The Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 8-0 on Sep 27, 2023 at Comerica Park.
Final · Comerica Park
Top performers
- Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 for the Royals.
- Angel Zerpa pitched 2.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 3 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Miguel Cabrera went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Tigers.
- Tarik Skubal pitched 4.0 innings for the Tigers, allowing 0 earned runs with 8 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dairon Blanco | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Loftin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Zerpa | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Jonathan Bowlan | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Steven Cruz | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 6.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Rogers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Vierling | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kerry Carpenter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Akil Baddoo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 20 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarik Skubal | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Miguel Diaz | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brenan Hanifee | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2023 season · Previous Sep 26, 2023: KC 3, DET 6 · Next Sep 28, 2023: KC 3, DET 7
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