Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 4, Detroit 2
When: 8:15 PM ET, Friday, May 4, 2018
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Jeff Nelson, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Jansen Visconti, 3B - Manny Gonzalez
Attendance: 24648
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Detroit
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Leonys Martin CF 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 .274
Jeimer Candelario 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .290
Nicholas Castellanos RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .302
Victor Martinez DH 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 .247
     Victor Reyes PR-DH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .118
JaCoby Jones LF 4 0 1 2 0 1 5 .262
John Hicks 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .250
James McCann C 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .269
Jose Iglesias SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .211
Dixon Machado 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .204
Totals 34 2 9 2 2 8 18  
Batting
2B - Jeimer Candelario (10), JaCoby Jones (5)
TB - Jeimer Candelario 3, Victor Martinez 3, JaCoby Jones 2, John Hicks, James McCann 2
RBI - JaCoby Jones 2 (8)
2-Out RBI - JaCoby Jones 2 (3)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Leonys Martin (14), JaCoby Jones (8), John Hicks 2 (7)
GIDP - JaCoby Jones (1)
Team LOB - 7
Baserunning
CS - James McCann (1, 2nd by McCarthy/Perez)
Fielding
E - John Hicks (2)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Francisco Liriano 7.0 3 1 1 2 5 0 2.97
Daniel Stumpf (L 1-1; H 4) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 0 3.00
Joe Jimenez (BS 1) 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 2.76
WP - Joe Jimenez
IBB - Alcides Escobar (by Jimenez)
Pitches-Strikes - Francisco Liriano 93-61, Daniel Stumpf 10-8, Joe Jimenez 13-6
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Francisco Liriano 9-2, Daniel Stumpf 0-1, Joe Jimenez 0-2
Batters Faced - Francisco Liriano 23, Daniel Stumpf 3, Joe Jimenez 4
Inherited Runners-Scored - Daniel Stumpf 1-0, Joe Jimenez 3-3
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Whit Merrifield 2B 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 .244
Jorge Soler RF 4 0 1 2 0 2 0 .309
Mike Moustakas DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .297
Salvador Perez C 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .292
Cheslor Cuthbert 3B 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .207
Jon Jay LF 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 .276
     Abraham Almonte CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224
Lucas Duda 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 .229
Alex Gordon CF-LF 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 .304
Alcides Escobar SS 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .232
Totals 26 4 6 3 3 5 9  
Batting
TB - Jorge Soler, Mike Moustakas, Jon Jay 2, Alex Gordon, Alcides Escobar
RBI - Whit Merrifield (11), Jorge Soler 2 (12)
2-Out RBI - Jorge Soler 2 (4)
SF - Whit Merrifield (2)
GIDP - Whit Merrifield (5), Salvador Perez (2), Lucas Duda (2)
Team LOB - 2
Baserunning
SB - Alcides Escobar (2, 2nd off Jimenez/McCann)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Ian Kennedy 6.0 6 0 0 1 7 0 2.92
Kevin McCarthy 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.02
Blaine Boyer (W 1-0) 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 0 13.50
Kelvin Herrera (SV 6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.71
IBB - Victor Martinez (by Boyer)
Pitches-Strikes - Ian Kennedy 103-69, Kevin McCarthy 9-5, Blaine Boyer 23-14, Kelvin Herrera 10-7
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Ian Kennedy 5-1, Kevin McCarthy 0-0, Blaine Boyer 1-0, Kelvin Herrera 0-0
Batters Faced - Ian Kennedy 24, Kevin McCarthy 3, Blaine Boyer 6, Kelvin Herrera 3