Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 5,
Detroit 4
When: 8:15 PM ET, Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 90°
Umpires: Home - Sam Holbrook, 1B - Jim Wolf, 2B - D.J. Reyburn, 3B - Alfonso Marquez
Attendance: 25957
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 90°
Umpires: Home - Sam Holbrook, 1B - Jim Wolf, 2B - D.J. Reyburn, 3B - Alfonso Marquez
Attendance: 25957
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 5 | 9 | 1 |
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Leonys Martin | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .248 |
| Niko Goodrum | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .243 |
| Nicholas Castellanos | RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .301 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .228 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .232 |
| Jim Adduci | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .219 |
| John Hicks | PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| James McCann | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .230 |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 |
| JaCoby Jones | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .205 |
| Totals | 30 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 3B - Nicholas Castellanos (4) | |||||||||
| HR - Victor Martinez (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Niko Goodrum, Nicholas Castellanos 3, Victor Martinez 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jeimer Candelario (38), Victor Martinez 3 (32) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 1 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Niko Goodrum (2, 2nd by Smith/Perez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Jose Iglesias (6) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jordan Zimmermann (L 4-2) | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3.97 |
| Buck Farmer | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.57 |
| Joe Jimenez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.60 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Jordan Zimmermann 84-59, Buck Farmer 22-13, Joe Jimenez 17-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jordan Zimmermann 6-1, Buck Farmer 4-0, Joe Jimenez 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jordan Zimmermann 23, Buck Farmer 7, Joe Jimenez 4 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .299 |
| Rosell Herrera | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .258 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .247 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 |
| Lucas Duda | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .247 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .236 |
| Brian Goodwin | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .202 |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield (31), Salvador Perez (13), Jorge Bonifacio (7) | |||||||||
| HR - Mike Moustakas (20), Salvador Perez (15) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield 2, Rosell Herrera, Mike Moustakas 4, Salvador Perez 7, Jorge Bonifacio 2, Brian Goodwin, Alcides Escobar | |||||||||
| RBI - Mike Moustakas 2 (61), Salvador Perez 2 (47), Brian Goodwin (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Salvador Perez 2 (16) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Whit Merrifield 2 (26), Alex Gordon (28) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Brian Goodwin (1, 2nd by Farmer/McCann) | |||||||||
| SB - Alcides Escobar (5, 2nd off Zimmermann/McCann) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Lucas Duda (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Burch Smith (W 1-1) | 6.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5.58 |
| Tim Hill | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.90 |
| Kevin McCarthy (H 8) | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.43 |
| Wily Peralta (SV 5) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.65 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Burch Smith 96-60, Tim Hill 10-8, Kevin McCarthy 16-9, Wily Peralta 21-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Burch Smith 7-1, Tim Hill 0-0, Kevin McCarthy 4-0, Wily Peralta 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Burch Smith 22, Tim Hill 1, Kevin McCarthy 5, Wily Peralta 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tim Hill 2-2 | ||||||||