Major League Baseball
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Detroit 5,
Kansas City 4
When: 6:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 22, 2018
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 61°
Umpires: Home - Nic Lentz, 1B - Tripp Gibson III, 2B - Adrian Johnson, 3B - Brian Gorman
Attendance: 24815
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 61°
Umpires: Home - Nic Lentz, 1B - Tripp Gibson III, 2B - Adrian Johnson, 3B - Brian Gorman
Attendance: 24815
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Detroit | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 5 | 11 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .304 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .285 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .246 |
| Salvador Perez | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .233 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 |
| Hunter Dozier | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .230 |
| Brian Goodwin | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .270 |
| Brett Phillips | RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .204 |
| Meibrys Viloria | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 |
| Totals | 30 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield (42) | |||||||||
| 3B - Whit Merrifield (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Alex Gordon (12), Salvador Perez (27) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 5, Alex Gordon 4, Salvador Perez 4, Brett Phillips 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield (58), Adalberto Mondesi (32), Alex Gordon (51), Salvador Perez (77) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Whit Merrifield (24) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Adalberto Mondesi (21) | |||||||||
| SF - Adalberto Mondesi (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Meibrys Viloria (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 2 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Whit Merrifield (10, 2nd by Zimmermann/McCann) | |||||||||
| PO - Whit Merrifield (1st by Zimmermann) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Whit Merrifield (7) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jakob Junis | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4.37 |
| Jake Newberry | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Jason Hammel (L 3-14) | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.07 |
| WP - Jakob Junis 3 | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jakob Junis 108-71, Jake Newberry 22-13, Jason Hammel 20-15 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jakob Junis 6-4, Jake Newberry 1-0, Jason Hammel 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jakob Junis 27, Jake Newberry 4, Jason Hammel 6 | ||||||||
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .226 |
| Christin Stewart | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .234 |
| Nicholas Castellanos | DH | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .303 |
| Victor Martinez | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .251 |
| Ronny Rodriguez | PR-2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .221 |
| Niko Goodrum | 2B-1B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .241 |
| Mikie Mahtook | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .217 |
| James McCann | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .214 |
| JaCoby Jones | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .213 |
| Pete Kozma | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .203 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Nicholas Castellanos (45), Niko Goodrum (29) | |||||||||
| 3B - Pete Kozma (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Mikie Mahtook (9) | |||||||||
| TB - Christin Stewart, Nicholas Castellanos 4, Victor Martinez, Niko Goodrum 4, Mikie Mahtook 4, JaCoby Jones, Pete Kozma 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Niko Goodrum 2 (47), Mikie Mahtook 2 (29) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Niko Goodrum 2 (15) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jeimer Candelario (50), Christin Stewart (2), Ronny Rodriguez 2 (16), Mikie Mahtook 4 (22) | |||||||||
| S - Ronny Rodriguez (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jordan Zimmermann | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4.31 |
| Joe Jimenez (W 5-4; BS 4) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.21 |
| Shane Greene (SV 31) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.20 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jordan Zimmermann 93-58, Joe Jimenez 23-14, Shane Greene 10-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jordan Zimmermann 7-2, Joe Jimenez 0-1, Shane Greene 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jordan Zimmermann 24, Joe Jimenez 5, Shane Greene 4 | ||||||||