Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Detroit 1,
Kansas City 0
When: 8:10 PM ET, Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Mike Winters, 1B - Mark Wegner, 2B - Sam Holbrook, 3B - Brian Knight
Attendance: 30383
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Mike Winters, 1B - Mark Wegner, 2B - Sam Holbrook, 3B - Brian Knight
Attendance: 30383
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Austin Jackson | CF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 |
| Avisail Garcia | PR-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .319 |
| Quintin Berry | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .258 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .330 |
| Ramon Santiago | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .206 |
| Prince Fielder | DH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .313 |
| Delmon Young | PH-DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .267 |
| Alex Avila | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .243 |
| Bryan Holaday | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Jhonny Peralta | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .239 |
| Danny Worth | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 |
| Andy Dirks | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .322 |
| Omar Infante | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .257 |
| Don Kelly | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .186 |
| Totals | 30 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Austin Jackson (29), Omar Infante (7) | |||||||||
| TB - Austin Jackson 3, Prince Fielder, Alex Avila, Andy Dirks, Omar Infante 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Austin Jackson (66) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Ramon Santiago (18), Bryan Holaday (2), Andy Dirks 2 (42) | |||||||||
| S - Ramon Santiago (5) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Avisail Garcia (1), Jhonny Peralta (19), Omar Infante (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Omar Infante 2 (7, 2nd off Mendoza/Moore, 3rd off Mendoza/Moore) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Max Scherzer | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3.74 |
| Drew Smyly | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.99 |
| Luis Marte (W 1-0) | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.82 |
| Luke Putkonen (SV 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.94 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Max Scherzer 75-54, Drew Smyly 19-9, Luis Marte 47-31, Luke Putkonen 23-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Max Scherzer 2-6, Drew Smyly 0-1, Luis Marte 2-3, Luke Putkonen 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Max Scherzer 17, Drew Smyly 4, Luis Marte 13, Luke Putkonen 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Luis Marte 2-0 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jarrod Dyson | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 |
| Jason Bourgeois | PH-CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .258 |
| David Lough | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .237 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .293 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| Billy Butler | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .313 |
| Jeff Francoeur | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .235 |
| Brayan Pena | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .236 |
| Adam Moore | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .182 |
| Johnny Giavotella | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 |
| Irving Falu | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .341 |
| Totals | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| TB - Alcides Escobar 2, Alex Gordon, Billy Butler, Johnny Giavotella 2 | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jason Bourgeois (8), Jeff Francoeur 4 (57) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Billy Butler (20) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Alcides Escobar (35, 2nd off Scherzer/Avila) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PB - Adam Moore (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Luis Mendoza (L 8-10) | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4.23 |
| Tim Collins | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.36 |
| Louis Coleman | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.71 |
| Aaron Crow | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.48 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Luis Mendoza 109-64, Tim Collins 10-4, Louis Coleman 7-7, Aaron Crow 7-3 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Luis Mendoza 9-2, Tim Collins 1-0, Louis Coleman 0-0, Aaron Crow 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Luis Mendoza 28, Tim Collins 2, Louis Coleman 2, Aaron Crow 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Louis Coleman 1-0 | ||||||||