Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 4,
Detroit 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, September 21, 2018
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Brian Gorman, 1B - Nic Lentz, 2B - Tripp Gibson III, 3B - Adrian Johnson
Attendance: 22001
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Brian Gorman, 1B - Nic Lentz, 2B - Tripp Gibson III, 3B - Adrian Johnson
Attendance: 22001
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Whit Merrifield | CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .302 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .288 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .246 |
| Salvador Perez | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .232 |
| Hunter Dozier | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .233 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .231 |
| Alcides Escobar | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .224 |
| Rosell Herrera | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .236 |
| Cam Gallagher | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .208 |
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Rosell Herrera (14) | |||||||||
| 3B - Rosell Herrera (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield, Adalberto Mondesi, Alex Gordon 3, Salvador Perez, Alcides Escobar, Rosell Herrera 5 | |||||||||
| RBI - Alex Gordon (50), Rosell Herrera (20), Cam Gallagher (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jorge Bonifacio 2 (19), Cam Gallagher (9) | |||||||||
| SF - Cam Gallagher (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Adalberto Mondesi (7, 2nd by Stumpf/McCann) | |||||||||
| SB - Whit Merrifield (38, 2nd off Liriano/McCann) | |||||||||
| PO - Jorge Bonifacio (3rd by McCann) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Adalberto Mondesi (7) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Ian Kennedy (W 3-8) | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4.59 |
| Kevin McCarthy (H 14) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.36 |
| Wily Peralta (SV 12) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Ian Kennedy 93-67, Kevin McCarthy 16-12, Wily Peralta 18-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ian Kennedy 8-6, Kevin McCarthy 1-0, Wily Peralta 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Ian Kennedy 27, Kevin McCarthy 4, Wily Peralta 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Kevin McCarthy 1-1 | ||||||||
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| JaCoby Jones | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .213 |
| Christin Stewart | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .233 |
| Nicholas Castellanos | RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .249 |
| Ronny Rodriguez | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .223 |
| James McCann | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .216 |
| Victor Reyes | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .232 |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 |
| Jeimer Candelario | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .228 |
| Dawel Lugo | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .197 |
| Pete Kozma | SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .196 |
| Jim Adduci | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .263 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Nicholas Castellanos 2 (44) | |||||||||
| HR - Ronny Rodriguez (5) | |||||||||
| TB - JaCoby Jones, Nicholas Castellanos 4, Victor Martinez, Ronny Rodriguez 5, James McCann, Dawel Lugo, Pete Kozma | |||||||||
| RBI - Nicholas Castellanos 2 (85), Ronny Rodriguez (20) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Nicholas Castellanos (41) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Victor Martinez (60), Ronny Rodriguez (14), Jim Adduci (17) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Ronny Rodriguez (7), Pete Kozma (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Dawel Lugo (3), Jarrod Saltalamacchia (1), Christin Stewart (2) | |||||||||
| PO - James McCann (Bonifacio at 3rd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Francisco Liriano (L 5-11) | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.40 |
| Louis Coleman | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.44 |
| Sandy Baez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.46 |
| Daniel Stumpf | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Francisco Liriano 99-58, Louis Coleman 9-6, Sandy Baez 17-12, Daniel Stumpf 9-3 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Francisco Liriano 10-3, Louis Coleman 1-0, Sandy Baez 1-1, Daniel Stumpf 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Francisco Liriano 27, Louis Coleman 4, Sandy Baez 4, Daniel Stumpf 3 | ||||||||