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Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

2016-08-16 · Night game · Comerica Park · Att: 28663 · 77°F, cloudy · Wind 12 mph to CF · 2:43

Kansas City Royals defeated Detroit Tigers 6–1. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 3rd — Adalberto Mondesi homers (1) on a line drive to right field. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Eric Hosmer homers (16) on a fly ball to center field — worth 13% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Danny Duffy L: Justin Verlander SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dale Scott · 1B: Lance Barrett · 2B: Bob Davidson · 3B: Dan Iassogna · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Paulo Orlando	4	0	0	0	0	3
Cheslor Cuthbert	4	0	0	1	0	0
Lorenzo Cain	4	0	1	1	0	1
Eric Hosmer	4	1	1	1	0	0
Kendrys Morales	4	1	1	1	0	1
Salvador Perez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Gordon	4	2	1	1	0	0
Alcides Escobar	4	0	1	0	0	0
Adalberto Mondesi	2	2	1	1	1	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ian Kinsler	3	0	0	0	1	1
Casey McGehee	4	0	0	0	0	1
Victor Martinez	4	0	1	0	0	0
J. D. Martinez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Justin Upton	3	0	0	0	0	1
James McCann	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jarrod Saltalamacchia	2	1	1	1	1	0
Dixon Machado	3	0	0	0	0	1
Tyler Collins	3	0	0	0	0	2

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny Duffy	7.2	3	2	5
Joakim Soria	0.1	0	0	1
Peter Moylan	1.0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Justin Verlander	7.0	4	1	6
Bruce Rondon	0.2	1	0	1
Kyle Ryan	0.1	0	0	0
Mark Lowe	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Paulo Orlando: K
Cheslor Cuthbert: 53/G56+
Lorenzo Cain: 4/F4MD-

Bot 1

Ian Kinsler: 7/F7LM
Casey McGehee: 8/F89D+
Victor Martinez: 8/F8LXD+

Top 2

Eric Hosmer: 43/G4+
Kendrys Morales: K
Salvador Perez: 53/G56

Bot 2

J. D. Martinez: D7/L7LS
Justin Upton: K
James McCann: 8/F8RXD+
Jarrod Saltalamacchia: 9/F9M

Top 3

Alex Gordon: 4/F8RS
Alcides Escobar: 8/F8RXD+
Adalberto Mondesi: HR/F9LD+
Paulo Orlando: K

Bot 3

Dixon Machado: K
Tyler Collins: 4/F4D
Ian Kinsler: 8/F8RM

Top 4

Cheslor Cuthbert: 4/F4D-
Lorenzo Cain: 4/L89S-
Eric Hosmer: 63/G6+

Bot 4

Casey McGehee: 43/G4
Victor Martinez: 53/G56
J. D. Martinez: 9/F89D

Top 5

Kendrys Morales: 8/F8RXD+
Salvador Perez: K
Alex Gordon: HR/F9LD+
Alcides Escobar: 63/G6S-

Bot 5

Justin Upton: 9/F9LD
James McCann: 9/F9S
Jarrod Saltalamacchia: HR/F8LXD+
Dixon Machado: 7/L7D+

Top 6

Adalberto Mondesi: K
Paulo Orlando: 8/L8LXD+
Cheslor Cuthbert: 9/F89D

Bot 6

Tyler Collins: K
Ian Kinsler: W
Casey McGehee: PO1(13)/MREV
Casey McGehee: 9/F9M

Top 7

Lorenzo Cain: K
Eric Hosmer: HR/F8RXD+
Kendrys Morales: 6/F6-
Salvador Perez: 8/F8RM+

Bot 7

Victor Martinez: S7/L7M+
J. D. Martinez: 54(1)/FO/G5+
Justin Upton: WP.1-2
Justin Upton: 8/F89D+.2-3
James McCann: K

Top 8

Alex Gordon: 5E3/G56-.B-2
Alcides Escobar: S7.2-3;B-2(TH)
Adalberto Mondesi: W
Paulo Orlando: K
Cheslor Cuthbert: 45(2)/FO/F8RS.3-H(UR);1-2
Lorenzo Cain: D7/G5.2-H(UR);1-3
Eric Hosmer: 63/G6MD+

Bot 8

Jarrod Saltalamacchia: W
Dixon Machado: WP.1-2
Dixon Machado: 53/G5+
Tyler Collins: K
Ian Kinsler: K

Top 9

Kendrys Morales: HR/F9LD+
Salvador Perez: 9/F89D+
Alex Gordon: 4/L4D
Alcides Escobar: 3/F4S-

Bot 9

Casey McGehee: K
Victor Martinez: 31/G34
J. D. Martinez: 9/F89XD+

Notes & reviews

replay,6,mcgec001,DET,scotd901,DET05,,Y,M,KCA,A $when Ian Kinsler was called safe at 1B, Royals manager Ned Yost challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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