Kansas City Royals vs. Detroit Tigers

Royals Batting

Doubles: Merrifield (2, Greene)

Triples: Merrifield (2, Norris)

Home Runs: Merrifield (6, 3rd inning off Norris 0 on, 0 Out); Hosmer (5, 7th inning off Rodríguez 1 on, 0 Out)

Runs Batted In: Merrifield 2 (12), Soler (3), Gordon (9), Escobar (11), Hosmer 2 (18)

2-out Runs Batted In: Merrifield, Soler

Sacrifice Flies: Escobar

Ground Into Double Play: Cain

Team Left On Base: 7

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 1-4 (Moustakas 0-1, Pérez 0-1, Soler 1-1, Cain 0-1)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Moustakas 1; Pérez 1

Royals Pitching

Pitcher Notes: Soria pitched to 5 batters in the 8th

Wild Pitches: Hammel; Soria

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Hammel 11/21; Minor 3/4; Maness 4/6; Moylan 1/1; Soria 3/5; Strahm 2/3; McCarthy 3/3

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Hammel 12-5-8-15; Minor 2-2-1-3; Maness 6-2-2-5; Moylan 1-0-0-1; Soria 5-0-1-3; Strahm 2-2-1-2; McCarthy 2-1-2-2

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Hammel 5-6; Minor 0-1; Maness 2-1; Moylan 2-0; Soria 0-0; Strahm 2-0; McCarthy 0-2

Game Scores: J Hammel 37

Royals Fielding

Double Plays: 2 (Escobar-Merrifield-Hosmer, Moustakas-Merrifield-Hosmer)

Royals Baserunning

Caught Stealing: Escobar (1, 2nd base by Norris/Avila)

Picked Off: Escobar (1st base by Norris)

Tigers Batting

Doubles: Romine (7, Hammel); V. Martínez (8, Minor)

Home Runs: J.D. Martinez (8, 5th inning off Minor 2 on, 1 Out)

Runs Batted In: Cabrera 3 (22), V. Martínez 2 (27), J.D. Martinez 3 (17), Presley (2)

Ground Into Double Play: J.D. Martinez; V. Martínez

Team Left On Base: 6

Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 5-13 (Cabrera 1-1, V. Martínez 1-4, Avila 0-3, Presley 1-1, J.D. Martinez 1-2, Iglesias 1-1, Romine 0-1)

Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: V. Martínez 1; Avila 1; J.D. Martinez 1

Tigers Pitching

Hit By Pitch: Pérez (By Norris)

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Norris 12/22; Greene 3/4; Hardy 1/3; Rodríguez 1/5; A. Wilson 2/3; J. Wilson 2/4

Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Norris 8-10-25-16; Greene 0-1-1-3; Hardy 1-0-4-2; Rodríguez 2-2-5-4; A. Wilson 3-1-2-2; J. Wilson 1-0-2-3

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Norris 6-4; Greene 0-1; Hardy 0-2; Rodríguez 0-3; A. Wilson 2-0; J. Wilson 0-3

Game Scores: D Norris 46

Tigers Fielding

Double Plays: 1 (Iglesias-Romine-Cabrera)

Errors: Romine (2, bobble)