The Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 8-3 on May 22, 2024 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Javier Baez went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Tigers.
- Tarik Skubal pitched 5.0 innings for the Tigers, allowing 4 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Nelson Velazquez went 1-for-2 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Cole Ragans pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 12 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Canha | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Riley Greene | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javier Baez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gio Urshela | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jake Rogers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Colt Keith | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Zach McKinstry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Vierling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Kerry Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
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 | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Andrew Chafin | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Will Vest | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dairon Blanco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Garrett Hampson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Adam Frazier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Ragans | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| Angel Zerpa | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| James McArthur | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
Before and after
- Tigers · 2024 season · Previous May 21, 2024: DET 3, KC 10 · Next May 23, 2024: TOR 9, DET 1
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous May 21, 2024: DET 3, KC 10 · Next May 24, 2024: KC 8, TB 1