Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

4-15, 3-8 Away

Final

9-10, 6-6 Home


KC
DET

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	11	1
1	0	2	0	3	1	3	2	-	12	16	1

RoyalsTop 1st
- M. Fiers pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- Pitch Type MPH
  1
  Ball
  Changeup 81
  2
  Ground Out
  Four-seam FB 84
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 1st
- D. Duffy pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 2nd
- M. Fiers pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- 1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 2nd
- D. Duffy pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 3rd
- M. Fiers pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 3rd
- D. Duffy pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- Jones safe at first on error by first baseman Duda.
  1
  3
- 2 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error
RoyalsTop 4th
- M. Fiers pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- Butera reaches on error by catcher McCann, Almonte to third, Escobar to second.
  1
  3
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error
TigersBottom 4th
- D. Duffy pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 5th
- M. Fiers pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 5th
- D. Duffy pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- T. Hill pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- K. McCarthy pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 6th
- M. Fiers pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- D. Stumpf pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 6th
- B. Boyer pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 7th
- D. Stumpf pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- W. Saupold pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 7th
- J. Grimm pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- Machado to third, Martín to second on wild pitch by Grimm.
  4
  7
- B. Smith pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 8th
- W. Saupold pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 8th
- B. Smith pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 9th
- W. Saupold pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- Goodrum at first base.
  4
  12
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Pitch	Type	MPH
1 Ball	Changeup	81
2 Ground Out	Four-seam FB	84

Royals
3
Tigers
2

Game 1

21/4

Royals
4
Tigers
12

Game 2

21/4

Royals
8
Tigers
5

Game 3

22/4

Comerica Park

6:10 PM, 21 April 2018

Detroit, Michigan

Attendance: 19,302

Game Time:3:04

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Ramon DeJesus
First Base Umpire - Kerwin Danley
Second Base Umpire - Scott Barry
Third Base Umpire - Carlos Torres

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

M. Fiers2-1

D. Duffy0-3

W. Saupold1

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