Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Detroit 6,
Kansas City 5
When: 8:15 PM ET, Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Will Little, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - Clint Fagan, 3B - Tim Timmons
Attendance: 24347
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Will Little, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - Clint Fagan, 3B - Tim Timmons
Attendance: 24347
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Detroit | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Andrew Romine | 2B-3B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .231 |
| Alex Avila | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .313 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .260 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .269 |
| J.D. Martinez | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .271 |
| Justin Upton | LF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 |
| Mikie Mahtook | PR-LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .186 |
| Nicholas Castellanos | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .209 |
| Dixon Machado | 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .282 |
| Alex Presley | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .222 |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .229 |
| Totals | 36 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Miguel Cabrera (7), J.D. Martinez (2), Justin Upton 2 (11), Nicholas Castellanos (11) | |||||||||
| HR - Alex Avila (7), Victor Martinez (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Alex Avila 4, Miguel Cabrera 2, Victor Martinez 5, J.D. Martinez 2, Justin Upton 4, Mikie Mahtook, Nicholas Castellanos 2, Jose Iglesias | |||||||||
| RBI - Alex Avila (21), Victor Martinez (28), J.D. Martinez 2 (19), Justin Upton 2 (25) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Alex Avila (7), J.D. Martinez 2 (2), Justin Upton 2 (16) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Andrew Romine 2 (13), J.D. Martinez (9), Nicholas Castellanos (8), Alex Presley 2 (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Andrew Romine (3), Nicholas Castellanos (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Nicholas Castellanos (2, 3rd off Young/Butera), Alex Presley (1, 2nd off Young/Butera) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Matthew Boyd | 3.2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.69 |
| Warwick Saupold (W 1-0) | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.53 |
| Shane Greene (H 8) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.82 |
| Alex Wilson (H 10) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.88 |
| Justin Wilson (SV 5) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.86 |
| WP - Alex Wilson | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Matthew Boyd 63-43, Warwick Saupold 36-23, Shane Greene 6-3, Alex Wilson 28-17, Justin Wilson 14-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Matthew Boyd 3-5, Warwick Saupold 8-0, Shane Greene 0-0, Alex Wilson 1-0, Justin Wilson 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Matthew Boyd 19, Warwick Saupold 9, Shane Greene 1, Alex Wilson 5, Justin Wilson 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Warwick Saupold 1-0, Shane Greene 1-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .186 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .257 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .303 |
| Salvador Perez | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .262 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .273 |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .294 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .185 |
| Drew Butera | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .233 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .175 |
| Totals | 37 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Lorenzo Cain (11), Cheslor Cuthbert (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Alcides Escobar 2, Lorenzo Cain 2, Eric Hosmer 2, Salvador Perez, Jorge Bonifacio, Whit Merrifield, Cheslor Cuthbert 3, Alex Gordon | |||||||||
| RBI - Alcides Escobar (12), Salvador Perez (30), Cheslor Cuthbert 2 (6) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Alcides Escobar (2), Cheslor Cuthbert 2 (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Cheslor Cuthbert (10), Drew Butera (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Alcides Escobar (2, 2nd by Saupold/Avila) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Whit Merrifield (3) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ian Kennedy (L 0-5) | 3.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5.12 |
| Seth Maness | 1.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.32 |
| Chris Young | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.04 |
| Matt Strahm | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Ian Kennedy 74-43, Seth Maness 19-12, Chris Young 41-26, Matt Strahm 15-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ian Kennedy 4-1, Seth Maness 1-1, Chris Young 3-1, Matt Strahm 3-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ian Kennedy 17, Seth Maness 6, Chris Young 11, Matt Strahm 6 | ||||||||