raul Mondesi | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .215 |
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Eric Hosmer (22), Kendrys Morales (16) | |||||||||
| 3B - Raul Mondesi (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Eric Hosmer (17), Alex Gordon (10) | |||||||||
| TB - Lorenzo Cain, Eric Hosmer 6, Kendrys Morales 2, Alex Gordon 4, Drew Butera, Raul Mondesi 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Eric Hosmer 2 (69), Alex Gordon (20), Drew Butera (12) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Drew Butera (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Paulo Orlando (23), Kendrys Morales (40), Raul Mondesi (15) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Eric Hosmer (2, 2nd by Sanchez/McCann) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Yordano Ventura (3), Cheslor Cuthbert (11) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Yordano Ventura | 6.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4.46 |
| Matt Strahm (W 1-0) | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.35 |
| Kelvin Herrera (SV 6) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.01 |
| WP - Yordano Ventura | ||||||||
| HBP - Tyler Collins (by Ventura), Ian Kinsler (by Ventura) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Yordano Ventura 96-66, Matt Strahm 24-15, Kelvin Herrera 11-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Yordano Ventura 8-1, Matt Strahm 2-1, Kelvin Herrera 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Yordano Ventura 28, Matt Strahm 6, Kelvin Herrera 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Matt Strahm 2-0 | ||||||||
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .284 |
| Erick Aybar | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .307 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .303 |
| J.D. Martinez | RF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .310 |
| Tyler Collins | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .227 |
| Justin Upton | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .226 |
| Casey McGehee | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .256 |
| James McCann | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .207 |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .199 |
| Andrew Romine | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .220 |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 20 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Victor Martinez (22) | |||||||||
| TB - Victor Martinez 5, J.D. Martinez 3, Andrew Romine | |||||||||
| RBI - Victor Martinez (70) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Miguel Cabrera 2 (45), James McCann (25) | |||||||||
| S - Andrew Romine (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Miguel Cabrera (19), Casey McGehee (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Anibal Sanchez | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5.94 |
| Justin Wilson (BS 5) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.67 |
| Shane Greene (L 2-3) | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4.57 |
| Mark Lowe | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.75 |
| IBB - Alex Gordon (by Greene) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Anibal Sanchez 100-64, Justin Wilson 13-10, Shane Greene 33-20, Mark Lowe 3-3 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Anibal Sanchez 5-3, Justin Wilson 1-0, Shane Greene 1-0, Mark Lowe 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Anibal Sanchez 23, Justin Wilson 4, Shane Greene 8, Mark Lowe 1 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Shane Greene 1-0, Mark Lowe 2-0 | ||||||||