Game 16 vs. Detroit

At the beginning of the season the Royals and Tigers looked to be the hot AL Central rivalry. Apparently that was based on an over-estimation of Detroit and a slight under-estimation of Minnesota. But on this particular evening the Tigers’ woes played to our advantage.

Despite the somewhat lopsided score, this was actually a really good game. In the top of the fourth Jarrod Dyson (subbing for Alex Gordon) ran down a long double and fired it Alcides Escobar at cut-off, who then gunned down James McCann at the plate. It was one of those plays that would have failed if it had gone even slightly differently. Those are such fun to watch.

Our runs came mostly from the long ball, which I admit isn’t my favorite kind of offense. But when it leads to a comfortable win, I’ll take what I can get.

TIGERS (1) AT ROYALS (6)

TIGERS               AB  R  H BI  ROYALS               AB  R  H BI
Anthony Gose          2  0  0  0  Alcides Escobar       4  0  0  0  
 Rajai Davis          1  0  0  1  Ben Zobrist           4  0  0  0  
Jose Iglesias         3  0  0  0  Lorenzo Cain          4  2  4  1  
Ian Kinsler           3  0  0  0  Eric Hosmer           4  2  1  2  
Victor Martinez       3  0  0  0  Kendrys Morales       3  1  0  0  
J.D. Martinez         2  0  0  0  Mike Moustakas        4  1  2  3  
Tyler Collins         3  0  1  0  Salvador Perez        3  0  1  0  
James McCann          4  0  0  0   Drew Butera          0  0  0  0  
Jefry Marte           4  1  1  0  Paulo Orlando         4  0  1  0  
Andrew Romine         4  0  1  0  Jarrod Dyson          3  0  0  0  
TOTALS               29  1  3  1  TOTALS               33  6  9  6

TIGERS                        000 000 100 -- 1  
ROYALS                        200 003 01x -- 6  

LOB--TIGERS 9, ROYALS 5. ERR--Tyler Collins, Ben Zobrist.
2B--Jefry Marte, Lorenzo Cain, Paulo Orlando. HR--Lorenzo
Cain, Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas. SACF--Rajai Davis.
SB--Eric Hosmer.

 TIGERS                          IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
Anibal Sanchez                 5.33    7    5    5    1    4    3
Neftali Feliz                  0.67    0    0    0    0    2    0
Al Alburquerque                1.00    0    0    0    0    1    0
Tom Gorzelanny                 1.00    2    1    0    1    1    0
 ROYALS                     
Yordano Ventura                6.00    1    0    0    6    8    0
Franklin Morales               0.33    2    1    1    1    0    0
Luke Hochevar                  2.67    0    0    0    0    3    0

SO--Victor Martinez, Ian Kinsler, Andrew Romine (2), J.D.
Martinez, Anthony Gose (2), Tyler Collins (2), Jefry Marte
(2), Kendrys Morales, Jarrod Dyson (3), Eric Hosmer,
Salvador Perez, Paulo Orlando (2). BB--Victor Martinez, Ian
Kinsler, Jose Iglesias, J.D. Martinez (2), Anthony Gose,
Tyler Collins, Kendrys Morales, Drew Butera.