The Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 8-5 on May 22, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Matt Vierling went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Tigers.
- Michael Lorenzen pitched 5.2 innings for the Tigers, allowing 5 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Jackie Bradley Jr. went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Brady Singer pitched 3.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 5 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
Detroit Tigers box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javier Baez | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Riley Greene | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Matt Vierling | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Akil Baddoo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Zach McKinstry | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Zack Short | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Maton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Lorenzen | 5.2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Alex Lange | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jose Cisnero | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Will Vest | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
Kansas City Royals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicky Lopez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Singer | 3.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Cuas | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Amir Garrett | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Staumont | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Before and after
- Tigers · 2023 season · Previous May 21, 2023: DET 4, WSH 6 · Next May 23, 2023: DET 1, KC 4
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous May 21, 2023: KC 2, CHW 5 · Next May 23, 2023: DET 1, KC 4