KC 7, DET 6 | Sep 4, 2017 | The Best Box Score

Monday, September 4, 2017•Comerica Park•74°F, Cloudy

Royals

DET

Tigers

Final

WIN

Jakob Junis

LOSS

Artie Lewicki

SAVE

Scott Alexander

The Royals edged the Tigers 7-6 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Lorenzo Cain3-for-5, 0 RBI

★Mike Moustakas3-for-5, 0 RBI

★Eric Hosmer3 RBI

Key Moment

Top 7: Salvador Perez homers (22) on a fly ball to left center field.

Weather: 74°F, CloudyWind: 13 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 5:10 PM UTCT: 3:13Att: 24,804Venue: Comerica Park

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92.1%B

12 missed calls

+11.3% KC

+0.52 runs KC

Win Probability

DET WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	16	2
DET	0	0	0	0	3	0	0

Game 492152 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	5	2	2	0	0	1	.281/.315/.457	101.2	.462	.468
Lorenzo CainCF	5	1	3	0	0	0	.296/.357/.438	107.6	.247	.233
Melky CabreraRF	5	1	1	2	0	1	.297/.335/.448	96.7	.156	.175
Eric Hosmer1B	4	1	2	3	1	1	.318/.385/.504	104.2	.500	.643
Salvador PerezC	5	1	1	1	0	0	.265/.295/.484	103.5	.165	.275
Mike Moustakas3B	5	0	3	0	0	0	.277/.315/.545	101	.550	.532
Brandon MossDH	5	0	1	0	0	1	.201/.284/.421	103	.429	.633
Alcides EscobarSS	4	1	2	1	0	0	.238/.261/.324	99.4	.389	.533
Alex GordonLF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.198/.281/.283	106.9	.495	.801
Bench
Jakob JunisP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Peter MoylanP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	42	7	16	7	1	5	-	-	-	-

HR:Hosmer (3rd off Lewicki, 1 on, 0 out); Perez (7th off Stumpf, 0 on, 2 out); Escobar (8th off VerHagen, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Moustakas; Cabrera

TB:27

RBI:Perez; Escobar; Cabrera 2; Hosmer 3

SB:Merrifield

GIDP:Moss

Team LOB:9

Detroit Tigers

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Ian Kinsler2B	4	0	0	0	1	0	.235/.315/.384	102.1	.332

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jakob JunisW	5.0	7	3	3	0	3	0	77-48	86.1	4.48
Peter MoylanH	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	26-14	85.5	3.93
Kevin McCarthyH	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	22-13	91.2	2.78
Ryan Buchter	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13-9	92	3.17
Brandon Maurer	0.2	5	3	3	0	1	1	35-23	92.6	6.14
Scott AlexanderS	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	93.4	2.18
Totals	9.0	12	6	6	4	6	1	177-110	-	-

WP:McCarthy

Inherited runners-scored:Alexander 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Junis 77-48; Moylan 26-14; McCarthy 22-13; Buchter 13-9; Maurer 35-23; Alexander 4-3

Groundouts-flyouts:Junis 3-9; Moylan 1-1; McCarthy 1-1; Buchter 1-2; Maurer 0-1; Alexander 1-0

Detroit Tigers

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Artie LewickiL	5.0	11	5	5	1	1	1	85-62	88.3	9.00

Scoring Plays

Top 1 • KC

1-0

Eric Hosmer singles on a line drive to left fielder Andrew Romine. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 93.8 mph266 ftLA: 16°

Top 3 • KC

5-0

Eric Hosmer homers (23) on a fly ball to center field. Melky Cabrera scores.

EV: 102.8 mph💣 416 ftLA: 22°

3-0

Melky Cabrera doubles (25) on a line drive to center fielder Mikie Mahtook. Whit Merrifield scores. Lorenzo Cain scores.

EV: 96.7 mph335 ftLA: 18°

Bot 5 • DET

5-1

Jose Iglesias doubles (29) on a line drive to center fielder Lorenzo Cain. Andrew Romine scores.

EV: 98.8 mph394 ftLA: 20°

5-2

Alex Presley triples (2) on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Melky Cabrera. Jose Iglesias scores.

EV: 94.7 mph106 ftLA: 6°

5-3

Nick Castellanos out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Lorenzo Cain. Alex Presley scores.

EV: 93.5 mph330 ftLA: 31°

Top 7 • KC

6-3

Salvador Perez homers (22) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 103.5 mph💣 393 ftLA: 37°

Top 8 • KC

7-3

Alcides Escobar homers (4) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 99.1 mph💣 385 ftLA: 29°

Bot 9 • DET

7-6

Nick Castellanos homers (20) on a fly ball to center field. Jose Iglesias scores. Alex Presley scores.

EV: 102.5 mph💣 386 ftLA: 26°

Bench
James McCannC	4	0	1	0	1	1	.263/.333/.445	97.4	.340	.340
Artie LewickiP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Warwick SaupoldP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Daniel StumpfP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Drew VerHagenP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Blaine HardyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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