Major League Baseball
Kansas City Royals
4
Detroit Tigers
5
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| DET | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Doug Fister set an AL record by striking out nine straight batters and the Detroit Tigers kept their lead in the Central, beating the Kansas City Royals 5-4 Thursday on Alex Avila's grounder in the ninth inning.
A Avila grounded out to first, D Kelly scored, R Santiago to third, J Peralta to second.
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
B Butler homered to right (400 feet).
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
T Abreu singled to right, D Lough scored.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
J Giavotella grounded out to third, J Francoeur scored.
J Francoeur doubled to left, M Moustakas scored.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Q Berry tripled to right, O Infante and A Jackson scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
D Young hit sacrifice fly to right, M Cabrera scored.
P Fielder singled to left, Q Berry scored, M Cabrera to third, P Fielder to second on error by left fielder A Gordon.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
End of the 9th
A Avila grounded out to first, D Kelly scored, R Santiago to third, J Peralta to second.
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: ball 3
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
A Avila batting
J Peralta grounded into fielder's choice to third, D Kelly safe at third on error by third baseman M Moustakas, R Santiago to second.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 3
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Peralta batting
D Kelly ran for D Young.
K Herrera relieved T Collins.
R Santiago bunted into fielder's choice to pitcher, P Fielder out at third, D Young to second.
Pitch 1: in play
R Santiago batting
R Santiago hit for A Dirks.
D Young intentionally walked.
Pitch 4: ball 4 (intentional ball)
Pitch 3: ball 3 (intentional ball)
Pitch 2: ball 2 (intentional ball)
Pitch 1: ball 1 (intentional ball)
D Young batting
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DET wins series 3-0
Austin JacksonCF16
Quintin BerryLF5
Miguel Cabrera3B24
Prince Fielder1B84
Delmon YoungDH27
Andy DirksRF
Jhonny PeraltaSS27
Alex AvilaC6
Omar Rafael Infante2B14
Don T KellyPR31
Ramon SantiagoPH9
David LoughCF3
Alcides EscobarSS3
Alex GordonLF4
Billy ButlerDH36
Salvador PerezC13
Mike Moustakas3B18
Jeff FrancoeurRF5
Eric Hosmer1B51
Johnny Giavotella2B12
Tony AbreuSS10
Brayan Pena1B25
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