Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Detroit 6,
Kansas City 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, October 1, 2012
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Sam Holbrook, 1B - Brian Knight, 2B - Mike Winters, 3B - Mark Wegner
Attendance: 15312
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Sam Holbrook, 1B - Brian Knight, 2B - Mike Winters, 3B - Mark Wegner
Attendance: 15312
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Detroit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Austin Jackson | CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .298 |
| Omar Infante | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .253 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 3B | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .329 |
| Prince Fielder | 1B | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .313 |
| Delmon Young | DH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .269 |
| Jhonny Peralta | SS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .241 |
| Andy Dirks | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .323 |
| Avisail Garcia | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Gerald Laird | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .282 |
| Totals | 40 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Prince Fielder (33), Gerald Laird (8) | |||||||||
| HR - Miguel Cabrera (44), Jhonny Peralta (13) | |||||||||
| TB - Miguel Cabrera 7, Prince Fielder 5, Jhonny Peralta 4, Andy Dirks 2, Avisail Garcia, Gerald Laird 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Miguel Cabrera (137), Jhonny Peralta (63), Gerald Laird 3 (11) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Gerald Laird 3 (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Austin Jackson 2 (50), Delmon Young (58), Jhonny Peralta (47) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Delmon Young (19) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Gerald Laird (4) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Austin Jackson (Francoeur at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Rick Porcello (W 10-12) | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4.59 |
| Al Alburquerque | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.68 |
| Octavio Dotel | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.57 |
| Joaquin Benoit | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.68 |
| Jose Valverde (SV 35) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.78 |
| WP - Rick Porcello | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Rick Porcello 88-56, Al Alburquerque 24-12, Octavio Dotel 8-7, Joaquin Benoit 25-17, Jose Valverde 13-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Rick Porcello 6-2, Al Alburquerque 1-0, Octavio Dotel 2-1, Joaquin Benoit 0-0, Jose Valverde 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Rick Porcello 21, Al Alburquerque 5, Octavio Dotel 3, Joaquin Benoit 5, Jose Valverde 4 | ||||||||
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jarrod Dyson | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .262 |
| Brayan Pena | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .245 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .289 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .293 |
| Billy Butler | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .312 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .305 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .242 |
| Tony Abreu | 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 |
| Jeff Francoeur | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .235 |
| David Lough | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .237 |
| Irving Falu | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .354 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Billy Butler (32) | |||||||||
| HR - Alex Gordon (14) | |||||||||
| TB - Alcides Escobar, Alex Gordon 5, Billy Butler 2, Salvador Perez 2, Jeff Francoeur, David Lough, Irving Falu | |||||||||
| RBI - Alex Gordon (72), Jeff Francoeur (48) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jeff Francoeur (26) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alcides Escobar 3 (63), Billy Butler (65), David Lough (5) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Jeff Francoeur (14), David Lough (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Alcides Escobar (33, 2nd off Porcello/Laird) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - David Lough (1) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Alex Gordon (Dirks at 3rd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Bruce Chen (L 11-14) | 5.2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5.07 |
| Louis Coleman | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.75 |
| Vin Mazzaro | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.73 |
| Tommy Hottovy | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.89 |
| Aaron Crow | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.53 |
| IBB - Avisail Garcia (by Chen) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Bruce Chen 90-55, Louis Coleman 39-26, Vin Mazzaro 6-3, Tommy Hottovy 2-2, Aaron Crow 1-1 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Bruce Chen 3-8, Louis Coleman 1-1, Vin Mazzaro 1-0, Tommy Hottovy 0-0, Aaron Crow 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Bruce Chen 27, Louis Coleman 9, Vin Mazzaro 3, Tommy Hottovy 1, Aaron Crow 1 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Louis Coleman 1-0, Tommy Hottovy 1-0, Aaron Crow 2-0 | ||||||||