Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Pittsburgh 8,
Detroit 6
When: 6:10 PM ET, Sunday, April 1, 2018
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 40°
Umpires: Home - Nic Lentz, 1B - Bill Welke, 2B - Tony Randazzo, 3B - John Libka
Attendance: 18438
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 40°
Umpires: Home - Nic Lentz, 1B - Bill Welke, 2B - Tony Randazzo, 3B - John Libka
Attendance: 18438
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 |
| Detroit | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .357 |
| Jordy Mercer | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .091 |
| Starling Marte | CF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Josh Bell | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .462 |
| Francisco Cervelli | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .231 |
| David Freese | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Gregory Polanco | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 |
| Sean Rodriguez | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 |
| Elias Diaz | C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Totals | 36 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Josh Harrison (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Josh Harrison (1), Starling Marte (1), David Freese (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Josh Harrison 7, Starling Marte 4, Josh Bell, Francisco Cervelli, David Freese 5, Elias Diaz 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Josh Harrison 2 (2), Jordy Mercer (1), Starling Marte (1), Francisco Cervelli (4), David Freese 2 (2) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Francisco Cervelli (3), David Freese 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Francisco Cervelli (1) | |||||||||
| SF - Jordy Mercer (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Josh Bell (2, 2nd by Carpenter/McCann) | |||||||||
| SB - Starling Marte (1, 2nd off Farmer/McCann) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Chad Kuhl (W 1-0) | 5.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6.35 |
| Edgar Santana (H 1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Tyler Glasnow | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dovydas Neverauskas | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 |
| Felipe Vazquez (SV 2) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13.50 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Chad Kuhl 85-55, Edgar Santana 3-3, Tyler Glasnow 37-21, Dovydas Neverauskas 7-5, Felipe Vazquez 16-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chad Kuhl 7-2, Edgar Santana 0-0, Tyler Glasnow 3-0, Dovydas Neverauskas 0-0, Felipe Vazquez 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Chad Kuhl 25, Edgar Santana 1, Tyler Glasnow 9, Dovydas Neverauskas 2, Felipe Vazquez 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Edgar Santana 2-0, Felipe Vazquez 1-1 | ||||||||
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Dixon Machado | 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 |
| Miguel Cabrera | DH | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .357 |
| Nicholas Castellanos | RF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .385 |
| Niko Goodrum | 1B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .400 |
| James McCann | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .333 |
| JaCoby Jones | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .077 |
| Victor Reyes | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mikie Mahtook | PH-LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 |
| Totals | 39 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Dixon Machado (3), Miguel Cabrera 2 (3), Niko Goodrum (1) | |||||||||
| 3B - Jeimer Candelario (1), Nicholas Castellanos (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Miguel Cabrera (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Dixon Machado 2, Jeimer Candelario 3, Miguel Cabrera 8, Nicholas Castellanos 4, Niko Goodrum 3, James McCann, JaCoby Jones, Mikie Mahtook | |||||||||
| RBI - Dixon Machado (4), Miguel Cabrera 2 (4), Nicholas Castellanos (2), Niko Goodrum (1), James McCann (3) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Nicholas Castellanos (1), Niko Goodrum (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Nicholas Castellanos (1), Niko Goodrum (1), James McCann (3), Jose Iglesias (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ryan Carpenter | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9.00 |
| Buck Farmer (L 0-1) | 2.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22.50 |
| Drew VerHagen | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Warwick Saupold | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Joe Jimenez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Buck Farmer, Drew VerHagen | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Ryan Carpenter 69-43, Buck Farmer 49-30, Drew VerHagen 31-18, Warwick Saupold 10-8, Joe Jimenez 15-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ryan Carpenter 1-2, Buck Farmer 0-1, Drew VerHagen 0-2, Warwick Saupold 1-1, Joe Jimenez 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ryan Carpenter 14, Buck Farmer 11, Drew VerHagen 7, Warwick Saupold 4, Joe Jimenez 3 | ||||||||