Kansas City 3, Detroit 0
When: 7:08 PM ET, Friday, August 16, 2013
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature:
76°
Umpires:
Home -
Quinn Wolcott, 1B -
Bob Davidson, 2B -
John Hirschbeck, 3B -
Mike Muchlinski
Attendance:
40980
By SportsDirect Inc.
Royals 3, Tigers 0: Eric Hosmer hit a two-run homer and James Shields pitched seven strong innings as visiting Kansas City completed a doubleheader sweep of Detroit.
Jamey Carroll also had an RBI as Shields (8-8) won for the fourth time in five starts. The victories moved the Royals within 6 1/2 games of the Tigers in the American League Central and five behind the Oakland Athletics for the AL’s second wild-card berth.
Hosmer also homered in Friday’s 2-1 afternoon victory. Detroit had just six hits in the doubleheader while seeing its lead over second-place Cleveland whittled to six games.
Shields allowed three hits and four walks before exiting. Luke Hochevar worked a perfect eighth and Greg Holland pitched around Victor Martinez’s leadoff single in the ninth to earn his 34th save in 36 opportunities.
Hosmer smacked his blast – his 14th of the season – off Jose Alvarez (1-3) in the third inning. The Royals added a seventh-inning run when Chris Getz singled, moved to third on Jeremy Bonderman’s errant pickoff attempt and scored on a sacrifice fly by Carroll.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Detroit trio of Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder and Martinez was a combined 3-for-22 in the doubleheader with Cabrera recording two of the hits. … Royals OF Justin Maxwell went 2-for-4 in the opener and then was put on the bereavement list afterward due to the death of his grandmother. … Alvarez allowed two runs and five hits in 5 2/3 innings.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Kansas City
|
8 |
1 |
12 |
.229 |
18 |
8 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
| Detroit
|
4 |
0 |
5 |
.138 |
16 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
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