Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Detroit 11,
Kansas City 8
When: 7:10 PM ET, Thursday, September 20, 2018
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Adrian Johnson, 1B - Brian Gorman, 2B - Nic Lentz, 3B - Tripp Gibson III
Attendance: 20282
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Adrian Johnson, 1B - Brian Gorman, 2B - Nic Lentz, 3B - Tripp Gibson III
Attendance: 20282
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
| Detroit | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 11 | 14 | 2 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | DH | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .303 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .290 |
| Hunter Dozier | 1B | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .236 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .232 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .234 |
| Rosell Herrera | 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .232 |
| Alcides Escobar | 3B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .224 |
| Brian Goodwin | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .282 |
| Brett Phillips | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .190 |
| Totals | 41 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield (41), Rosell Herrera (13), Alcides Escobar (22) | |||||||||
| HR - Adalberto Mondesi (11), Hunter Dozier (10), Jorge Bonifacio (4), Brian Goodwin (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 4, Adalberto Mondesi 5, Hunter Dozier 4, Jorge Bonifacio 4, Rosell Herrera 2, Alcides Escobar 4, Brian Goodwin 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Adalberto Mondesi (31), Hunter Dozier 2 (32), Jorge Bonifacio 3 (23), Brian Goodwin 2 (8) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Hunter Dozier 2 (15), Jorge Bonifacio 3 (10) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Salvador Perez (48), Rosell Herrera (23), Alcides Escobar (35), Brett Phillips (9) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Whit Merrifield (37, 3rd off Boyd/Greiner), Hunter Dozier (2, 2nd off Boyd/Greiner) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Rosell Herrera (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jorge Lopez (L 2-4) | 1.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.35 |
| Glenn Sparkman | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.86 |
| Ben Lively | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Brandon Maurer | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7.71 |
| Wily Peralta | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.99 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jorge Lopez 30-21, Glenn Sparkman 55-35, Ben Lively 18-8, Brandon Maurer 35-17, Wily Peralta 14-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jorge Lopez 2-0, Glenn Sparkman 7-1, Ben Lively 1-1, Brandon Maurer 2-0, Wily Peralta 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jorge Lopez 11, Glenn Sparkman 16, Ben Lively 4, Brandon Maurer 8, Wily Peralta 4 | ||||||||
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| JaCoby Jones | CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .212 |
| Christin Stewart | LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| Nicholas Castellanos | RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .299 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .249 |
| Jim Adduci | 1B | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .265 |
| Ronny Rodriguez | 3B | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .217 |
| Grayson Greiner | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .233 |
| Victor Reyes | PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .232 |
| James McCann | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .215 |
| Dawel Lugo | 2B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .194 |
| Pete Kozma | SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .189 |
| Totals | 37 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Victor Martinez 2 (21), Ronny Rodriguez (7), Pete Kozma (3) | |||||||||
| 3B - Nicholas Castellanos (5) | |||||||||
| HR - Christin Stewart 2 (2), Nicholas Castellanos (22) | |||||||||
| TB - JaCoby Jones 2, Christin Stewart 8, Nicholas Castellanos 7, Victor Martinez 4, Ronny Rodriguez 4, Grayson Greiner, Pete Kozma 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Christin Stewart 6 (7), Nicholas Castellanos (83), Victor Martinez (54), Grayson Greiner 2 (12), Pete Kozma (7) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Christin Stewart (1), Grayson Greiner (4), Pete Kozma (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Nicholas Castellanos 2 (53), Dawel Lugo (5), Pete Kozma (9) | |||||||||
| SF - Grayson Greiner (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Dawel Lugo (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Ronny Rodriguez (10), Jim Adduci (7) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Matthew Boyd | 1.1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4.16 |
| Zac Reininger (W 1-0) | 2.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.63 |
| Buck Farmer (H 8) | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.34 |
| Victor Alcantara (H 3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Alex Wilson (H 13) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.49 |
| Joe Jimenez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.13 |
| Shane Greene | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.14 |
| WP - Shane Greene | ||||||||
| HBP - Salvador Perez (by Greene) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Matthew Boyd 54-38, Zac Reininger 36-23, Buck Farmer 16-13, Victor Alcantara 8-6, Alex Wilson 13-8, Joe Jimenez 15-12, Shane Greene 24-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Matthew Boyd 2-2, Zac Reininger 2-2, Buck Farmer 4-0, Victor Alcantara 1-0, Alex Wilson 1-2, Joe Jimenez 0-0, Shane Greene 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Matthew Boyd 11, Zac Reininger 10, Buck Farmer 6, Victor Alcantara 3, Alex Wilson 4, Joe Jimenez 3, Shane Greene 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Zac Reininger 2-0 | ||||||||