KC 8, DET 10 | Aug 8, 2019 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, August 8, 2019•Comerica Park•81°F, Partly Cloudy

Royals

DET

Tigers

Final

WIN

Joe Jiménez

LOSS

Richard Lovelady

The Tigers defeated the Royals 10-8.

★Hunter Dozier2 HR, 3 RBI

★Alex Gordon3 RBI

★Harold Castro3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Travis Demeritte homers (1) on a fly ball to right field.

Weather: 81°F, Partly CloudyWind: 13 mph, Out To LFFirst pitch: 11:10 PM UTCT: 3:37Att: 17,197Venue: Comerica Park

Ump Audit

Hunter Wendelstedt

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95.4%A

9 missed calls

+10.9% KC

+0.16 runs DET

Win Probability

DET WinKC Win

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

Game 565564 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	5	1	2	0	0	3	.303/.357/.479	92.5	.515	.486
Alex GordonLF	5	1	1	3	0	1	.270/.343/.427	106	.473	.783
Hunter Dozier3B	5	2	2	3	0	2	.284/.368/.542	108.5	.613	.963
Jorge SolerDH	2	1	0	0	2	1	.252/.337/.525	87	.013	.021
Cheslor Cuthbert1B	4	1	2	2	0	0	.293/.332/.449	105.5	.285	.533
Bubba StarlingRF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.222/.250/.321	89.6	.216	.204
Nicky LopezSS	4	1	1	0	0	0	.225/.265/.293	99.9	.411	.512
Nick DiniC	3	1	1	0	1	1	.250/.400/.250	101.9	.357	.336
Billy HamiltonCF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.210/.275/.266	80	.027	.024
Bench
Jorge LópezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Kevin McCarthyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	36	8	9	8	3	11	-	-	-	-

HR:Dozier (1st off Boyd, 1 on, 1 out); Dozier (3rd off Boyd, 0 on, 0 out); Cuthbert (3rd off Boyd, 1 on, 0 out); Gordon (6th off Cisnero, 2 on, 2 out)

2B:Lopez; Merrifield

TB:23

RBI:Dozier 3; Cuthbert 2; Gordon 3

Team LOB:4

Detroit Tigers

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Victor ReyesCF	3	0	2	1	0	0	.244/.301/.337	106.3	.311

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jorge López	1.1	2	5	4	3	2	1	44-21	92	6.51
Kevin McCarthy	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	16-9	87.4	4.42
Kyle Zimmer	1.1	2	2	2	3	2	1	44-21	94.6	8.59
Jake Newberry	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	23-15	90.2	3.28
Josh StaumontBS	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	33-24	93.7	3.68
Scott Barlow	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20-11	89.7	5.48
Richard LoveladyL	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	1	12-6	92.6	6.63
Totals	8.1	8	10	9	9	9	4	192-107	-	-

WP:López

HBP:Jones (by López)

Inherited runners-scored:McCarthy 3-1; Newberry 1-0

Pitches-strikes:López 44-21; McCarthy 16-9; Zimmer 44-21; Newberry 23-15; Staumont 33-24; Barlow 20-11; Lovelady 12-6

Groundouts-flyouts:López 3-0; McCarthy 1-0; Zimmer 1-1; Newberry 1-2; Staumont 2-3; Barlow 0-3; Lovelady 1-0

Detroit Tigers

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Matthew Boyd	2.2	6	5	5	3	1	3	61-37	85.3	4.16

Game Notes

📺

T3Replay review: Tigers challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned: Nicky Lopez grounds out softly, second baseman Niko Goodrum to first baseman Brandon Dixon.

💨

B2Wild pitch by Jorge López

Top 1 • KC

2-0

Hunter Dozier homers (19) on a fly ball to right field. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 96.9 mph💣 369 ftLA: 28°

Bot 2 • DET

2-3

Harold Castro homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. Brandon Dixon scores. Dawel Lugo scores.

EV: 94.6 mph💣 385 ftLA: 32°

2-4

Niko Goodrum walks. Travis Demeritte scores. Jake Rogers to 3rd. Victor Reyes to 2nd.

2-5

Miguel Cabrera walks. Jake Rogers scores. Victor Reyes to 3rd. Niko Goodrum to 2nd.

Top 3 • KC

5-5

Cheslor Cuthbert homers (8) on a fly ball to left center field. Jorge Soler scores.

EV: 105.5 mph💣 446 ftLA: 23°

3-5

Hunter Dozier homers (20) on a fly ball to left field.

EV: 108.5 mph💣 420 ftLA: 35°

Bot 3 • DET

5-6

Victor Reyes grounds into a force out, shortstop Nicky Lopez to second baseman Whit Merrifield. Harold Castro scores. Travis Demeritte to 3rd. Jake Rogers out at 2nd. Victor Reyes to 1st.

Bot 4 • DET

5-7

Miguel Cabrera homers (8) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 99.0 mph💣 374 ftLA: 43°

Top 6 • KC

8-7

Alex Gordon homers (12) on a fly ball to center field. Nicky Lopez scores. Nick Dini scores.

EV: 106.0 mph💣 454 ftLA: 26°

Bot 7 • DET

8-8

Travis Demeritte homers (1) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 100.5 mph💣 339 ftLA: 28°

Bot 9 • DET

8-10

Jordy Mercer homers (6) on a fly ball to right center field. Travis Demeritte scores.

EV: 94.4 mph💣 365 ftLA: 29°

HR:Castro (2nd off López, 2 on, 0 out); Cabrera (4th off Zimmer, 0 on, 0 out); Demeritte (7th off Staumont, 0 on, 1 out); Mercer (9th off Lovelady, 1 on, 1 out)

3B:Reyes

TB:22

RBI:Goodrum; Reyes; Castro 3; Mercer 2; Demeritte; Cabrera 2

Team LOB:10

Inherited runners-scored:Hall 1-0; Cisnero 2-2

Pitches-strikes:Boyd 61-37; Hall 47-30; Cisnero 26-15; Farmer 16-10; Jiménez 14-10

Groundouts-flyouts:Boyd 3-4; Hall 0-4; Cisnero 0-3; Farmer 0-1; Jiménez 1-0

Bench
JaCoby JonesCF	1	0	0	0	0	1	.235/.310/.430	-	-	-
Matthew BoydP							.500/.500/.500	-	-	-
Matt HallP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
José CisneroP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Buck FarmerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Joe JiménezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-