Detroit 7, Kansas City 6
When: 7:40 PM ET, Monday, September 16, 2024
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
86°
Umpires:
Home -
Larry Vanover, 1B -
Nate Tomlinson, 2B -
Chris Segal, 3B -
David Rackley
Attendance:
18920
By Field Level Media
Matt Vierling's sixth-inning single capped a rally that carried the visiting Detroit Tigers past the Kansas City Royals 7-6 on Monday in the opener of a three-game series.
Pinch hitter Wenceel Perez's two-run double against reliever Sam Long (3-2) tied the game at 6 in the sixth. Vierling then collected his third hit, an opposite-field line drive to right off John Schreiber, capped the three-run frame.
Trailing 4-0, Detroit began its comeback in the fourth on Zach McKinstry's triple and Trey Sweeney's sacrifice fly. The Tigers added three in the fifth, highlighted by Colt Keith's 13th homer, a two-run shot to right-center that brought the visitors within 5-4.
The Tigers collected four hits in the fifth to chase Royals starter Seth Lugo, who threw 4 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on eight hits. Lugo struck out four and walked two.
Detroit reliever Brenan Hanifee (1-1) gave up one run in 2 1/3 innings for his first major league win. Jason Foley earned his 24th save with a hitless ninth.
Parker Meadows, Spencer Torkelson and McKinstry had two hits apiece for the Tigers, who have won 8 of 11. Detroit (78-73) gained a game in the American League wild-card race behind Minnesota, which lost 4-3 in Cleveland. The Tigers now sit 1 1/2 games back of the Twins in the chase for the last AL playoff berth.
Loading the bases to open the third, Kansas City took a 4-0 lead when Bobby Witt Jr. lifted Reese Olson's one-out curveball into the left field stands for a grand slam.
Returning from a right shoulder strain to pitch for the first time since July 20, Olson threw 2 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on four hits and a walk with three strikeouts.
In the fourth, Kansas City's MJ Melendez tripled and scored on pinch hitter Maikel Garcia's single through a drawn-in infield for a 5-1 advantage.
After Kyle Isbel opened the bottom of the fifth with a triple to right, Witt added a fifth RBI on an infield single -- his 200th hit of the year -- for a 6-4 Royals lead.
Isbel and Yuli Gurriel each had two hits for Kansas City (82-69), which fell five games behind first-place Cleveland in the AL Central.
Royals reliever James McArthur exited the game in the seventh with right elbow tightness.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Detroit |
|
Kansas City |
|
Reese Olson
|
Player |
Seth Lugo
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
2.1 |
IP |
4.2 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
|
4 |
Hits |
8 |
|
15.43 |
ERA |
7.71 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Detroit
|
14 |
1 |
21 |
.350 |
18 |
11 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| Kansas City
|
11 |
1 |
18 |
.314 |
17 |
9 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
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