The Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 8-3 on May 20, 2024 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Kerry Carpenter went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Tigers.
- Beau Brieske pitched 2.1 innings for the Tigers, allowing 0 earned runs with 0 strikeouts.
- Michael Massey went 3-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 7.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Rogers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wenceel Perez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colt Keith | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Canha | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gio Urshela | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kerry Carpenter | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Riley Greene | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Team | 31 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beau Brieske | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Vest | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 5.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hunter Renfroe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
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 | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Tyler Duffey | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Before and after
- Tigers · 2024 season · Previous May 19, 2024: DET 4, ARI 6 · Next May 21, 2024: DET 3, KC 10
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous May 19, 2024: ATH 4, KC 8 · Next May 21, 2024: DET 3, KC 10