Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Kansas City 2,
Detroit 1
When: 8:15 PM ET, Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 66°
Umpires: Home - Lazaro Diaz, 1B - D.J. Reyburn, 2B - Greg Gibson, 3B - Jim Wolf
Attendance: 20613
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 66°
Umpires: Home - Lazaro Diaz, 1B - D.J. Reyburn, 2B - Greg Gibson, 3B - Jim Wolf
Attendance: 20613
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .238 |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .258 |
| Nicholas Castellanos | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .271 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .354 |
| James McCann | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .253 |
| John Hicks | DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .269 |
| Efren Navarro | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .239 |
| JaCoby Jones | CF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .156 |
| Alex Presley | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .317 |
| Totals | 27 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Ian Kinsler 2, Nicholas Castellanos, Jeimer Candelario, Efren Navarro, Alex Presley | |||||||||
| RBI - Ian Kinsler (52) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Ian Kinsler (27) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Ian Kinsler (9), Jeimer Candelario (2), James McCann (8), Efren Navarro (1), JaCoby Jones (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 1 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Ian Kinsler (5, 2nd by Vargas/Perez) | |||||||||
| SB - JaCoby Jones (5, 2nd off Vargas/Perez) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Anibal Sanchez (L 3-6) | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6.82 |
| Drew VerHagen | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.34 |
| Daniel Stumpf | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.82 |
| WP - Anibal Sanchez | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Anibal Sanchez 98-63, Drew VerHagen 14-8, Daniel Stumpf 13-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Anibal Sanchez 4-3, Drew VerHagen 1-0, Daniel Stumpf 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Anibal Sanchez 25, Drew VerHagen 3, Daniel Stumpf 3 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 |
| Melky Cabrera | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .288 |
| Paulo Orlando | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 |
| Eric Hosmer | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .320 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .272 |
| Brandon Moss | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .211 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .211 |
| Totals | 28 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield (32), Eric Hosmer (31) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 2, Lorenzo Cain 2, Eric Hosmer 2, Mike Moustakas, Brandon Moss, Alcides Escobar, Alex Gordon | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (77), Eric Hosmer (92) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Eric Hosmer (34) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Melky Cabrera 2 (47), Mike Moustakas (29) | |||||||||
| SF - Whit Merrifield (7) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Eric Hosmer (19) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Whit Merrifield (6, 2nd by VerHagen/McCann), Alcides Escobar (7, 2nd by Sanchez/McCann) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jason Vargas (W 18-10) | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.94 |
| Kelvin Herrera (H 3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.40 |
| Joakim Soria (H 18) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.67 |
| Mike Minor (SV 3) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.64 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jason Vargas 82-54, Kelvin Herrera 13-10, Joakim Soria 16-7, Mike Minor 11-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jason Vargas 8-1, Kelvin Herrera 1-0, Joakim Soria 1-0, Mike Minor 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jason Vargas 20, Kelvin Herrera 3, Joakim Soria 3, Mike Minor 3 | ||||||||