DET 6, KC 4 | Sep 5, 2019 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, September 5, 2019•Kauffman Stadium•85°F, Sunny

DET

Tigers

Royals

Final

WIN

Matthew Boyd

LOSS

Glenn Sparkman

SAVE

Joe Jiménez

The Tigers defeated the Royals 6-4.

★Harold Castro3-for-5, 1 RBI

★Whit Merrifield4-for-5, 2 RBI

★Hunter Dozier3-for-3, 0 RBI

Key Moment

Top 4: Dawel Lugo homers (4) on a fly ball to left center field.

Weather: 85°F, SunnyWind: 8 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 5:15 PM UTCT: 2:59Att: 14,736Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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89.8%C

15 missed calls

+22.0% DET

+0.31 runs DET

Win Probability

KC WinDET Win

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

Game 565774 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Detroit Tigers

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Victor ReyesRF	5	0	2	0	0	1	.316/.348/.432	93.5	.424	.405
Harold CastroCF	5	0	3	1	0	0	.285/.298/.380	94.8	.340	.308
Christin StewartDH	5	0	0	0	0	3	.236/.317/.385	98	.027	.038
Ronny Rodríguez2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.224/.247/.461	84.5	.075	.077
Jeimer Candelario1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	.200/.290/.330	92.6	.044	.044
Brandon DixonLF	3	1	1	1	1	1	.250/.291/.451	102.6	.497	.892
Dawel Lugo3B	4	2	2	1	0	0	.241/.267/.377	109.7	.496	.782
Grayson GreinerC	4	1	0	0	0	1	.172/.236/.282	99.1	.093	.096
Willi CastroSS	2	0	1	2	0	1	.200/.229/.244	58.8	.487	.438
Bench
Jordy MercerSS	2	2	2	1	0	0	.272/.308/.446	105	.787	.979
Matthew BoydP							.500/.500/.500	-
Totals	37	6	11	6	2	9	-	-	-	-

HR:Dixon (4th off Sparkman, 0 on, 1 out); Lugo (4th off Sparkman, 0 on, 1 out); Mercer (4th off Sparkman, 0 on, 2 out)

2B:Reyes; Mercer

TB:22

RBI:Castro; Mercer; Castro 2; Lugo; Dixon

CS:Castro

Team LOB:6

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit Merrifield2B	5	1	4	2	0	1	.306/.354/.476	102.4	.652

Pitching

Detroit Tigers

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Matthew BoydW	6.1	10	3	3	0	6	94-61	86.2	4.57
José CisneroH	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	8-6	94.2	3.86
Bryan GarciaH	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	14-9	91.4	4.50
Joe JiménezS	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	19-11	91.1	4.88
Totals	9.0	12	4	4	2	9	135-87	-	-

HBP:Soler (by Boyd)

Inherited runners-scored:Cisnero 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Boyd 94-61; Cisnero 8-6; Garcia 14-9; Jiménez 19-11

Groundouts-flyouts:Boyd 3-7; Cisnero 0-0; Garcia 3-0; Jiménez 1-1

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Glenn SparkmanL	4.0	7	4	4	0	2	3	63-43	87.6	5.97

Bot 2 • KC

0-2

Whit Merrifield singles on a line drive to right fielder Victor Reyes. Cheslor Cuthbert scores. Nick Dini scores.

EV: 90.7 mph246 ftLA: 16°

0-3

Adalberto Mondesi doubles (18) on a line drive to left fielder Brandon Dixon. Whit Merrifield scores. Adalberto Mondesi to 3rd.

EV: 97.9 mph265 ftLA: 16°

Top 3 • DET

1-3

Harold Castro singles on a ground ball to right fielder Hunter Dozier. Jordy Mercer scores.

EV: 85.0 mph123 ftLA: 10°

Top 4 • DET

4-3

Jordy Mercer homers (8) on a line drive to left center field.

EV: 103.0 mph💣 395 ftLA: 22°

3-3

Dawel Lugo homers (4) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 109.7 mph💣 442 ftLA: 20°

2-3

Brandon Dixon homers (15) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 102.6 mph💣 403 ftLA: 28°

Top 6 • DET

6-3

Willi Castro singles on a soft line drive to left fielder Bubba Starling. Dawel Lugo scores. Grayson Greiner scores.

EV: 58.8 mph173 ftLA: 33°

Bot 8 • KC

6-4

Cheslor Cuthbert grounds into a force out, third baseman Dawel Lugo to second baseman Ronny Rodriguez. Hunter Dozier scores. Ryan McBroom out at 2nd. Cheslor Cuthbert to 1st.

EV: 77.8 mph81 ftLA: 6°

WP:Speier

Inherited runners-scored:Hill 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Sparkman 63-43; Fillmyer 13-8; Staumont 24-13; Hill 4-3; Speier 21-11; Hahn 12-9; Barnes 11-8

Groundouts-flyouts:Sparkman 4-6; Fillmyer 0-2; Staumont 1-0; Hill 1-0; Speier 0-1; Hahn 0-1; Barnes 1-0

Bench
Nick DiniC	3	1	2	0	0	0	.200/.294/.367	103.1	.522	.552
Glenn SparkmanP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Heath FillmyerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Josh StaumontP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tim HillP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Gabe SpeierP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jesse HahnP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jacob BarnesP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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