Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 8,
Detroit 5
When: 1:10 PM ET, Sunday, April 22, 2018
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 56°
Umpires: Home - Kerwin Danley, 1B - Scott Barry, 2B - Carlos Torres, 3B - Ramon De Jesus
Attendance: 19034
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 56°
Umpires: Home - Kerwin Danley, 1B - Scott Barry, 2B - Carlos Torres, 3B - Ramon De Jesus
Attendance: 19034
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Detroit | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .266 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Mike Moustakas | DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .318 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .288 |
| Paulo Orlando | LF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .191 |
| Abraham Almonte | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .242 |
| Ryan Goins | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .207 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 |
| Drew Butera | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .182 |
| Totals | 33 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Cheslor Cuthbert (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Whit Merrifield (3), Mike Moustakas (6), Abraham Almonte (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 4, Cheslor Cuthbert 2, Mike Moustakas 4, Jorge Soler, Abraham Almonte 4, Alcides Escobar, Drew Butera | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (7), Mike Moustakas 3 (17), Abraham Almonte 4 (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Cheslor Cuthbert (11), Drew Butera (10) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Whit Merrifield (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Abraham Almonte (1, 2nd off Liriano/McCann) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Paulo Orlando (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Eric Skoglund | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8.59 |
| Kevin McCarthy (W 1-0; BS 1) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.23 |
| Brian Flynn (H 1) | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.60 |
| Kelvin Herrera (SV 4) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Eric Skoglund | ||||||||
| HBP - Leonys Martin (by Skoglund) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Eric Skoglund 94-54, Kevin McCarthy 17-11, Brian Flynn 28-19, Kelvin Herrera 13-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Eric Skoglund 5-3, Kevin McCarthy 1-0, Brian Flynn 3-1, Kelvin Herrera 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Eric Skoglund 21, Kevin McCarthy 5, Brian Flynn 7, Kelvin Herrera 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Kevin McCarthy 2-2 | ||||||||
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Leonys Martin | CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .274 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .277 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .300 |
| Nicholas Castellanos | RF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .309 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .258 |
| JaCoby Jones | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .293 |
| James McCann | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .232 |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .194 |
| Dixon Machado | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .211 |
| Totals | 32 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jeimer Candelario (5), Dixon Machado (8) | |||||||||
| TB - Jeimer Candelario 2, Miguel Cabrera, Nicholas Castellanos 3, JaCoby Jones, James McCann, Dixon Machado 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Miguel Cabrera (14), Nicholas Castellanos 2 (11), JaCoby Jones (5), James McCann (9) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Miguel Cabrera (4), JaCoby Jones (3) | |||||||||
| SF - James McCann (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Victor Martinez (4), Dixon Machado (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Francisco Liriano | 5.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3.13 |
| Alex Wilson (BS 1) | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.57 |
| Drew VerHagen (L 0-1) | 0.1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.30 |
| Buck Farmer | 1.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.30 |
| Joe Jimenez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Francisco Liriano 92-56, Alex Wilson 18-9, Drew VerHagen 15-5, Buck Farmer 20-14, Joe Jimenez 19-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Francisco Liriano 4-3, Alex Wilson 2-0, Drew VerHagen 0-0, Buck Farmer 2-0, Joe Jimenez 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Francisco Liriano 22, Alex Wilson 4, Drew VerHagen 3, Buck Farmer 8, Joe Jimenez 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Alex Wilson 2-2, Buck Farmer 2-2 | ||||||||