Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Detroit Tigers
1. Merrifield 2b Kinsler 2b
2. Bonifacio rf Avila c
3. Cain cf Upton lf
4. Hosmer 1b Cabrera 1b
5. Perez c J. Martinez rf
6. Moustakas 3b V. Martinez dh
7. Soler dh Castellanos 3b
8. Escobar ss Mahtook cf
9. Gordon lf Iglesias ss
Kennedy p Norris p
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield flied to center; Bonifacio walked; Cain
flied to left; Hosmer flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 1ST: Kinsler flied to right; Avila was called out on
strikes; Upton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0,
Tigers 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Perez struck out; Moustakas flied to left; Soler
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 2ND: Cabrera flied to center; J. Martinez grounded out
(shortstop to first); V. Martinez flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Escobar doubled to left; Gordon singled to center
[Escobar scored]; Merrifield grounded into a double play (second
to first) [Gordon out at second]; Bonifacio flied to right; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 3RD: Castellanos singled to left; Mahtook flied to
center; Iglesias was called out on strikes; Kinsler flied to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Tigers 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Cain grounded out (second to first); Hosmer singled
to second; Perez homered to left-center [Hosmer scored];
Moustakas homered to right-center; Soler was called out on
strikes; Escobar singled to first; Gordon doubled to right
[Escobar scored]; Merrifield singled to first [Gordon to third];
SAUPOLD REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); Merrifield stole second;
Bonifacio walked; Cain lined to left; 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Royals 5, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 4TH: Avila homered to left; Upton flied to right; Cabrera
popped to shortstop; J. Martinez grounded out (second to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Hosmer lined to left; Perez lined to left; Moustakas
flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 1.
TIGERS 5TH: V. Martinez struck out; Castellanos singled to
third; Mahtook forced Castellanos (shortstop unassisted);
Iglesias walked [Mahtook to second]; Kinsler grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 1.
ROYALS 6TH: Soler grounded out (third to first); Escobar popped
to second; Gordon grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 1.
TIGERS 6TH: Avila grounded out (second to first); Upton struck
out; Cabrera homered to right; J. Martinez flied to right; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 2.
ROYALS 7TH: Merrifield grounded out (pitcher to first);
Bonifacio grounded out (second to first); Cain singled to
pitcher; Hosmer walked [Cain to second]; Perez struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 2.
TIGERS 7TH: V. Martinez singled to right; Castellanos grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [V. Martinez out
at second]; Mahtook grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 2.
ROYALS 8TH: Moustakas doubled to left; Soler grounded out (third
to first); Escobar singled to third [Moustakas to third]; Gordon
grounded out (second to first) [Moustakas scored, Escobar to
second]; Merrifield grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Tigers 2.
TIGERS 8TH: SORIA REPLACED KENNEDY (PITCHING); Iglesias singled
to right; Kinsler flied to center; Avila forced Iglesias (second
to shortstop); Upton flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 6, Tigers 2.
ROYALS 9TH: A. WILSON REPLACED SAUPOLD (PITCHING); Bonifacio
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cain doubled to right; Hosmer
grounded out (first unassisted) [Cain to third]; Perez doubled
to left [Cain scored]; Moustakas was walked intentionally; Soler
singled to center [Perez scored, Moustakas out at third (center
to third)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 8, Tigers 2.
TIGERS 9TH: MCCARTHY REPLACED SORIA (PITCHING); Cabrera singled
to right; J. Martinez grounded into a double play (pitcher to
second to first) [Cabrera out at second]; V. Martinez grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Tigers
2.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 8 14 0 8
Tigers 2 7 0 4