DET 4, KC 7 | Sep 27, 2017 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, September 28, 2017•Kauffman Stadium•66°F, Partly Cloudy

DET

Tigers

Royals

Final

WIN

Scott Alexander

LOSS

Drew VerHagen

SAVE

Mike Minor

The Royals defeated the Tigers 7-4.

★Jeimer Candelario3 RBI

★Alex Presley3-for-4, 0 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Paulo Orlando homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Alcides Escobar scores.

Weather: 66°F, Partly CloudyWind: 6 mph, L To RFirst pitch: 12:15 AM UTCT: 3:12Att: 21,319Venue: Kauffman Stadium

Ump Audit

D.J. Reyburn

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93.2%B

10 missed calls

+3.5% KC

+0.93 runs KC

Win Probability

KC WinDET Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	10	0
KC	0	0	2	0	0	0	2

Game 492463 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Detroit Tigers

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Ian Kinsler2B	4	1	0	0	1	2	.236/.313/.414	89.5	.084	.078
Alex PresleyLF	4	2	3	0	1	0	.325/.366/.412	90.2	.390	.354
Nick CastellanosRF	4	1	2	0	1	1	.272/.320/.489	100.8	.526	.625
Jeimer Candelario3B	5	0	2	3	0	1	.299/.379/.453	105.7	.488	.478
James McCannC	5	0	1	1	0	1	.252/.317/.419	94.9	.350	.342
Efren Navarro1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	.224/.333/.408	98.6	.104	.096
Dixon MachadoDH	4	0	1	0	0	1	.275/.311/.340	99	.287	.260
Andrew RomineCF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.230/.285/.339	101.7	.380	.360
Jose IglesiasSS	4	0	0	0	0	0	.256/.290/.372	105.2	.305	.278
Bench
Jordan ZimmermannP							.167/.167/.167	-	-	-
Daniel StumpfP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	37	4	10	4	4	8	-	-	-	-

2B:Castellanos; McCann

TB:12

RBI:Candelario 3; McCann

Team LOB:10

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	4	2	2	0	0	0	.288/.325/.460	103.8	.486

Pitching

Detroit Tigers

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jordan Zimmermann	6.0	4	2	2	1	3	0	84-58	88.7	6.08
Daniel StumpfH	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	0	9-7	89.9	4.00
Drew VerHagenLBS	0.1	2	2	2	0	1	1	12-8	87.6	5.85
Chad Bell	0.1	1	2	2	2	0	0	14-8	89.5	7.20
Shane Greene	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	6-3	88.4	2.74
Totals	8.0	9	7	7	4	4	1	125-84	-	-

WP:Bell

IBB:Bell; Greene

Inherited runners-scored:VerHagen 1-1; Bell 1-1; Greene 3-2

Pitches-strikes:Zimmermann 84-58; Stumpf 9-7; VerHagen 12-8; Bell 14-8; Greene 6-3

Groundouts-flyouts:Zimmermann 6-8; Stumpf 1-1; VerHagen 0-0; Bell 1-0; Greene 1-0

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jason Hammel	6.0	6	3	3	2	6	0	96-65	87.6	5.29

Game Notes

📺

T2Replay review: Royals challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned: Andrew Romine grounds out, shortstop Alcides Escobar to first baseman Brandon Moss.

💨

B8Wild pitch by Chad Bell

Scoring Plays

Top 1 • DET

1-0

Jeimer Candelario singles on a line drive to center fielder Paulo Orlando, deflected by shortstop Alcides Escobar. Ian Kinsler scores. Alex Presley to 2nd.

EV: 64.6 mph176 ftLA: 20°

Top 3 • DET

3-0

James McCann doubles (14) on a line drive to left fielder Alex Gordon. Nick Castellanos scores. Jeimer Candelario to 3rd.

EV: 70.2 mph176 ftLA: 20°

2-0

Jeimer Candelario singles on a line drive to left fielder Alex Gordon. Alex Presley scores. Nick Castellanos to 2nd.

EV: 87.8 mph259 ftLA: 17°

Bot 3 • KC

3-2

Melky Cabrera singles on a line drive to right fielder Nick Castellanos. Alex Gordon scores. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 89.8 mph267 ftLA: 14°

Bot 7 • KC

3-4

Paulo Orlando homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Alcides Escobar scores.

EV: 106.5 mph💣 412 ftLA: 28°

Bot 8 • KC

3-5

Mike Moustakas walks.

3-7

Alcides Escobar doubles (35) on a fly ball to right fielder Nick Castellanos. Eric Hosmer scores. Mike Moustakas scores. Brandon Moss to 3rd.

EV: 94.3 mph337 ftLA: 20°

Top 9 • DET

4-7

Jeimer Candelario grounds out, third baseman Mike Moustakas to first baseman Brandon Moss. Alex Presley scores.

EV: 55.9 mph4 ftLA: -33°

Inherited runners-scored:Alexander 2-0; Minor 2-1

Pitches-strikes:Hammel 96-65; Moylan 29-15; Alexander 15-10; Maurer 13-7; Minor 10-6

Groundouts-flyouts:Hammel 7-5; Moylan 1-0; Alexander 3-0; Maurer 1-0; Minor 1-1

Bench
Melky CabreraRF	4	0	2	2	0	0	.289/.328/.427	104.3	.705	.669
Jason HammelP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Peter MoylanP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Scott AlexanderP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Brandon MaurerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Mike MinorP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-