Detroit 8, Kansas City 5
When: 7:40 PM ET, Monday, May 22, 2023
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
77°
Umpires:
Home -
CB Bucknor, 1B -
Chris Segal, 2B -
Brian Walsh, 3B -
Jeff Nelson
Attendance:
14229
By Field Level Media
Javier Baez's three-run double in the 10th inning lifted the visiting Detroit Tigers to an 8-5 win over the Kansas City Royals on Monday evening.
Baez lined a first-pitch fastball from Scott Barlow (1-3) to the base of the left field bullpen fence, clearing the bases and breaking a 5-5 tie. It was Baez's third hit as he snapped an 0-for-19 slump.
Four Tigers relievers provided 4 1/3 innings of hitless relief after the Royals forged a 5-5 tie in the fifth. Alex Lange (2-0) earned the win after a two-inning stint, and Jose Cisnero pitched the 10th for his first save since 2021.
Detroit has won five of seven extra-inning games.
Tigers starter Michael Lorenzen recovered from allowing consecutive first-inning home runs to face the minimum over the next three innings.
Lorenzen finished 5 2/3 innings, allowing five runs on five hits and two walks while striking out five.
Control issues plagued Royals starter Brady Singer as he walked four, including a bases-loaded free pass to Akil Baddoo to get the Tigers on the scoreboard in the first before Matt Vierling delivered a two-run single for an early 3-0 Detroit lead.
Vierling's fourth homer, a two-run shot to left-center in the third, broke a 3-3 tie. Vierling added a seventh-inning single and matched a career high with four RBIs.
The Tigers forced Singer to throw 87 pitches over 3 2/3 innings. He surrendered five runs on seven hits with three strikeouts.
In the first inning, Kansas City's Vinnie Pasquantino slammed a two-run homer 424 feet down the right field line, his ninth, and Salvador Perez tied the game two pitches later with his 11th home run, a solo shot to left-center. They were the first consecutive homers for the Royals since July 1.
Jackie Bradley Jr.'s two-run homer into the left field bullpen tied the game in the fifth. Bradley snapped an 0-for-26 slide with his first home run since Sept. 20.
The Royals have lost four straight and eight of 10. The Tigers had lost three of their previous four.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Detroit |
|
Kansas City |
|
Michael Lorenzen |
Player |
Brady Singer
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
5.2 |
IP |
3.2 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
5 |
Hits |
7 |
|
7.94 |
ERA |
12.27 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Detroit
|
11 |
1 |
15 |
.275 |
25 |
12 |
8 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
| Kansas City
|
5 |
3 |
16 |
.147 |
13 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
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