The Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 6-4 on May 24, 2023 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Zack Short went 1-for-1 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Tigers.
- Matthew Boyd pitched 4.2 innings for the Tigers, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
- MJ Melendez went 1-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Zack Greinke pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 5 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 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Zach McKinstry | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Vierling | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Riley Greene | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Akil Baddoo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Short | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Maton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Boyd | 4.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Will Vest | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jason Foley | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Duffy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Greinke | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Nick Wittgren | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
Before and after
- Tigers · 2023 season · Previous May 23, 2023: DET 1, KC 4 · Next May 25, 2023: CHW 2, DET 7
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