Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 3,
Detroit 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, April 20, 2018
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 55°
Umpires: Home - Carlos Torres, 1B - Ramon De Jesus, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - Roberto Ortiz
Attendance: 17194
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 55°
Umpires: Home - Carlos Torres, 1B - Ramon De Jesus, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - Roberto Ortiz
Attendance: 17194
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jon Jay | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .250 |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .271 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Lucas Duda | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .226 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .277 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .250 |
| Paulo Orlando | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .209 |
| Ryan Goins | PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .208 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .177 |
| Drew Butera | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .158 |
| Abraham Almonte | PH-CF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 |
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 23 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jorge Soler (3) | |||||||||
| HR - Whit Merrifield (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 4, Mike Moustakas, Jorge Soler 2, Ryan Goins, Alcides Escobar, Abraham Almonte | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (5), Abraham Almonte (2) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Whit Merrifield (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jon Jay 2 (6), Whit Merrifield (9), Lucas Duda 2 (7), Alcides Escobar (6) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Cheslor Cuthbert (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 10 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PB - Drew Butera (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jakob Junis (W 3-1) | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.02 |
| Kelvin Herrera (SV 3) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jakob Junis 106-72, Kelvin Herrera 14-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jakob Junis 9-7, Kelvin Herrera 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jakob Junis 29, Kelvin Herrera 4 | ||||||||
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Dixon Machado | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .203 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .267 |
| Nicholas Castellanos | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .264 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
| Niko Goodrum | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .194 |
| Miguel Cabrera | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Mike Gerber | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| John Hicks | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .176 |
| JaCoby Jones | CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .312 |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .172 |
| Victor Reyes | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Niko Goodrum (2) | |||||||||
| 3B - JaCoby Jones (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Niko Goodrum 2, Miguel Cabrera, John Hicks, JaCoby Jones 3, Jose Iglesias | |||||||||
| RBI - JaCoby Jones (3), Jose Iglesias (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jeimer Candelario (6) | |||||||||
| SF - JaCoby Jones (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Jose Iglesias (2, 2nd off Junis/Butera) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jeimer Candelario (4), Niko Goodrum (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Daniel Norris | 4.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4.91 |
| Buck Farmer | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.48 |
| Alex Wilson | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5.40 |
| Shane Greene (L 1-1; BS 2) | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.15 |
| WP - Alex Wilson | ||||||||
| IBB - Mike Moustakas (by Greene) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Daniel Norris 85-55, Buck Farmer 22-14, Alex Wilson 30-17, Shane Greene 26-20 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Daniel Norris 5-3, Buck Farmer 1-1, Alex Wilson 0-1, Shane Greene 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Daniel Norris 21, Buck Farmer 4, Alex Wilson 7, Shane Greene 8 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Buck Farmer 1-0 | ||||||||