KC 8, DET 11 | Sep 20, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, September 20, 2018•Comerica Park•75°F, Cloudy

Royals

DET

Tigers

Final

WIN

Zac Reininger

LOSS

Jorge López

The Tigers defeated the Royals 11-8.

★Whit Merrifield3-for-5, 0 RBI

★Jorge Bonifacio3 RBI

★Alcides Escobar3-for-4, 0 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Pete Kozma singles on a line drive to center fielder Brett Phillips. Victor Reyes scores. Dawel Lugo to 3rd. Pete Kozma to 2nd.

Weather: 75°F, CloudyWind: 6 mph, In From CFFirst pitch: 11:10 PM UTCT: 3:12Att: 20,282Venue: Comerica Park

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93.6%B

10 missed calls

+19.1% DET

+1.51 runs DET

Win Probability

DET WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	8	12	1
DET	4	5	0	0	0	0	2

Game 531693 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Whit MerrifieldDH	5	2	3	0	0	1	.303/.367/.436	100.5	.555	.537
Adalberto MondesiSS	5	1	2	1	0	1	.290/.316/.496	107.1	.491	.703
Hunter Dozier1B	5	2	1	2	0	2	.236/.285/.405	106	.428	.795
Salvador PerezC	4	0	0	0	0	0	.232/.270/.438	101.9	.125	.139
Jorge BonifacioRF	5	1	1	3	0	1	.234/.313/.376	103.7	.264	.446
Rosell Herrera2B	5	0	1	0	0	0	.228/.284/.305	106	.333	.590
Alcides Escobar3B	4	1	3	0	0	0	.224/.273/.310	97.6	.450	.429
Brian GoodwinLF	4	1	1	2	0	2	.243/.329/.382	102.8	.455	.824
Brett PhillipsCF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.189/.254/.320	95.9	.249	.236
Bench
Jorge LópezP							.500/.500/1.000	-	-	-
Glenn SparkmanP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	41	8	12	8	0	9	-	-	-	-

HR:Bonifacio (1st off Boyd, 4 on, 2 out); Goodwin (2nd off Boyd, 1 on, 0 out); Dozier (4th off Reininger, 1 on, 2 out); Mondesi (9th off Greene, 0 on, 0 out)

2B:Herrera; Merrifield; Escobar

TB:27

RBI:Mondesi; Goodwin 2; Dozier 2; Bonifacio 3

SB:Merrifield; Dozier

Team LOB:7

Detroit Tigers

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
JaCoby JonesCF	4	2	2	0	1	0	.213/.268/.380	105.4	.290

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Jorge LópezL	1.0	8	7	7	0	0	3	30-21	89	5.03
Glenn Sparkman	4.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	55-35	89.5	4.86
Ben Lively	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	18-8	91.7	6.49
Brandon Maurer	1.0	1	2	0	3	1	0	35-17	88.1	7.71
Wily Peralta	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	14-8	91.8	3.99
Totals	8.0	14	11	9	5	3	3	152-89	-	-

Pitches-strikes:López 30-21; Sparkman 55-35; Lively 18-8; Maurer 35-17; Peralta 14-8

Groundouts-flyouts:López 2-1; Sparkman 7-3; Lively 1-2; Maurer 2-1; Peralta 0-2

Detroit Tigers

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Matthew Boyd	1.1	6	5	2	0	1	2	54-38	87.2	4.16

Scoring Plays

Top 1 • KC

3-0

Jorge Bonifacio homers (4) on a fly ball to left center field. Whit Merrifield scores. Hunter Dozier scores.

EV: 92.3 mph💣 375 ftLA: 30°

Bot 1 • DET

3-2

Christin Stewart homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. JaCoby Jones scores.

EV: 93.3 mph💣 356 ftLA: 30°

3-3

Nick Castellanos homers (22) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 100.0 mph💣 359 ftLA: 27°

3-4

Grayson Greiner out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Brett Phillips. Jim Adduci scores. Ronny Rodriguez to 3rd.

EV: 99.0 mph354 ftLA: 20°

Top 2 • KC

5-4

Umpire reviewed (home run), call on the field was upheld: Brian Goodwin homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field. Alcides Escobar scores.

EV: 102.8 mph💣 401 ftLA: 29°

Bot 2 • DET

5-7

Christin Stewart homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. Pete Kozma scores. JaCoby Jones scores.

EV: 102.5 mph💣 403 ftLA: 36°

5-8

Victor Martinez doubles (21) on a line drive to right fielder Jorge Bonifacio. Nick Castellanos scores.

EV: 93.3 mph182 ftLA: 13°

5-9

Grayson Greiner singles on a ground ball to left fielder Brian Goodwin. Victor Martinez scores.

EV: 85.9 mph37 ft0

Top 4 • KC

7-9

Hunter Dozier homers (10) on a fly ball to center field. Whit Merrifield scores.

EV: 106.0 mph💣 439 ftLA: 25°

Bot 7 • DET

7-10

Pete Kozma singles on a line drive to center fielder Brett Phillips. Victor Reyes scores. Dawel Lugo to 3rd. Pete Kozma to 2nd.

EV: 94.5 mph199 ftLA: 9°

7-11

Christin Stewart walks. Dawel Lugo scores. Pete Kozma to 3rd. JaCoby Jones to 2nd.

Top 9 • KC

8-11

Adalberto Mondesi homers (11) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 107.1 mph💣 412 ftLA: 33°

HR:Stewart (1st off López, 1 on, 0 out); Castellanos (1st off López, 0 on, 0 out); Stewart (2nd off López, 2 on, 0 out)

2B:Martinez 2; Rodríguez; Kozma

3B:Castellanos

TB:29

RBI:Martinez; Stewart 6; Castellanos; Greiner 2; Kozma

SF:Greiner

GIDP:Lugo

Team LOB:8

WP:Greene

HBP:Perez (by Greene)

Inherited runners-scored:Reininger 2-0

Pitches-strikes:Boyd 54-38; Reininger 36-23; Farmer 16-13; Alcántara 8-6; Wilson 13-8; Jiménez 15-12; Greene 24-14

Groundouts-flyouts:Boyd 2-2; Reininger 2-3; Farmer 4-0; Alcántara 1-1; Wilson 1-2; Jiménez 0-0; Greene 0-2

Bench
Grayson GreinerC	1	0	1	2	2	0	.233/.330/.302	99	.250	.359
Matthew BoydP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Zac ReiningerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Buck FarmerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Victor AlcántaraP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Alex WilsonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Joe JiménezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Shane GreeneP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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