Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Detroit 5,
Pittsburgh 2
When: 1:08 PM ET, Thursday, August 14, 2014
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Paul Schrieber, 1B - Adam Hamari, 2B - Alfonso Marquez, 3B - Ted Barrett
Attendance: 41986
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 67°
Umpires: Home - Paul Schrieber, 1B - Adam Hamari, 2B - Alfonso Marquez, 3B - Ted Barrett
Attendance: 41986
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | - | 5 | 6 | 0 |
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Gregory Polanco | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .260 |
| Travis Snider | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .258 |
| Josh Harrison | 3B-SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .312 |
| Ike Davis | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .238 |
| Gaby Sanchez | PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
| Starling Marte | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .261 |
| Pedro Alvarez | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .229 |
| Jordy Mercer | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .264 |
| Jayson Nix | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .147 |
| Chris Stewart | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .283 |
| Michael Martinez | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .135 |
| Totals | 30 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Travis Snider (6), Starling Marte (20) | |||||||||
| HR - Gaby Sanchez (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Travis Snider 2, Gaby Sanchez 4, Starling Marte 2, Chris Stewart | |||||||||
| RBI - Gaby Sanchez 2 (24) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Starling Marte (30), Jordy Mercer (45) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Chris Stewart (1, 2nd by Scherzer/Avila) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Francisco Liriano 2 (3), Michael Martinez (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Francisco Liriano (L 3-9) | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 3.78 |
| Brandon Cumpton | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.12 |
| IBB - Victor Martinez (by Liriano), Victor Martinez (by Cumpton) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Francisco Liriano 102-59, Brandon Cumpton 39-20 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Francisco Liriano 6-3, Brandon Cumpton 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Francisco Liriano 25, Brandon Cumpton 10 | ||||||||
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Rajai Davis | CF-LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .290 |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .287 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .307 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .323 |
| Torii Hunter | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .273 |
| J.D. Martinez | LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .303 |
| Don Kelly | PR-3B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Nick Castellanos | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .265 |
| Ezequiel Carrera | PR-CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Alex Avila | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .223 |
| Eugenio Suarez | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .234 |
| Totals | 30 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Rajai Davis (22), Miguel Cabrera (37) | |||||||||
| HR - J.D. Martinez (16) | |||||||||
| TB - Rajai Davis 2, Miguel Cabrera 2, J.D. Martinez 5, Nick Castellanos 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - J.D. Martinez 2 (53), Nick Castellanos 2 (48) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - J.D. Martinez (22), Nick Castellanos 2 (20) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Torii Hunter (36), Nick Castellanos 2 (42), Alex Avila (44) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Ian Kinsler (12, 2nd off Liriano/Stewart), Ezequiel Carrera (2, 2nd off Cumpton/Stewart) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Max Scherzer (W 14-4) | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2.98 |
| Phil Coke | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 |
| Joba Chamberlain | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.14 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Max Scherzer 121-81, Phil Coke 13-7, Joba Chamberlain 4-3 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Max Scherzer 5-4, Phil Coke 1-0, Joba Chamberlain 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Max Scherzer 28, Phil Coke 3, Joba Chamberlain 2 | ||||||||