Game Played on Thursday, August 8, 2019 (N) at Comerica Park
KC A 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 8 9 2
DET A 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 - 10 8 0
BATTING
Kansas City Royals AB R H RBI BB SO PO AMerrifield 2b 5 1 2 0 0 3 3 1
Gordon lf 5 1 1 3 0 1 1 0
Dozier 3b 5 2 2 3 0 2 0 2
Soler dh 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0
Cuthbert 1b 4 1 2 2 0 0 5 0
Starling rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
N. Lopez ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 3
Dini c 3 1 1 0 1 1 9 0
Hamilton cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
J. Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
McCarthy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zimmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Newberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Staumont p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barlow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lovelady p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 36 8 9 8 3 11 25 7
FIELDING - E: Merrifield 2 (9).
BATTING - 2B: Merrifield (32,off Boyd); N. Lopez (14,off Hall).
HR: Dozier 2 (20,1st inning off Boyd 1 on 1 out,3rd inning off Boyd 0 on 0
out); Cuthbert (8,3rd inning off Boyd 1 on 0 out); Gordon (12,6th inning
off Cisnero 2 on 2 out).
Team LOB: 4.
BATTING - 3B: Reyes (2,off Newberry).
HR: H. Castro (3,2nd inning off J. Lopez 2 on 0 out); Cabrera (8,4th inning
off Zimmer 0 on 0 out); Demeritte (1,7th inning off Staumont 0 on 1 out);
Mercer (6,9th inning off Lovelady 1 on 1 out).
SH: Rogers (1,off Lovelady).
HBP: Jones (6,by J. Lopez).
Team LOB: 10.
Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Detroit Tigers
1. Merrifield 2b Jones cf
2. Gordon lf Goodrum 2b
3. Dozier 3b Cabrera dh
4. Soler dh Dixon 1b
5. Cuthbert 1b Lugo 3b
6. Starling rf H. Castro lf
7. N. Lopez ss Demeritte rf
8. Dini c Rogers c
9. Hamilton cf Mercer ss
J. Lopez p Boyd p
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield doubled to left; Gordon struck out
(catcher to first); Dozier homered to right [Merrifield scored];
Soler walked; Cuthbert singled to right [Soler to second]; On a
bunt Starling forced Soler (pitcher to third) [Cuthbert to
second]; N. Lopez grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 1ST: Jones was called out on strikes; Goodrum struck out;
Cabrera grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Tigers 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Dini flied to center; Hamilton flied to right;
Merrifield singled to center; Gordon flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 2ND: Dixon singled to left; J. Lopez threw a wild pitch
[Dixon to second]; Lugo reached on an error by Merrifield [Dixon
to third]; H. Castro homered to right-center [Dixon scored, Lugo
scored (unearned)]; Demeritte walked; Rogers walked [Demeritte
to second]; Mercer grounded out (third to first) [Demeritte to
third, Rogers to second]; Jones was hit by a pitch; Injury
Delay Jones left with an injured wrist; REYES RAN FOR JONES;
Goodrum walked [Demeritte scored, Rogers to third, Reyes to
second]; MCCARTHY REPLACED J. LOPEZ (PITCHING); Cabrera walked
[Rogers scored, Reyes to third, Goodrum to second]; Dixon struck
out; Lugo forced Cabrera (third to second); 5 R (4 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 3 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 5.
ROYALS 3RD: REYES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Dozier homered to
left; Soler walked; Cuthbert homered to left-center [Soler
scored]; Starling lined to left; N. Lopez grounded out (second
to first); Tigers challenged call that Lopez was safe at 1st;
call overturned - ground out; Dini walked; HALL REPLACED
BOYD (PITCHING); Hamilton popped to shortstop; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 5.
TIGERS 3RD: ZIMMER REPLACED MCCARTHY (PITCHING); H. Castro
walked; Demeritte walked [H. Castro to second]; Rogers walked
[H. Castro to third, Demeritte to second]; Mercer struck out;
Reyes forced Rogers (shortstop to second) [H. Castro scored,
Demeritte to third]; Goodrum lined to second; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 6.
ROYALS 4TH: Merrifield struck out; Gordon flied to center;
Dozier struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 6.
TIGERS 4TH: Cabrera homered to left; Dixon struck out; Lugo
singled to right; NEWBERRY REPLACED ZIMMER (PITCHING); H. Castro
lined to right; Demeritte was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 7.
ROYALS 5TH: Soler struck out; Cuthbert popped to third; Starling
popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 7.
TIGERS 5TH: Rogers struck out; Mercer flied to right; Reyes
tripled to center; Goodrum grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 7.
ROYALS 6TH: N. Lopez doubled to left; Dini singled to left [N.
Lopez to third]; Hamilton struck out; CISNERO REPLACED HALL
(PITCHING); Merrifield struck out; Gordon homered to
right-center [N. Lopez scored, Dini scored]; Dozier lined to
second; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Tigers 7.
TIGERS 6TH: STAUMONT REPLACED NEWBERRY (PITCHING); Cabrera
grounded out (shortstop to first); Dixon lined to center; Lugo
lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Tigers 7.
ROYALS 7TH: Soler flied to right; Cuthbert popped to first;
Starling was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 8, Tigers 7.
TIGERS 7TH: H. Castro flied to center; Demeritte homered to
right; Rogers struck out; Mercer reached on an error by
Merrifield; Reyes singled to right [Mercer to second]; Goodrum
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 8, Tigers 8.
ROYALS 8TH: FARMER REPLACED CISNERO (PITCHING); N. Lopez flied
to center; Dini struck out; Hamilton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Royals 8, Tigers 8.
TIGERS 8TH: BARLOW REPLACED STAUMONT (PITCHING); Cabrera flied
to center; Dixon walked; Lugo lined to shortstop; H. Castro
flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 8, Tigers 8.
ROYALS 9TH: J. JIMENEZ REPLACED FARMER (PITCHING); Merrifield
struck out; Gordon grounded out (shortstop to first); Dozier
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Tigers 8.
TIGERS 9TH: LOVELADY REPLACED BARLOW (PITCHING); Demeritte
walked; Rogers out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Demeritte to second]; Mercer homered to right [Demeritte
scored]; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Tigers 10.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 8 9 2 4
Tigers 10 8 0 10
