The Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Aug 4, 2024 at Comerica Park.
Final · Comerica Park
Top performers
- MJ Melendez went 1-for-1 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Gio Urshela went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Tigers.
- Brant Hurter pitched 3.0 innings for the Tigers, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 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. | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Renfroe | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Garrett Hampson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dairon Blanco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Frazier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Melendez | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hunter Harvey | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wenceel Perez | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colt Keith | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach McKinstry | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Javier Baez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gio Urshela | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Vierling | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dillon Dingler | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 26 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brant Hurter | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Brenan Hanifee | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Will Vest | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shelby Miller | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jason Foley | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous Aug 3, 2024: KC 5, DET 6 · Next Aug 5, 2024: BOS 9, KC 5
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