Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Detroit 4,
Kansas City 3
When: 1:08 PM ET, Monday, March 31, 2014
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 52°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Meals, 1B - Paul Emmel, 2B - Chris Conroy, 3B - Jordan Baker
Attendance: 45068
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 52°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Meals, 1B - Paul Emmel, 2B - Chris Conroy, 3B - Jordan Baker
Attendance: 45068
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Norichika Aoki | RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| Omar Infante | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 |
| Billy Butler | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Eric Hosmer (1), Salvador Perez 2 (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Eric Hosmer 2, Billy Butler, Salvador Perez 6, Lorenzo Cain | |||||||||
| RBI - Omar Infante (1), Salvador Perez (1), Lorenzo Cain (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Omar Infante (1), Lorenzo Cain (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Norichika Aoki (1), Eric Hosmer 2 (2), Billy Butler (1), Lorenzo Cain (1), Alcides Escobar 2 (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Alex Gordon (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Alex Gordon (Castellanos at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| James Shields | 6.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4.26 |
| Aaron Crow (BS 1) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Wade Davis (L 0-1) | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Greg Holland | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Aaron Crow | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - James Shields 106-71, Aaron Crow 12-9, Wade Davis 33-16, Greg Holland 4-2 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Shields 6-6, Aaron Crow 1-0, Wade Davis 2-1, Greg Holland 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - James Shields 24, Aaron Crow 3, Wade Davis 7, Greg Holland 1 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Aaron Crow 2-2, Greg Holland 2-1 | ||||||||
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Torii Hunter | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| Austin Jackson | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Alex Avila | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Tyler Collins | PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Nick Castellanos | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 |
| Alex Gonzalez | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Rajai Davis | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Miguel Cabrera (1) | |||||||||
| 3B - Austin Jackson (1), Alex Gonzalez (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Victor Martinez (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Miguel Cabrera 2, Victor Martinez 4, Austin Jackson 3, Alex Avila, Nick Castellanos 2, Alex Gonzalez 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Victor Martinez (1), Alex Gonzalez 2 (2) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Alex Gonzalez (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Avila (1), Rajai Davis (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Torii Hunter (1), Alex Gonzalez (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Evan Reed | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Al Alburquerque | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Joe Nathan (W 1-0) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 105-64, Evan Reed 10-7, Al Alburquerque 13-10, Joe Nathan 13-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 9-5, Evan Reed 2-1, Al Alburquerque 2-1, Joe Nathan 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 28, Evan Reed 3, Al Alburquerque 4, Joe Nathan 3 | ||||||||