Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

2-4, 0-1 Away

Final

5-3, 1-0 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
W. Merrifield2B	2-5	2	0	0	.269
A. MondesiSS	0-4	0	0	0	.346
A. GordonLF	2-2	2	1	2	.294
J. SolerRF	2-4	0	0	1	.304
R. O'HearnDH	1-3	0	0	0	.333
L. Duda1B	0-4	0	0	0	.125
C. Owings3B	0-4	0	0	0	.091
M. MaldonadoC	0-4	0	0	0	.261
B. HamiltonCF	1-4	0	0	0	.182

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Junis	6.0	6	3	3	8	102-63	4.63
K. Zimmer	0.0	0	2	3	0	18-6	18.00
K. McCarthy	1.0	0	0	1	0	10-5	6.00
B. Boxberger	1.0	0	0	0	2	17-10	10.80

According to ESPN Analytics

DET

Hits

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Comerica Park

6:10 PM, 4 April 2019

Detroit, Michigan

Attendance: 42,641

Game Time:2:47

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Doug Eddings
First Base Umpire - Chris Conroy
Second Base Umpire - Bill Miller
Third Base Umpire - Jansen Visconti

Turnbull solid, and Tigers beat Royals 5-4 in home opener

Spencer Turnbull struck out 10 in six innings, and the Detroit Tigers drew four straight walks to start the bottom of the seventh, taking the lead for good in their 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday.

Apr 4, 2019, 10:35 pm - Associated Press


KC
DET

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

Scoring Summary

		KC	DET
1st	Soler doubled to right, Gordon scored on error by right fielder Castellanos.	1	0
1st	Cabrera singled to deep right, Harrison scored, Castellanos to third.	1	1
1st	Goodrum grounded into fielder's choice to first, Castellanos scored, Cabrera out at second in rundown.	1	2
3rd	Soler singled to center, Merrifield scored, Gordon to second.	2	2
5th	Gordon hit sacrifice fly to left, Merrifield scored.	3	2
5th	Goodrum doubled to right, Harrison scored, Cabrera to third.	3	3
7th	Goodrum walked, Harrison scored, Cabrera to second, Castellanos to third.	3	4
7th	Stewart hit sacrifice fly to left, Castellanos scored.	3	5
8th	Gordon homered to right (352 feet).	4	5

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Royals
4
Tigers
5

Game 1

4/4

Royals
4
Tigers
7

Game 2

6/4

Royals
1
Tigers
3

Game 3

7/4

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

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Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

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Turnbull solid, and Tigers beat Royals 5-4 in home opener

B. Hardy1-0

K. Zimmer0-1

S. Greene5

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