Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Detroit 6,
Kansas City 1
When: 1:10 PM ET, Monday, April 2, 2018
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 36°
Umpires: Home - Tom Hallion, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Dan Bellino, 3B - Adam Hamari
Attendance: 15476
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 36°
Umpires: Home - Tom Hallion, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Dan Bellino, 3B - Adam Hamari
Attendance: 15476
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 6 | 10 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jon Jay | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 |
| Lucas Duda | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Paulo Orlando | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 |
| Jorge Soler | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .182 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Drew Butera | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
| Totals | 30 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alcides Escobar (1) | |||||||||
| 3B - Alcides Escobar (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Whit Merrifield, Cheslor Cuthbert, Paulo Orlando, Alcides Escobar 5 | |||||||||
| RBI - Drew Butera (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jorge Soler (1), Drew Butera (1) | |||||||||
| SF - Drew Butera (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Jon Jay (1, 2nd by Liriano/McCann) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Whit Merrifield (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jason Hammel (L 0-1) | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Brad Keller | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Blaine Boyer | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 |
| IBB - Mikie Mahtook (by Hammel), Miguel Cabrera (by Hammel) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jason Hammel 88-61, Brad Keller 12-7, Blaine Boyer 27-18, Kelvin Herrera 16-14 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jason Hammel 6-4, Brad Keller 2-1, Blaine Boyer 2-1, Kelvin Herrera 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jason Hammel 26, Brad Keller 3, Blaine Boyer 5, Kelvin Herrera 4 | ||||||||
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Leonys Martin | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .231 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .176 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .353 |
| Nicholas Castellanos | RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .412 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .182 |
| James McCann | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .308 |
| Mikie Mahtook | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .133 |
| Niko Goodrum | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .222 |
| Dixon Machado | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .278 |
| Totals | 34 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jeimer Candelario (1), Victor Martinez (1) | |||||||||
| 3B - Nicholas Castellanos (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Leonys Martin 2, Jeimer Candelario 2, Miguel Cabrera, Nicholas Castellanos 4, Victor Martinez 3, James McCann, Dixon Machado | |||||||||
| RBI - Miguel Cabrera (5), Nicholas Castellanos (3), Victor Martinez 3 (3), James McCann (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Victor Martinez 2 (2), Niko Goodrum 2 (3) | |||||||||
| SF - Victor Martinez (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Francisco Liriano (W 1-0) | 6.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1.35 |
| Joe Jimenez | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Daniel Stumpf | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Warwick Saupold | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Francisco Liriano | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Francisco Liriano 94-56, Joe Jimenez 12-7, Daniel Stumpf 7-5, Warwick Saupold 19-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Francisco Liriano 6-7, Joe Jimenez 0-2, Daniel Stumpf 1-0, Warwick Saupold 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Francisco Liriano 25, Joe Jimenez 2, Daniel Stumpf 2, Warwick Saupold 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Joe Jimenez 1-0 | ||||||||