Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Detroit 4, Kansas City 2
When: 7:08 PM ET, Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Eric Cooper, 1B - James Hoye, 2B - John Tumpane, 3B - Paul Emmel
Attendance: 32603
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Detroit 12001000-480
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Norichika Aoki RF 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 .269
     Jarrod Dyson PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283
Omar Infante 2B 5 0 3 1 0 1 1 .257
     Terrance Gore PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Alex Gordon LF 3 0 0 0 2 2 3 .272
Salvador Perez C 5 0 0 0 0 1 6 .262
Eric Hosmer 1B 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 .267
Josh Willingham DH 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .221
Mike Moustakas 3B 4 0 2 0 0 1 3 .211
Lorenzo Cain CF 4 0 0 1 0 2 4 .292
Alcides Escobar SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 .275
Totals 35 2 10 2 5 8 25  
Batting
2B - Mike Moustakas (19)
TB - Norichika Aoki 2, Omar Infante 3, Eric Hosmer, Josh Willingham, Mike Moustakas 3, Alcides Escobar
RBI - Omar Infante (60), Lorenzo Cain (44)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Salvador Perez (48), Eric Hosmer 2 (36), Alcides Escobar 2 (67)
Team LOB - 11
Baserunning
CS - Norichika Aoki (7, 2nd by Scherzer/Avila), Jarrod Dyson (7, 3rd by Nathan/Avila)
SB - Omar Infante (9, 2nd off Alburquerque/Avila)
PO - Jarrod Dyson (2nd by Nathan)
Fielding
E - Mike Moustakas (13), Omar Infante (9)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Jason Vargas (L 11-8) 5.1 6 4 4 3 6 2 3.25
Aaron Crow 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.60
Kelvin Herrera 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1.32
IBB - Victor Martinez (by Vargas)
Pitches-Strikes - Jason Vargas 99-64, Aaron Crow 18-11, Kelvin Herrera 19-11
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jason Vargas 7-3, Aaron Crow 0-2, Kelvin Herrera 2-0
Batters Faced - Jason Vargas 27, Aaron Crow 4, Kelvin Herrera 5
Inherited Runners-Scored - Aaron Crow 1-0
Detroit
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Ian Kinsler 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .277
Torii Hunter RF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .284
Miguel Cabrera DH 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .313
Victor Martinez 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .335
J.D. Martinez LF 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 .305
     Don Kelly 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260
Nick Castellanos 3B 4 0 1 0 0 3 2 .264
     Ezequiel Carrera PR-CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259
Alex Avila C 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 .222
Andrew Romine SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .225
Rajai Davis CF-LF 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 .286
Totals 32 4 8 4 3 7 11  
Batting
2B - Miguel Cabrera (45)
HR - J.D. Martinez (20), Rajai Davis (8)
TB - Torii Hunter 2, Miguel Cabrera 2, J.D. Martinez 4, Nick Castellanos, Alex Avila, Andrew Romine, Rajai Davis 4
RBI - J.D. Martinez 2 (65), Rajai Davis 2 (48)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Victor Martinez (35), Nick Castellanos (57), Rajai Davis (49)
SF - J.D. Martinez (6)
Team LOB - 8
Baserunning
SB - Ezequiel Carrera (6, 2nd off Herrera/Perez)
PO - Rajai Davis (1st by Crow)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Max Scherzer (W 16-5) 6.2 7 1 1 4 6 0 3.19
Al Alburquerque (H 17) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.63
Blaine Hardy 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2.25
Joba Chamberlain (H 25) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.45
Joe Nathan (SV 30) 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4.85
Pitches-Strikes - Max Scherzer 117-81, Al Alburquerque 3-2, Blaine Hardy 5-1, Joba Chamberlain 9-7, Joe Nathan 18-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Max Scherzer 5-4, Al Alburquerque 0-0, Blaine Hardy 0-0, Joba Chamberlain 3-0, Joe Nathan 0-0
Batters Faced - Max Scherzer 30, Al Alburquerque 1, Blaine Hardy 1, Joba Chamberlain 4, Joe Nathan 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Al Alburquerque 1-0, Joba Chamberlain 1-1