KC 4, DET 5 | Apr 4, 2019 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, April 4, 2019•Comerica Park•39°F, Overcast

Royals

DET

Tigers

Final

WIN

Blaine Hardy

LOSS

Kyle Zimmer

SAVE

Shane Greene

The Tigers edged the Royals 5-4 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Niko Goodrum3 RBI

⚾Spencer Turnbull10 K in 6.0 IP

Key Moment

Top 8: Alex Gordon homers (2) on a line drive to right field.

Weather: 39°F, OvercastWind: 10 mph, L To RFirst pitch: 5:10 PM UTCT: 2:47Att: 42,641Venue: Comerica Park

Ump Audit

Doug Eddings

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88.4%D

17 missed calls

+2.6% KC

+0.26 runs KC

Win Probability

DET WinKC Win

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

Game 565510 • 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	.269/.321/.385	103.6	.565	.550
Adalberto MondesiSS	4	0	0	0	0	3	.346/.346/.769	75.4	.241	.233
Alex GordonLF	2	2	2	2	1	0	.294/.481/.647	98.8	.757	.722
Jorge SolerRF	4	0	2	1	0	2	.304/.360/.478	83.2	.840	.797
Ryan O'HearnDH	3	0	1	0	1	0	.333/.368/.556	85.3	.149	.142
Lucas Duda1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.125/.125/.125	93.6	.014	.013
Chris Owings3B	4	0	0	0	0	3	.091/.167/.182	89.9	.178	.161
Martín MaldonadoC	4	0	0	0	0	0	.261/.261/.304	101.1	.109	.118
Billy HamiltonCF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.182/.217/.182	82.9	.175	.159
Bench
Jakob JunisP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kyle ZimmerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	34	4	8	3	2	12	-	-	-	-

HR:Gordon (8th off Hardy, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Soler

3B:Merrifield

TB:14

RBI:Soler; Gordon 2

SF:Gordon

Team LOB:6

Detroit Tigers

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Josh Harrison2B	3	3	1	0	2	1	.148/.258/.148	89.7	.204

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jakob Junis	6.0	6	3	3	3	8	102-63	87.5	4.63
Kyle ZimmerL	0.0	0	2	2	3	0	18-6	90.7	18.00
Kevin McCarthy	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	10-5	90.8	6.00
Brad Boxberger	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	17-10	85.8	10.80
Totals	8.0	6	5	5	7	10	147-84	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:McCarthy 3-2

Pitches-strikes:Junis 102-63; Zimmer 18-6; McCarthy 10-5; Boxberger 17-10

Groundouts-flyouts:Junis 5-5; Zimmer 0-0; McCarthy 0-3; Boxberger 0-1

Detroit Tigers

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Spencer Turnbull	6.0	6	3	2	2	10	0	91-65	89.2	4.09

Top 1 • KC

1-0

Jorge Soler doubles (4) on a fly ball to right fielder Nicholas Castellanos. Alex Gordon scores. Fielding error by right fielder Nicholas Castellanos.

EV: 71.5 mph222 ftLA: 31°

Bot 1 • DET

1-1

Miguel Cabrera singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jorge Soler. Josh Harrison scores. Nicholas Castellanos to 3rd.

EV: 105.5 mph357 ftLA: 19°

1-2

Niko Goodrum grounds into a force out, second baseman Whit Merrifield to third baseman Chris Owings. Nicholas Castellanos scores. Miguel Cabrera out at 2nd. Niko Goodrum to 1st.

EV: 74.7 mph15 ftLA: -14°

Top 3 • KC

2-2

Jorge Soler singles on a line drive to center fielder Niko Goodrum. Whit Merrifield scores. Alex Gordon to 2nd.

EV: 83.2 mph264 ftLA: 18°

Top 5 • KC

3-2

Alex Gordon out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Dustin Peterson. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 96.0 mph350 ftLA: 35°

Bot 5 • DET

3-3

Niko Goodrum doubles (6) on a fly ball to right fielder Jorge Soler. Josh Harrison scores. Miguel Cabrera to 3rd.

EV: 60.8 mph178 ftLA: 28°

Bot 7 • DET

3-4

Niko Goodrum walks. Josh Harrison scores. Nicholas Castellanos to 3rd. Miguel Cabrera to 2nd.

3-5

Christin Stewart out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Alex Gordon. Nicholas Castellanos scores.

EV: 89.3 mph322 ftLA: 36°

Top 8 • KC

4-5

Alex Gordon homers (2) on a line drive to right field.

EV: 98.8 mph💣 352 ftLA: 26°

Bench
Spencer TurnbullP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Blaine HardyP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Shane GreeneP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-