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Royals
@ Tigers
Comerica Park
September 8, 2014
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals, played on September 8, 2014 at Comerica Park.
Game Summary
| Date | September 8, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 8, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jeremy Guthrie |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Justin Verlander |
| Ballpark | Comerica Park |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 30,758 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 19 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Paul Emmel 1B: Eric Cooper 2B: James Hoye 3B: John Tumpane |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Nori Aoki | Right Fielder |
| Omar Infante | Second Baseman |
| Alex Gordon | Left Fielder |
| Salvador Perez | Catcher |
| Eric Hosmer | First Baseman |
| Billy Butler | DH |
| Mike Moustakas | Third Baseman |
| Lorenzo Cain | Center Fielder |
| Alcides Escobar | Shortstop |
| Ned Yost | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ian Kinsler | Second Baseman |
| Torii Hunter | Right Fielder |
| Miguel Cabrera | DH |
| Victor Martinez | First Baseman |
| J.D. Martinez | Left Fielder |
| Don Kelly | Center Fielder |
| Nick Castellanos | Third Baseman |
| Alex Avila | Catcher |
| Andrew Romine | Shortstop |
| Brad Ausmus | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Tigers
Comerica Park
September 8, 2014
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Aoki vs. Verlander
Aoki hits a line drive into left field. Martinez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Infante vs. Verlander
Infante hits a fly ball into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Verlander
Gordon hits a popup, foul, towards third. Castellanos settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kinsler vs. Guthrie
Kinsler hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Guthrie
Hunter hits a fly ball into right field. Aoki settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cabrera vs. Guthrie
Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Verlander
Perez strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hosmer vs. Verlander
Hosmer strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Verlander
Butler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Romine scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Guthrie
Martinez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Guthrie
Martinez strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Guthrie
Kelly hits a popup, foul, towards third. Moustakas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Castellanos vs. Guthrie
Castellanos hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Martinez moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Avila vs. Guthrie
Avila takes first base on ball four. Martinez moves to third. Castellanos moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 123
Romine vs. Guthrie
Romine hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hosmer juggles the ball. That's an error on Hosmer. Martinez scores. Castellanos scores. Avila moves to third. Romine moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kinsler vs. Guthrie
Kinsler hits a line drive into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Moustakas vs. Verlander
Moustakas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Romine fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Cain vs. Verlander
Cain hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moustakas moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Escobar vs. Verlander
Escobar bunts towards third. Castellanos fields it and throws to first for the out. Moustakas moves to third. Cain moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Aoki vs. Verlander
Aoki hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moustakas scores. Cain scores. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Infante vs. Verlander
Infante hits a ball on the ground towards short. Romine fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Guthrie
Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Cabrera vs. Guthrie
Cabrera hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hunter moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Martinez vs. Guthrie
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hosmer fields the ball and throws to Guthrie covering. Safe. Hunter scores. Cabrera moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Martinez vs. Guthrie
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar fields it and throws to second for the out. Cabrera moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Kelly vs. Guthrie
Kelly hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aoki. Kelly reaches second base with a double. Cabrera scores. Martinez moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Castellanos vs. Guthrie
Castellanos hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Gordon. Castellanos reaches second base with a double. Martinez scores. Kelly scores. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Avila vs. Guthrie
Avila hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aoki. Avila reaches second base with a double. Castellanos scores. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Romine vs. Guthrie
Romine hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Avila moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Kinsler vs. Guthrie
Kinsler hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Hunter vs. Guthrie
Hunter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Avila scores. Romine moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Cabrera vs. Coleman
Casey Coleman now pitching.
Cabrera hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Verlander
Gordon strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Verlander
Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hosmer vs. Verlander
Hosmer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Butler vs. Verlander
Butler hits a popup towards short. Romine settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Coleman
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Moustakas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Coleman
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Moustakas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Coleman
Kelly takes first base on ball four. Martinez moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Castellanos vs. Coleman
Castellanos strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Avila vs. Coleman
Avila takes first base on ball four. Martinez moves to third. Kelly moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Romine vs. Coleman
Romine hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hosmer scoops it up and throws to first, with Coleman covering, for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Moustakas vs. Verlander
Moustakas hits a fly ball into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cain vs. Verlander
Cain strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Escobar vs. Verlander
Escobar hits a fly ball into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kinsler vs. Coleman
Louis Coleman now pitching.
Kinsler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Coleman
Hunter hits a fly ball into center field. Cain settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Cabrera vs. Coleman
Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coleman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aoki vs. Verlander
Aoki hits a fly ball into left field. Martinez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Infante vs. Verlander
Infante hits a ball on the ground towards short. Romine scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Verlander
Gordon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Verlander
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Romine scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Coleman
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coleman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Coleman
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Moustakas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Kelly vs. Downs
Scott Downs now pitching.
Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Infante fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Castellanos vs. Downs
Downs fires to first and picks off Kelly. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hosmer vs. Verlander
Hosmer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hunter who is chasing the ball. Hosmer reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Butler vs. Verlander
Butler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Romine scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hosmer scores. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Moustakas vs. Verlander
Moustakas hits a fly ball into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Cain vs. Verlander
Cain hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is bouncing around. Hunter is chasing the ball. Cain rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Escobar vs. Verlander
Escobar hits a fly ball into left field. Martinez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 4 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Castellanos vs. Downs
Castellanos hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Infante scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Downs
Avila hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Romine vs. Downs
Romine hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kinsler vs. Frasor
Jason Frasor now pitching.
There goes Romine. The throw from Perez and he is safe. Romine steals second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Kinsler vs. Frasor
Kinsler hits a line drive into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 4 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Aoki vs. Chamberlain
Joba Chamberlain now pitching.
Aoki hits a line drive towards short. Romine reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Infante vs. Chamberlain
Infante hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castellanos fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Chamberlain
Gordon takes first base on ball four. Infante moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Perez vs. Chamberlain
Perez strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Hosmer vs. Chamberlain
Hosmer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Infante scores. Gordon moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Butler vs. Chamberlain
Butler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kinsler scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Frasor
Hunter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gordon. Hunter reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cabrera vs. Frasor
There's a wild pitch. Hunter moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Cabrera vs. Frasor
Cabrera hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Hunter scores. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Frasor
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hosmer fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Frasor covering. It's a double play. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Frasor
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Moustakas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 5 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Moustakas vs. Nathan
Tyler Collins now playing right field. Rajai Davis now playing left field. Don Kelly now playing third base. Ezequiel Carrera now playing center f
Moustakas hits a fly ball into center field. Carrera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cain vs. Nathan
Cain hits a line drive towards third. Kelly reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Escobar vs. Nathan
Escobar hits a fly ball into center field. Carrera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/8/2014 -- Kansas City at Detroit (D)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Aoki N, rf 4 0 1 2 Kinsler I, 2b 5 0 0 0
Infante O, 2b 4 1 1 0 Hunter T, rf 5 2 3 1
Gordon A, lf 2 0 0 0 Collins T, rf 0 0 0 0
Perez S, c 4 0 0 0 Cabrera M, dh 5 1 2 1
Hosmer E, 1b 4 1 3 1 Martinez V, 1b 5 1 3 1
Butler B, dh 4 0 0 1 Martinez J, lf 5 1 1 0
Moustakas M, 3b 4 1 1 0 Carrera E, cf 0 0 0 0
Cain L, cf 4 2 2 1 Kelly D, cf-3b 3 1 1 1
Escobar A, ss 3 0 0 0 Castellanos N, 3b 4 2 2 2
Davis R, lf 0 0 0 0
Avila A, c 2 1 1 1
Romine A, ss 4 0 2 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 5 8 5 38 9 15 7
Kansas City 002 000 210 -- 5
Detroit 026 000 01x -- 9
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Guthrie J (L) 2.2 10 8 6 1 1
Coleman C 1.1 1 0 0 2 1
Coleman L 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Downs S 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Frasor J 1.1 2 1 1 0 0
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander J (W) 7.0 6 4 4 1 4
Chamberlain J 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Nathan J 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Hosmer E 2
DP -- Kansas City 1, Detroit 1
LOB -- Kansas City 4, Detroit 8
2B -- Kelly D, Castellanos N, Avila A, Hunter T
3B -- Hosmer E
HR -- Cain L
SB -- Romine A
SH -- Escobar A
WP -- Frasor J
T -- 3:19
A -- 30758
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