Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Detroit 8,
Kansas City 4
When: 2:15 PM ET, Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 87°
Umpires: Home - Jim Wolf, 1B - D.J. Reyburn, 2B - Alfonso Marquez, 3B - Sam Holbrook
Attendance: 17382
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 87°
Umpires: Home - Jim Wolf, 1B - D.J. Reyburn, 2B - Alfonso Marquez, 3B - Sam Holbrook
Attendance: 17382
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Detroit | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .231 |
| Niko Goodrum | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .243 |
| Nicholas Castellanos | RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .298 |
| John Hicks | C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .271 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .238 |
| Jim Adduci | PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .219 |
| Ronny Rodriguez | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .164 |
| JaCoby Jones | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .206 |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .265 |
| Victor Reyes | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .226 |
| Totals | 37 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Niko Goodrum (21), John Hicks (12) | |||||||||
| HR - Jose Iglesias (4) | |||||||||
| TB - Jeimer Candelario 2, Niko Goodrum 2, John Hicks 3, Victor Martinez 3, JaCoby Jones, Jose Iglesias 4, Victor Reyes | |||||||||
| RBI - Jeimer Candelario (39), Victor Martinez 2 (34), Jose Iglesias 3 (41) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jeimer Candelario (9), Victor Martinez (10) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Nicholas Castellanos (37), Ronny Rodriguez (5), Jose Iglesias (29) | |||||||||
| S - Ronny Rodriguez (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Niko Goodrum (7) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Matthew Boyd (W 5-9) | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4.53 |
| Drew VerHagen | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Alex Wilson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.32 |
| Shane Greene | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.19 |
| WP - Matthew Boyd | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Matthew Boyd 95-63, Drew VerHagen 18-11, Alex Wilson 10-8, Shane Greene 19-15 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Matthew Boyd 5-5, Drew VerHagen 3-1, Alex Wilson 1-0, Shane Greene 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Matthew Boyd 25, Drew VerHagen 5, Alex Wilson 3, Shane Greene 6 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | CF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .300 |
| Rosell Herrera | DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .255 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .249 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .227 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .236 |
| Hunter Dozier | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .204 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .236 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .203 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .263 |
| Totals | 39 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Mike Moustakas (20), Alex Gordon (12) | |||||||||
| 3B - Whit Merrifield (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 4, Rosell Herrera, Mike Moustakas 3, Salvador Perez, Hunter Dozier, Alex Gordon 2, Alcides Escobar, Adalberto Mondesi 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (32), Rosell Herrera (9), Mike Moustakas (62), Alex Gordon (20) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Whit Merrifield (15), Rosell Herrera (4), Mike Moustakas (20) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Whit Merrifield (27), Mike Moustakas (26), Salvador Perez (31) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Whit Merrifield (19, 2nd off Boyd/Hicks) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Danny Duffy (L 6-9) | 5.2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4.70 |
| Glenn Sparkman | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.70 |
| Jason Adam | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.94 |
| WP - Danny Duffy 2, Jason Adam 2 | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Danny Duffy 107-68, Glenn Sparkman 32-24, Jason Adam 26-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Danny Duffy 6-4, Glenn Sparkman 2-3, Jason Adam 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Danny Duffy 28, Glenn Sparkman 8, Jason Adam 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Glenn Sparkman 1-0 | ||||||||