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Tigers
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
May 21, 2021
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 21, 2021 at Kauffman Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 21, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 21, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jose Urena |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Minor |
| Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 17,080 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 19 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Sean Barber 1B: Lance Barrett 2B: Brian Gorman 3B: Adrian Johnson |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Robbie Grossman | Right Fielder |
| Jonathan Schoop | Second Baseman |
| Jeimer Candelario | Third Baseman |
| Miguel Cabrera | First Baseman |
| Eric Haase | Left Fielder |
| Niko Goodrum | Shortstop |
| Wilson Ramos | DH |
| JaCoby Jones | Center Fielder |
| Jake Rogers | Catcher |
| A.J. Hinch | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Whit Merrifield | Second Baseman |
| Carlos Santana | First Baseman |
| Andrew Benintendi | Left Fielder |
| Salvador Perez | Catcher |
| Jorge Soler | Right Fielder |
| Ryan O'Hearn | DH |
| Kelvin Gutierrez | Third Baseman |
| Michael Taylor | Center Fielder |
| Nicky Lopez | Shortstop |
| Mike Matheny | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
May 21, 2021
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Grossman vs. Minor
Grossman hits a fly ball into right field. Soler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Schoop vs. Minor
Schoop hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Candelario vs. Minor
Candelario strikes out. Perez drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Candelario out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Urena
Merrifield hits a line drive into right field. Grossman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Urena
Santana hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cabrera scoops it up and throws to first, with Urena covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Benintendi vs. Urena
Benintendi hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Haase throws the ball in to Schoop who tags Benintendi, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Cabrera vs. Minor
Cabrera hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Haase vs. Minor
Haase hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutierrez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Goodrum vs. Minor
Goodrum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ramos vs. Minor
Ramos strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Urena
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Goodrum misplays the ball. That's an error on Goodrum. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Soler vs. Urena
Soler strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
O'Hearn vs. Urena
O'Hearn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoop fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Minor
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gutierrez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rogers vs. Minor
Rogers strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Grossman vs. Minor
Grossman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Schoop vs. Minor
Schoop strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Urena
Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Urena
Taylor hits a fly ball into left field. Haase settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Urena
Lopez hits a line drive into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Merrifield vs. Urena
Merrifield hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gutierrez moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Santana vs. Urena
The ball gets by Rogers for a passed ball. Merrifield moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Santana vs. Urena
Santana hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Gutierrez scores. Merrifield scores. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Benintendi vs. Urena
Benintendi hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Santana moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Perez vs. Urena
Perez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoop settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Candelario vs. Minor
Candelario hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Taylor. Candelario reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Cabrera vs. Minor
Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Haase vs. Minor
Haase hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Candelario moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Goodrum vs. Minor
Goodrum hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Candelario scores. Haase moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Ramos vs. Minor
Ramos hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Haase scores. Goodrum moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Minor
Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Rogers vs. Minor
Rogers strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soler vs. Urena
Soler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
O'Hearn vs. Urena
O'Hearn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cabrera scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats O'Hearn for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Urena
Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Urena
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Goodrum scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Grossman vs. Minor
Grossman hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Schoop vs. Minor
Minor fires to first and has Grossman trapped. There's the throw to Merrifield who tags Grossman for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Schoop vs. Minor
Schoop strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Candelario vs. Minor
Candelario strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Urena
Lopez hits a ball on the ground into center field, out of the reach of Jones. Lopez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Merrifield vs. Urena
Merrifield hits a fly ball into right field. Grossman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Santana vs. Urena
Santana hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoop settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Benintendi vs. Urena
Benintendi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Cabrera vs. Minor
Cabrera hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haase vs. Minor
Haase hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gutierrez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Goodrum vs. Minor
Goodrum hits a fly ball into right field. Soler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Ramos vs. Minor
Ramos strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Urena
Perez hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Grossman. Perez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Soler vs. Urena
Soler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Goodrum scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
O'Hearn vs. Urena
O'Hearn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Perez scores. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Gutierrez vs. Urena
Gutierrez hits a fly ball into right field. Grossman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Urena
Taylor hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Urena
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cabrera scoops it up and throws to first, with Urena covering, for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Minor
Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Rogers vs. Minor
Rogers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Grossman vs. Zuber
Tyler Zuber now pitching.
Grossman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jones moves to third. Rogers moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Schoop vs. Zuber
Perezdrops the ball. It gets behind him. There goes Jones. The throw to Zuber covering the plate. The slide. Jones is out. Rogers moves to third. Grossman moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Schoop vs. Zuber
Schoop takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Candelario vs. Zuber
Candelario strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Cabrera vs. Holland
Greg Holland now pitching.
Cabrera hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Haase vs. Holland
Haase hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Goodrum vs. Holland
Goodrum strikes out. Perez drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Goodrum out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 7 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Garcia
Bryan Garcia now pitching.
Merrifield takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Santana vs. Garcia
Santana hits a popup in front of the plate. Rogers settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Benintendi vs. Garcia
Benintendi strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Garcia
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Candelario fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 7 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Ramos vs. Zimmer
Kyle Zimmer now pitching.
Ramos hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Zimmer
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rogers vs. Zimmer
Rogers hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Benintendi. Rogers reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Grossman vs. Zimmer
Grossman hits a fly ball into center field. Taylor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 7 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Soler vs. Cisnero
Jose Cisnero now pitching.
Soler strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
O'Hearn vs. Cisnero
O'Hearn hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Cisnero
Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoop scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 7 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Schoop vs. Junis
Jake Junis now pitching.
Schoop hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Candelario vs. Junis
Candelario hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cabrera vs. Junis
Cabrera strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 7 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Fulmer
Michael Fulmer now pitching.
Taylor strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Fulmer
Lopez hits a fly ball into left field. Haase settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 7 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Fulmer
Merrifield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Goodrum scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/21/2021 -- Detroit at Kansas City (N)
Detroit AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Grossman R, rf 5 1 3 0 Merrifield W, 2b 4 1 1 0
Schoop J, 2b 4 1 0 0 Santana C, 1b 4 0 1 2
Candelario J, 3b 5 1 1 0 Benintendi A, lf 4 0 2 0
Cabrera M, 1b 5 2 3 5 Perez S, c 4 1 1 0
Haase E, lf 4 1 2 0 Soler J, rf 4 0 0 0
Goodrum N, ss 4 0 1 1 O'Hearn R, dh 4 1 1 1
Ramos W, dh 4 0 1 1 Gutierrez K, 3b 4 1 2 0
Jones J, cf 4 0 1 0 Taylor M, cf 4 1 1 2
Rogers J, c 4 1 2 0 Lopez N, ss 4 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 7 14 7 36 5 10 5
Detroit 010 200 400 -- 7
Kansas City 002 003 000 -- 5
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Urena J (W) 6.0 10 5 5 0 1
Garcia B 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Cisnero J 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Fulmer M (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Minor M* 6.0 10 4 4 0 8
Zuber T (L) 0.2 1 2 2 1 1
Holland G 0.1 2 1 1 0 1
Zimmer K 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Junis J 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
E -- Goodrum N
DP -- Detroit 1
LOB -- Detroit 6, Kansas City 5
2B -- Candelario J, Lopez N, Perez S, Rogers J
HR -- Cabrera M 2, Taylor M
CS -- Grossman R
PB -- Rogers J
T -- 3:19
A -- 17080
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