Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Kansas City 4,
Detroit 2
When: 8:15 PM ET, Friday, May 4, 2018
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Jeff Nelson, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Jansen Visconti, 3B - Manny Gonzalez
Attendance: 24648
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Jeff Nelson, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Jansen Visconti, 3B - Manny Gonzalez
Attendance: 24648
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | 4 | 6 | 0 |
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Leonys Martin | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .274 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .290 |
| Nicholas Castellanos | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .302 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .247 |
| Victor Reyes | PR-DH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 |
| JaCoby Jones | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .262 |
| John Hicks | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| James McCann | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .211 |
| Dixon Machado | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .204 |
| Totals | 34 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jeimer Candelario (10), JaCoby Jones (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Jeimer Candelario 3, Victor Martinez 3, JaCoby Jones 2, John Hicks, James McCann 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - JaCoby Jones 2 (8) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - JaCoby Jones 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Leonys Martin (14), JaCoby Jones (8), John Hicks 2 (7) | |||||||||
| GIDP - JaCoby Jones (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - James McCann (1, 2nd by McCarthy/Perez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - John Hicks (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Francisco Liriano | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2.97 |
| Daniel Stumpf (L 1-1; H 4) | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Joe Jimenez (BS 1) | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.76 |
| WP - Joe Jimenez | ||||||||
| IBB - Alcides Escobar (by Jimenez) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Francisco Liriano 93-61, Daniel Stumpf 10-8, Joe Jimenez 13-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Francisco Liriano 9-2, Daniel Stumpf 0-1, Joe Jimenez 0-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Francisco Liriano 23, Daniel Stumpf 3, Joe Jimenez 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Daniel Stumpf 1-0, Joe Jimenez 3-3 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .244 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .309 |
| Mike Moustakas | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .297 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .292 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .207 |
| Jon Jay | LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .276 |
| Abraham Almonte | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .224 |
| Lucas Duda | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .229 |
| Alex Gordon | CF-LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .304 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .232 |
| Totals | 26 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Jorge Soler, Mike Moustakas, Jon Jay 2, Alex Gordon, Alcides Escobar | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (11), Jorge Soler 2 (12) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jorge Soler 2 (4) | |||||||||
| SF - Whit Merrifield (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Whit Merrifield (5), Salvador Perez (2), Lucas Duda (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 2 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Alcides Escobar (2, 2nd off Jimenez/McCann) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ian Kennedy | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2.92 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.02 |
| Blaine Boyer (W 1-0) | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 |
| Kelvin Herrera (SV 6) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.71 |
| IBB - Victor Martinez (by Boyer) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Ian Kennedy 103-69, Kevin McCarthy 9-5, Blaine Boyer 23-14, Kelvin Herrera 10-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ian Kennedy 5-1, Kevin McCarthy 0-0, Blaine Boyer 1-0, Kelvin Herrera 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ian Kennedy 24, Kevin McCarthy 3, Blaine Boyer 6, Kelvin Herrera 3 | ||||||||