KC 4, DET 12 | Apr 21, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, April 21, 2018•Comerica Park•49°F, Cloudy

Royals

DET

Tigers

Final

WIN

Mike Fiers

LOSS

Danny Duffy

SAVE

Warwick Saupold

The Tigers cruised past the Royals 12-4 in a dominant performance.

★Abraham Almonte3-for-4, 0 RBI

★Nick Castellanos3-for-5, 3 RBI

★Jose Iglesias3-for-5, 0 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Miguel Cabrera singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jon Jay. Dixon Machado scores. Leonys Martin scores.

Weather: 49°F, CloudyWind: 3 mph, L To RFirst pitch: 5:10 PM UTCT: 3:04Att: 19,302Venue: Comerica Park

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90.1%C

15 missed calls

+11.7% DET

No run favor

Win Probability

DET WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	11	1
DET	1	0	2	0	3	1	3

Game 529711 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jon JayLF	5	0	0	2	0	0	.233/.333/.288	95.8	.190	.210
Whit Merrifield2B	4	0	1	1	0	1	.270/.345/.392	100.1	.124	.408
Mike Moustakas3B	5	0	1	0	0	0	.325/.349/.600	109.8	.403	.439
Lucas Duda1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.227/.282/.364	106.8	.401	.638
Jorge SolerRF	3	0	1	0	1	0	.280/.383/.420	103.1	.404	.467
Cheslor CuthbertDH	4	1	1	0	0	0	.250/.333/.269	110.5	.227	.250
Abraham AlmonteCF	4	2	3	0	0	0	.233/.258/.333	101.3	.384	.386
Alcides EscobarSS	4	1	2	0	0	0	.197/.284/.333	104.7	.310	.305
Drew ButeraC	4	0	1	1	0	0	.167/.234/.214	96.2	.150	.138
Bench
Danny DuffyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tim HillP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	37	4	11	4	1	1	-	-	-	-

2B:Soler; Escobar

TB:13

RBI:Butera; Jay 2; Merrifield

SF:Merrifield

GIDP:Escobar

Team LOB:8

Detroit Tigers

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Leonys MartinCF	5	2	2	1	1	0	.286/.351/.457	105.4	.494

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Danny DuffyL	4.2	10	6	6	2	2	1	101-64	88.3	5.26
Tim Hill	0.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	12-4	91.7	1.35
Kevin McCarthy	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-3	87	8.10
Blaine Boyer	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	14-9	86	22.50
Justin Grimm	0.1	2	3	3	2	1	0	22-10	86.1	21.86
Burch Smith	1.2	2	2	2	2	1	0	32-18	88	3.52
Totals	8.0	16	12	12	8	4	2	186-108	-	-

WP:Grimm

Inherited runners-scored:Hill 2-2; McCarthy 3-0; Smith 2-1

Pitches-strikes:Duffy 101-64; Hill 12-4; McCarthy 5-3; Boyer 14-9; Grimm 22-10; Smith 32-18

Groundouts-flyouts:Duffy 6-7; Hill 0-0; McCarthy 0-1; Boyer 1-2; Grimm 0-0; Smith 2-1

Detroit Tigers

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Mike FiersW	5.1	10	4	2	1	0	0	81-56	81.3	3.71

Scoring Plays

Bot 1 • DET

0-1

Nick Castellanos singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jorge Soler. Leonys Martin scores.

EV: 65.7 mph91 ftLA: 9°

Top 2 • KC

1-1

Drew Butera singles on a ground ball to left fielder JaCoby Jones. Cheslor Cuthbert scores.

EV: 96.2 mph46 ft0

Bot 3 • DET

1-3

Nick Castellanos homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Miguel Cabrera scores.

EV: 104.5 mph💣 420 ftLA: 27°

Top 4 • KC

3-3

Whit Merrifield out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Leonys Martin. Alcides Escobar scores.

EV: 100.1 mph378 ftLA: 27°

2-3

Jon Jay grounds into a force out, first baseman Miguel Cabrera to shortstop Jose Iglesias. Abraham Almonte scores. Alcides Escobar to 3rd. Drew Butera out at 2nd. Jon Jay to 1st.

EV: 93.5 mph65 ftLA: 3°

Bot 5 • DET

3-4

Dixon Machado singles on a line drive to left fielder Jon Jay. Victor Martinez scores. Jose Iglesias to 3rd.

EV: 97.4 mph164 ftLA: 10°

3-5

Jeimer Candelario walks. Jose Iglesias scores. Dixon Machado to 3rd. Leonys Martin to 2nd.

3-6

Miguel Cabrera walks. Dixon Machado scores. Leonys Martin to 3rd. Jeimer Candelario to 2nd.

Top 6 • KC

4-6

Jon Jay grounds out, third baseman Jeimer Candelario to first baseman Miguel Cabrera. Abraham Almonte scores. Alcides Escobar to 3rd.

EV: 93.2 mph12 ftLA: -9°

Bot 6 • DET

4-7

JaCoby Jones homers (2) on a line drive to left center field.

EV: 105.8 mph💣 380 ftLA: 23°

Bot 7 • DET

4-9

Miguel Cabrera singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jon Jay. Dixon Machado scores. Leonys Martin scores.

EV: 92.9 mph24 ftLA: -4°

4-10

Victor Martinez out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Jon Jay. Miguel Cabrera scores.

EV: 88.5 mph278 ftLA: 42°

Bot 8 • DET

4-11

Leonys Martin grounds into a force out, first baseman Lucas Duda to shortstop Alcides Escobar. James McCann scores. Jose Iglesias to 3rd. Dixon Machado out at 2nd. Leonys Martin to 1st.

EV: 102.0 mph12 ftLA: -9°

4-12

Jeimer Candelario singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jorge Soler. Jose Iglesias scores. Leonys Martin to 2nd.

EV: 103.1 mph29 ftLA: -3°

Bench
Miguel Cabrera1B	4	2	2	3	2	0	.299/.392/.463	107.5	.193	.195
Mike FiersP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Daniel StumpfP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Warwick SaupoldP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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