Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Detroit 7,
Kansas City 3
When: 3:10 PM ET, Thursday, September 28, 2023
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 63°
Umpires: Home - Brock Ballou, 1B - John Bacon, 2B - John Tumpane, 3B - Marvin Hudson
Attendance: 13326
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 63°
Umpires: Home - Brock Ballou, 1B - John Bacon, 2B - John Tumpane, 3B - Marvin Hudson
Attendance: 13326
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | 7 | 10 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| MJ Melendez | LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .232 |
| Dairon Blanco | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .229 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .273 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .252 |
| Michael Massey | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .228 |
| Edward Olivares | DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .265 |
| Nick Pratto | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .228 |
| Drew Waters | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .226 |
| Nick Loftin | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .316 |
| Kyle Isbel | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .233 |
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - MJ Melendez (29) | |||||||||
| HR - Michael Massey (15) | |||||||||
| TB - MJ Melendez 2, Michael Massey 5, Edward Olivares 2, Kyle Isbel | |||||||||
| RBI - Michael Massey 2 (55), Edward Olivares (33) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Michael Massey 2 (25), Edward Olivares (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Michael Massey 3 (53), Nick Pratto 2 (39) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Bobby Witt Jr. (49, 2nd off Gipson-Long/Kelly) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Cole Ragans (L 7-5) | 6.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3.47 |
| Carlos Hernandez (BS 6) | 0.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.35 |
| Anthony Veneziano | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Cole Ragans 96-56, Carlos Hernandez 18-11, Anthony Veneziano 24-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cole Ragans 5-4, Carlos Hernandez 0-1, Anthony Veneziano 0-3 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Cole Ragans 27, Carlos Hernandez 5, Anthony Veneziano 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Carlos Hernandez 3-3, Anthony Veneziano 1-0 | ||||||||
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Matt Vierling | LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .257 |
| Andy Ibanez | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .257 |
| Spencer Torkelson | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .233 |
| Kerry Carpenter | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .283 |
| Tyler Nevin | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .202 |
| Andre Lipcius | 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Zach McKinstry | PR-3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .230 |
| Zack Short | SS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .204 |
| Carson Kelly | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .167 |
| Parker Meadows | CF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .241 |
| Totals | 33 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 3B - Matt Vierling (4), Tyler Nevin (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Spencer Torkelson (30) | |||||||||
| TB - Matt Vierling 4, Andy Ibanez, Spencer Torkelson 4, Tyler Nevin 3, Andre Lipcius 2, Parker Meadows 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Matt Vierling 2 (41), Andy Ibanez (38), Spencer Torkelson 3 (93), Parker Meadows (11) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Matt Vierling (52), Andy Ibanez (38), Zack Short (21) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Andy Ibanez (7) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Tyler Nevin (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Sawyer Gipson-Long | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2.70 |
| Will Vest | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.11 |
| Jose Cisnero (W 3-4) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.49 |
| Jason Foley | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.61 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.78 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Sawyer Gipson-Long 92-57, Will Vest 15-12, Jose Cisnero 9-8, Jason Foley 16-13, Alex Lange 11-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Sawyer Gipson-Long 3-5, Will Vest 1-0, Jose Cisnero 1-0, Jason Foley 2-0, Alex Lange 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Sawyer Gipson-Long 22, Will Vest 3, Jose Cisnero 3, Jason Foley 5, Alex Lange 3 | ||||||||