The Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1 on May 23, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Javier Baez went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Tigers.
- Eduardo Rodriguez pitched 5.0 innings for the Tigers, allowing 2 earned runs with 9 strikeouts.
- Maikel Garcia went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Jose Cuas pitched 1.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 2 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Cabrera | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Javier Baez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Zach McKinstry | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jake Rogers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Vierling | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Akil Baddoo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riley Greene | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Maton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eduardo Rodriguez | 5.0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Tyler Holton | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nate Eaton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Cuas | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Aroldis Chapman | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Staumont | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 4.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Before and after
- Tigers · 2023 season · Previous May 22, 2023: DET 8, KC 5 · Next May 24, 2023: DET 6, KC 4
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