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Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

2019-05-03 · Night game · Comerica Park · Att: 14020 · 51°F, cloudy · Wind 10 mph to RF · 2:33

Detroit Tigers defeated Kansas City Royals 4–3. Detroit Tigers opened the scoring in the 1st — Miguel Cabrera singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Billy Hamilton. Jeimer Candelario scores. Nicholas Castellanos to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Kelvin Gutierrez triples (1) on a line drive to center fielder JaCoby Jones. Hunter Dozier scores — 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	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	7
DET	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		4	8

W: Matt Boyd L: Jorge Lopez SV: Shane Greene

Umpires — HP: Adrian Johnson · 1B: Quinn Wolcott · 2B: Gary Cederstrom · 3B: Marvin Hudson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whit Merrifield	4	0	0	0	0	1
Adalberto Mondesi	4	0	0	0	0	2
Alex Gordon	3	1	1	0	0	0
Hunter Dozier	4	1	1	0	0	3
Jorge Soler	3	1	3	2	0	0
Kelvin Gutierrez	4	0	1	1	0	2
Chris Owings	3	0	0	0	0	2
Martin Maldonado	4	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Hamilton	2	0	0	0	1	2
Ryan O'Hearn	1	0	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jeimer Candelario	3	1	0	0	1	1
Nick Castellanos	3	2	1	0	1	0
Miguel Cabrera	4	0	3	1	0	0
Niko Goodrum	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ronny Rodriguez	4	1	2	2	0	0
Gordon Beckham	3	0	2	0	0	1
Grayson Greiner	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jordy Mercer	3	0	0	0	0	1
JaCoby Jones	3	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jorge Lopez	7.0	5	2	6
Wily Peralta	1.0	3	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Boyd	7.0	5	1	9
Joe Jimenez	1.0	0	0	2
Shane Greene	1.0	2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Whit Merrifield: 4/F4D
Adalberto Mondesi: 9/F9LS
Alex Gordon: S7/L78M-
Hunter Dozier: K

Bot 1

Jeimer Candelario: W
Nick Castellanos: S9/L4D.1-2
Miguel Cabrera: S8/L8LS+.2-H;1-2
Niko Goodrum: 5(1)/FO/G4.2-3
Ronny Rodriguez: 54(1)/FO/G56S.3-H
Gordon Beckham: S7/L7D+.1-3
Grayson Greiner: WP.3-H(NR);1-2
Grayson Greiner: 53/G56+

Top 2

Jorge Soler: S8/G4M+
Kelvin Gutierrez: K
Chris Owings: K
Martin Maldonado: 8/F8RM

Bot 2

Jordy Mercer: 43/G6
JaCoby Jones: 4/L6M-
Jeimer Candelario: 8/L8LD+

Top 3

Billy Hamilton: W
Whit Merrifield: 6/L6+
Adalberto Mondesi: POCS2(134)
Adalberto Mondesi: K

Bot 3

Nick Castellanos: W
Miguel Cabrera: S7/L78D+.1-2
Niko Goodrum: K
Ronny Rodriguez: D7/L7LD+.2-H;1-3
Gordon Beckham: K
Grayson Greiner: K

Top 4

Alex Gordon: HP
Hunter Dozier: S8/G4M+.1-3
Jorge Soler: 7/SF/F78M.3-H
Kelvin Gutierrez: T8/L78XD+.1-H
Chris Owings: K
Martin Maldonado: K23

Bot 4

Jordy Mercer: K
JaCoby Jones: 7/L8LD+
Jeimer Candelario: K

Top 5

Billy Hamilton: K
Whit Merrifield: 53/G56+
Adalberto Mondesi: 63/G6

Bot 5

Nick Castellanos: 9/F9M
Miguel Cabrera: 9/F9LS
Niko Goodrum: 5/L4-

Top 6

Alex Gordon: 9/F89M
Hunter Dozier: K
Jorge Soler: S7/L7M+
Kelvin Gutierrez: 64(1)/FO/G6+

Bot 6

Ronny Rodriguez: 7/F78M
Gordon Beckham: HP
Grayson Greiner: 6/F6-
Jordy Mercer: 43/G4

Top 7

Chris Owings: 4/F8LS
Martin Maldonado: 9/F9S
Billy Hamilton: K

Bot 7

JaCoby Jones: K
Jeimer Candelario: 7/F7LD
Nick Castellanos: 8/F8RD

Top 8

Whit Merrifield: K
Adalberto Mondesi: K
Alex Gordon: 43/G4S

Bot 8

Miguel Cabrera: S7/G56+
Niko Goodrum: K/BINT
Ronny Rodriguez: S7.1-2
Gordon Beckham: S9/F89S-.2-3;1-2
Grayson Greiner: 6(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 9

Hunter Dozier: K
Jorge Soler: HR/F78XD+
Kelvin Gutierrez: K
Ryan O'Hearn: D9/L34D+
Martin Maldonado: 4/F4MD

Notes & reviews

Royals challenged call that Rodriguez was safe at home; call was upheld - safe on wild pitch
Goodrum out for interferring with catcher after strikeout
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