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Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

2014-09-09 · Night game · Comerica Park · Att: 32603 · 75°F · Wind 11 mph R to L · 3:26

Detroit Tigers defeated Kansas City Royals 4–2. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 2nd. Max Scherzer earned the win and Joe Nathan picked up the save. Rajai Davis went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	10
DET	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0		4	8

W: Max Scherzer L: Jason Vargas SV: Joe Nathan

Umpires — HP: Eric Cooper · 1B: James Hoye · 2B: John Tumpane · 3B: Paul Emmel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nori Aoki	4	0	2	0	1	0
Omar Infante	5	0	3	1	0	1
Alex Gordon	3	0	0	0	2	2
Salvador Perez	5	0	0	0	0	1
Eric Hosmer	3	0	1	0	1	1
Josh Willingham	3	1	1	0	1	0
Mike Moustakas	4	0	2	0	0	1
Lorenzo Cain	4	0	0	1	0	2
Alcides Escobar	4	1	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ian Kinsler	4	0	0	0	0	0
Torii Hunter	4	1	2	0	0	0
Miguel Cabrera	3	0	1	0	1	0
Victor Martinez	3	0	0	0	1	0
J. D. Martinez	3	1	1	2	0	1
Nick Castellanos	4	0	1	0	0	3
Alex Avila	3	0	1	0	1	2
Andrew Romine	4	1	1	0	0	0
Rajai Davis	4	1	1	2	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jason Vargas	5.1	6	3	6
Aaron Crow	1.2	0	0	0
Kelvin Herrera	1.0	2	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Scherzer	6.2	7	4	6
Al Alburquerque	0.1	0	0	0
Blaine Hardy	0.0	0	1	0
Joba Chamberlain	1.0	1	0	0
Joe Nathan	1.0	2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Nori Aoki: W
Omar Infante: 8/L8LD+
Alex Gordon: CS2(26)
Alex Gordon: W
Salvador Perez: 63/G6

Bot 1

Ian Kinsler: 7/F78M
Torii Hunter: S7/G6+
Miguel Cabrera: D9/L3D-.1-3
Victor Martinez: IW
J. D. Martinez: 9/SF/F9D.3-H
Nick Castellanos: K

Top 2

Eric Hosmer: S7
Josh Willingham: S9/L9S-.1-2
Mike Moustakas: K
Lorenzo Cain: K
Alcides Escobar: 3/F3F-

Bot 2

Alex Avila: W
Andrew Romine: 16(1)/FO.B-1
Rajai Davis: HR/F7D+.1-H
Ian Kinsler: 53/G56
Torii Hunter: S8/G6+
Miguel Cabrera: W.1-2
Victor Martinez: 46(1)/FO/G4

Top 3

Nori Aoki: 53/G56S
Omar Infante: K
Alex Gordon: K

Bot 3

J. D. Martinez: K
Nick Castellanos: K
Alex Avila: S9/L3
Andrew Romine: 4/F34D-

Top 4

Salvador Perez: 7/F78D+
Eric Hosmer: 43/G4
Josh Willingham: W
Mike Moustakas: 9/L9LD+

Bot 4

Rajai Davis: K
Ian Kinsler: 7/F78M
Torii Hunter: E5/G56+
Miguel Cabrera: 43/G34-

Top 5

Lorenzo Cain: 63/G6
Alcides Escobar: S9/L4D
Nori Aoki: S9/L89S.1-2
Omar Infante: S9/L8RM.2-H;1-3
Alex Gordon: W.1-2
Salvador Perez: 5/L56+
Eric Hosmer: K

Bot 5

Victor Martinez: 5/L56
J. D. Martinez: HR/F78D+
Nick Castellanos: K
Alex Avila: K

Top 6

Josh Willingham: 7/F78M
Mike Moustakas: S8/G4M+
Lorenzo Cain: K
Alcides Escobar: 9/F89S

Bot 6

Andrew Romine: 63/G6
Rajai Davis: E4/G4
Ian Kinsler: 7/F8LM
Torii Hunter: PO1(13)/MREV

Top 7

Nori Aoki: 13/G34S-
Omar Infante: S7/L78M
Alex Gordon: 7/F78D+
Salvador Perez: SB2
Salvador Perez: 4/F4M-

Bot 7

Torii Hunter: 6/P
Miguel Cabrera: 9/L89M
Victor Martinez: 9/F89S

Top 8

Eric Hosmer: W
Josh Willingham: 4!6(1)/FO/G4.B-1
Mike Moustakas: DGR/L9LD+.1-3
Lorenzo Cain: 43/G4.3-H;2-3
Alcides Escobar: 53/G56S

Bot 8

J. D. Martinez: 13/G13+
Nick Castellanos: S8/G6M+
Alex Avila: K+SB2
Andrew Romine: S6/G6.2-3
Rajai Davis: 6(1)/FO/G4M-

Top 9

Nori Aoki: S6/G6
Omar Infante: S6/G56-.1-2
Alex Gordon: K
Salvador Perez: POCS3(14)
Salvador Perez: K

Notes & reviews

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