The Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 9-4 on Jun 21, 2023 at Comerica Park.
Final · Comerica Park
Top performers
- Freddy Fermin went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Brady Singer pitched 7.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 5 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Zack Short went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Tigers.
- Matthew Boyd pitched 6.0 innings for the Tigers, allowing 2 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
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 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samad Taylor | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dairon Blanco | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Matt Duffy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 27 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach McKinstry | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Javier Baez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Short | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Vierling | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kerry Carpenter | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Maton | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jake Marisnick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
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 | 6.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Will Vest | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Foley | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Jun 20, 2023: KC 1, DET 0 · Next Jun 22, 2023: KC 6, TB 5
- Tigers · 2023 season · Previous Jun 20, 2023: KC 1, DET 0 · Next Jun 23, 2023: MIN 4, DET 1