DET 7, KC 6 | Sep 16, 2024 | The Best Box Score

Monday, September 16, 2024•Kauffman Stadium•86°F, Partly Cloudy

DET

Tigers

Royals

Final

WIN

Brenan Hanifee

LOSS

Sam Long

SAVE

Jason Foley

The Tigers edged the Royals 7-6 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Matt Vierling3-for-5, 1 RBI

★Bobby Witt Jr.5 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 3: Bobby Witt Jr. hits a grand slam (32) to left field. Adam Frazier scores. Yuli Gurriel scores. Kyle Isbel scores.

Weather: 86°F, Partly CloudyWind: 10 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 11:40 PM UTCT: 2:58Att: 18,920Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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89.9%C

17 missed calls

+31.8% DET

+0.62 runs KC

Win Probability

KC WinDET Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	7	14	0
KC	0	0	4	1	1	0	0

Game 746260 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Detroit Tigers

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Parker MeadowsCF	5	1	2	0	0	2	.238/.307/.441	81	.226	.233
Wenceel PérezDH	2	1	1	2	0	1	.240/.295/.383	93.6	.837	.778
Matt VierlingRF	5	1	3	1	0	1	.261/.308/.433	93.3	.447	.419
Riley GreeneLF	3	0	0	0	2	1	.263/.354/.490	89.9	.397	.409
Colt Keith2B	5	1	1	2	0	1	.263/.313/.385	101.1	.268	.398
Spencer Torkelson1B	5	0	2	0	0	2	.225/.288/.373	99.5	.559	.536
Zach McKinstrySS	5	1	2	0	0	0	.225/.285/.354	95.9	.407	.425
Jace Jung3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.217/.341/.261	-	-	-
Jake RogersC	3	1	1	0	1	0	.194/.252/.358	100.7	.263	.313
Bench
Kerry CarpenterDH	3	0	1	0	0	0	.285/.343/.577	96.8	.347	.337
Trey SweeneySS	1	0	0	1	0	1	.219/.266/.411
Totals	40	7	14	6	3	11	-	-	-	-

HR:Keith (5th off Lugo, 1 on, 2 out)

2B:McKinstry; Pérez

3B:McKinstry

TB:21

RBI:Sweeney; Vierling; Keith 2; Pérez 2

SB:McKinstry

SF:Sweeney

Team LOB:10

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Tommy PhamDH	5	0	1	0	0	3	.255/.317/.385	99.1	.591

Pitching

Detroit Tigers

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Reese Olson	2.1	4	4	4	1	3	1	50-29	89.6	3.50
Sean Guenther	1.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	16-12	85.4	1.29
Brenan HanifeeW	2.1	3	1	1	0	3	0	31-23	91.2	1.96
Will VestH	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	96.1	3.05
Beau BrieskeH	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	13-7	93.6	3.84
Jason FoleyS	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13-9	94.8	3.02
Totals	9.0	11	6	6	2	9	1	132-86	-	-

Inherited runners-scored:Guenther 1-0; Vest 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Olson 50-29; Guenther 16-12; Hanifee 31-23; Vest 9-6; Brieske 13-7; Foley 13-9

Groundouts-flyouts:Olson 1-3; Guenther 2-0; Hanifee 0-4; Vest 0-2; Brieske 1-0; Foley 1-1

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Seth Lugo	4.2	8	4	4	2	4	1	96-60	86.8	3.05

Bot 3 • KC

0-4

Bobby Witt Jr. hits a grand slam (32) to left field. Adam Frazier scores. Yuli Gurriel scores. Kyle Isbel scores.

EV: 106.3 mph💣 383 ftLA: 41°

Top 4 • DET

1-4

Trey Sweeney out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Zach McKinstry scores.

EV: 102.6 mph305 ftLA: 15°

Bot 4 • KC

1-5

Maikel Garcia singles on a ground ball to left fielder Riley Greene. MJ Melendez scores.

EV: 73.9 mph98 ftLA: 8°

Top 5 • DET

4-5

Colt Keith homers (13) on a fly ball to right center field. Matt Vierling scores.

EV: 101.1 mph💣 406 ftLA: 28°

2-5

Matt Vierling singles on a ground ball to shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. Parker Meadows scores. Matt Vierling to 2nd. Throwing error by shortstop Bobby Witt Jr.

EV: 87.4 mph11 ftLA: -11°

Bot 5 • KC

4-6

Bobby Witt Jr. singles on a soft ground ball to pitcher Brenan Hanifee. Kyle Isbel scores.

EV: 38.1 mph1 ftLA: -60°

Top 6 • DET

7-6

Matt Vierling singles on a line drive to right fielder Hunter Renfroe. Wenceel Pérez scores.

EV: 89.1 mph226 ftLA: 12°

6-6

Wenceel Pérez doubles (14) on a line drive to left fielder MJ Melendez. Andy Ibáñez scores. Jake Rogers scores.

EV: 93.6 mph167 ftLA: 11°

WP:Lugo; Long; Schreiber

Inherited runners-scored:Long 1-0; Schreiber 1-1; Zerpa 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Lugo 96-60; Long 22-14; Schreiber 15-11; McArthur 17-10; Zerpa 18-10; Hernández 12-11

Groundouts-flyouts:Lugo 3-7; Long 0-1; Schreiber 0-0; McArthur 2-0; Zerpa 2-0; Hernández 1-0

Bench
Michael Massey2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.259/.291/.452	91.2	.371	.354
Yuli Gurriel1B	3	1	2	0	0	1	.350/.400/.450	104.2	.678	.665
Seth LugoP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Sam LongP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
John SchreiberP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
James McArthurP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Angel ZerpaP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Carlos HernándezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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