Detroit 4, Kansas City 1
When: 1:40 PM ET, Sunday, April 28, 2024
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature:
70°
Umpires:
Home -
Dan Iassogna, 1B -
Scott Barry, 2B -
CB Bucknor, 3B -
Adam Beck
Attendance:
18794
By Field Level Media
Tarik Skubal pitched seven strong innings, Wenceel Perez blasted his first career home run and the host Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals 4-1 on Sunday afternoon.
Skubal (4-0) limited the Royals to one run, four hits and one walk while striking out six. Shelby Miller tossed a scoreless inning before Jason Foley escaped a jam for his ninth save.
Perez was playing in his 13th game after being called up from Triple-A Toledo.
Jake Rogers had two hits, including a solo homer, and scored two runs for the Tigers. Detroit won two of three games during the weekend series.
Royals starter Michael Wacha (1-3) gave up four runs and nine hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked none and struck out three. Bobby Witt Jr. drove in the only run for the Royals.
Kansas City took a 1-0 lead in the first. Leadoff man Maikel Garcia hit a bouncer that got by third baseman Matt Vierling. Garcia was credited with a double. Witt then singled to center to bring home Garcia.
Detroit took a 2-1 advantage in the bottom of the inning. Mark Canha smacked a one-out double to right before Perez hit a 1-0 Wacha changeup over the right-field wall.
The Tigers tacked on a run in the second. Rogers hit a one-out single and moved to third on Parker Meadows' double, then scored on Riley Greene's sacrifice fly.
Skubal didn't give up another hit until Garrett Hampson's two-out single in the fifth.
Detroit extended its lead to 4-1 in the sixth. Rogers hit a two-out solo homer, his second of the season. He smashed a 1-2 sinker from Wacha over the right-center-field wall.
The Royals had two baserunners with two outs in the seventh, but Skubal retired Hampson on a fly ball.
In the ninth, Foley issued a walk to Salvador Perez before Michael Massey singled. After a groundout moved Perez to third, Foley struck out MJ Melendez and Dairon Blanco to end the game.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Kansas City
|
5 |
0 |
6 |
.156 |
12 |
9 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Detroit
|
10 |
2 |
18 |
.312 |
12 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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