Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Detroit 4,
Kansas City 2
When: 7:08 PM ET, Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Eric Cooper, 1B - James Hoye, 2B - John Tumpane, 3B - Paul Emmel
Attendance: 32603
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Eric Cooper, 1B - James Hoye, 2B - John Tumpane, 3B - Paul Emmel
Attendance: 32603
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| Detroit | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Norichika Aoki | RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .269 |
| Jarrod Dyson | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 |
| Omar Infante | 2B | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .257 |
| Terrance Gore | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .272 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .262 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .267 |
| Josh Willingham | DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .221 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .211 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .292 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .275 |
| Totals | 35 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 25 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Mike Moustakas (19) | |||||||||
| TB - Norichika Aoki 2, Omar Infante 3, Eric Hosmer, Josh Willingham, Mike Moustakas 3, Alcides Escobar | |||||||||
| RBI - Omar Infante (60), Lorenzo Cain (44) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Salvador Perez (48), Eric Hosmer 2 (36), Alcides Escobar 2 (67) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Norichika Aoki (7, 2nd by Scherzer/Avila), Jarrod Dyson (7, 3rd by Nathan/Avila) | |||||||||
| SB - Omar Infante (9, 2nd off Alburquerque/Avila) | |||||||||
| PO - Jarrod Dyson (2nd by Nathan) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Mike Moustakas (13), Omar Infante (9) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jason Vargas (L 11-8) | 5.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3.25 |
| Aaron Crow | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 |
| Kelvin Herrera | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.32 |
| IBB - Victor Martinez (by Vargas) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jason Vargas 99-64, Aaron Crow 18-11, Kelvin Herrera 19-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jason Vargas 7-3, Aaron Crow 0-2, Kelvin Herrera 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jason Vargas 27, Aaron Crow 4, Kelvin Herrera 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Aaron Crow 1-0 | ||||||||
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .277 |
| Torii Hunter | RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .284 |
| Miguel Cabrera | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .313 |
| Victor Martinez | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .335 |
| J.D. Martinez | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .305 |
| Don Kelly | 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 |
| Nick Castellanos | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .264 |
| Ezequiel Carrera | PR-CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 |
| Alex Avila | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .222 |
| Andrew Romine | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .225 |
| Rajai Davis | CF-LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Miguel Cabrera (45) | |||||||||
| HR - J.D. Martinez (20), Rajai Davis (8) | |||||||||
| TB - Torii Hunter 2, Miguel Cabrera 2, J.D. Martinez 4, Nick Castellanos, Alex Avila, Andrew Romine, Rajai Davis 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - J.D. Martinez 2 (65), Rajai Davis 2 (48) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Victor Martinez (35), Nick Castellanos (57), Rajai Davis (49) | |||||||||
| SF - J.D. Martinez (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Ezequiel Carrera (6, 2nd off Herrera/Perez) | |||||||||
| PO - Rajai Davis (1st by Crow) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Max Scherzer (W 16-5) | 6.2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3.19 |
| Al Alburquerque (H 17) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.63 |
| Blaine Hardy | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Joba Chamberlain (H 25) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.45 |
| Joe Nathan (SV 30) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.85 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Max Scherzer 117-81, Al Alburquerque 3-2, Blaine Hardy 5-1, Joba Chamberlain 9-7, Joe Nathan 18-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Max Scherzer 5-4, Al Alburquerque 0-0, Blaine Hardy 0-0, Joba Chamberlain 3-0, Joe Nathan 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Max Scherzer 30, Al Alburquerque 1, Blaine Hardy 1, Joba Chamberlain 4, Joe Nathan 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Al Alburquerque 1-0, Joba Chamberlain 1-1 | ||||||||