DET 8, KC 4 | Jul 25, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Wednesday, July 25, 2018•Kauffman Stadium•87°F, Sunny

DET

Tigers

Royals

Final

WIN

Matthew Boyd

LOSS

Danny Duffy

The Tigers defeated the Royals 8-4.

★Victor Martinez3-for-5, 2 RBI

★Jose Iglesias3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 9: Whit Merrifield triples (1) on a line drive to right fielder Nick Castellanos. Adalberto Mondesi scores.

Weather: 87°F, SunnyWind: 7 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 6:15 PM UTCT: 2:50Att: 17,382Venue: Kauffman Stadium

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92.1%B

12 missed calls

+3.7% DET

+0.11 runs DET

Win Probability

KC WinDET Win

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

Game 530934 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Detroit Tigers

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jeimer Candelario3B	5	0	2	1	0	2	.231/.325/.429	95	.502	.474
Niko Goodrum2B	4	1	1	0	1	1	.243/.313/.438	97.7	.198	.189
Nick CastellanosRF	5	0	0	0	0	3	.298/.351/.505	93.3	.269	.253
John HicksC	3	2	2	0	2	1	.271/.327/.430	87.4	.667	.611
James AdduciDH	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219/.265/.344	-	-	-
Ronny Rodríguez1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.164/.208/.164	101.3	.120	.111
JaCoby JonesCF	4	1	1	0	0	2	.206/.261/.357	80.2	.271	.245
Jose IglesiasSS	3	2	1	3	1	0	.265/.306/.385	100.7	.285	.466
Victor ReyesLF	4	1	1	0	0	1	.226/.234/.283	95.2	.311	.313
Bench
Victor MartinezDH	5	1	3	2	0	0	.238/.288/.320	101.2	.456	.433
Matthew BoydP							.000/.000/.000	-
Totals	37	8	11	6	4	10	-	-	-	-

HR:Iglesias (4th off Duffy, 2 on, 1 out)

2B:Goodrum; Hicks

TB:16

RBI:Martinez 2; Iglesias 3; Candelario

Team LOB:7

Kansas City Royals

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit MerrifieldCF	5	2	2	1	0	2	.300/.369/.426	96.8	.361

Pitching

Detroit Tigers

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Matthew BoydW	6.0	7	2	2	7	95-63	86	4.53
Drew VerHagen	1.0	1	0	0	0	18-11	91.4	6.75
Alex Wilson	1.0	0	0	0	0	10-8	88.4	3.32
Shane Greene	1.0	3	2	2	1	19-15	87.1	4.19
Totals	9.0	11	4	4	8	142-97	-	-

WP:Boyd

Pitches-strikes:Boyd 95-63; VerHagen 18-11; Wilson 10-8; Greene 19-15

Groundouts-flyouts:Boyd 5-6; VerHagen 3-1; Wilson 1-2; Greene 0-2

Kansas City Royals

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Danny DuffyL	5.2	9	7	7	2	6	1	107-68	88	4.70

Scoring Plays

Top 2 • DET

1-0

Victor Martinez singles on a line drive to center fielder Whit Merrifield. John Hicks scores.

EV: 89.2 mph174 ftLA: 10°

Bot 2 • KC

1-1

Alex Gordon doubles (12) on a line drive to center fielder JaCoby Jones. Hunter Dozier scores.

EV: 102.7 mph319 ftLA: 18°

Top 4 • DET

5-1

Jose Iglesias homers (4) on a fly ball to left field. Victor Martinez scores. JaCoby Jones scores.

EV: 100.7 mph💣 371 ftLA: 26°

2-1

Ronny Rodriguez grounds out, shortstop Alcides Escobar to first baseman Hunter Dozier.

EV: 101.3 mph12 ftLA: -10°

Bot 5 • KC

5-2

Mike Moustakas doubles (20) on a line drive to left fielder Victor Reyes. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 90.4 mph193 ftLA: 12°

Top 6 • DET

7-2

Jeimer Candelario singles on a line drive to center fielder Whit Merrifield. Victor Reyes scores.

EV: 78.8 mph212 ftLA: 17°

Top 9 • DET

8-2

Victor Martinez singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Jorge Bonifacio. Niko Goodrum scores. John Hicks to 2nd.

EV: 94.2 mph69 ftLA: 3°

Bot 9 • KC

8-3

Whit Merrifield triples (1) on a line drive to right fielder Nick Castellanos. Adalberto Mondesi scores.

EV: 96.8 mph256 ftLA: 15°

8-4

Rosell Herrera singles on a ground ball to center fielder JaCoby Jones. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 85.7 mph8 ftLA: -16°

Bench
Danny DuffyP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Glenn SparkmanP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Jason AdamP	.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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Detroit Tigers

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