The Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1 on Apr 28, 2024 at Comerica Park.
Final · Comerica Park
Top performers
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 5.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Wenceel Perez went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Tigers.
- Tarik Skubal pitched 7.0 innings for the Tigers, allowing 1 earned run with 6 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dairon Blanco | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Frazier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Garrett Hampson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hunter Renfroe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 5.2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Nick Anderson | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Klein | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Canha | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach McKinstry | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jake Rogers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kerry Carpenter | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wenceel Perez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Colt Keith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Vierling | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riley Greene | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 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 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Shelby Miller | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Foley | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous Apr 27, 2024: KC 5, DET 6 · Next Apr 29, 2024: KC 5, TOR 6
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