Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Detroit 4, Kansas City 3
Monday, March 31, 2014 1:08 PM
When: 1:08 PM ET, Monday, March 31, 2014
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 52°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Meals, 1B - Paul Emmel, 2B - Chris Conroy, 3B - Jordan Baker
Attendance: 45068
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K Avg
Norichika Aoki RF 5 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Omar Infante 2B 4 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Eric Hosmer 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250
Billy Butler DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250
Alex Gordon LF 3 1 0 0 1 0 .000
Salvador Perez C 4 1 4 1 0 0 1.000
Mike Moustakas 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lorenzo Cain CF 4 1 1 1 0 0 .250
Alcides Escobar SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Totals 35 3 7 3 3 2  
Batting
2B - Eric Hosmer (1), Salvador Perez 2 (2)
TB - Eric Hosmer 2, Billy Butler, Salvador Perez 6, Lorenzo Cain
RBI - Omar Infante (1), Salvador Perez (1), Lorenzo Cain (1)
2-Out RBI - Omar Infante (1), Lorenzo Cain (1)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Norichika Aoki (1), Eric Hosmer 2 (2), Billy Butler (1), Lorenzo Cain (1), Alcides Escobar 2 (2)
GIDP - Alex Gordon (1)
Team LOB - 8
Fielding
Outfield Assists - Alex Gordon (Castellanos at 2nd)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
James Shields 6.1 5 3 3 1 3 1 4.26
Aaron Crow (BS 1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Wade Davis (L 0-1) 1.1 1 1 1 2 0 0 6.75
Greg Holland 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
WP - Aaron Crow
Pitches-Strikes - James Shields 106-71, Aaron Crow 12-9, Wade Davis 33-16, Greg Holland 4-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - James Shields 6-6, Aaron Crow 1-0, Wade Davis 2-1, Greg Holland 0-0
Batters Faced - James Shields 24, Aaron Crow 3, Wade Davis 7, Greg Holland 1
Inherited Runners-Scored - Aaron Crow 2-2, Greg Holland 2-1
Detroit
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K Avg
Ian Kinsler 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Torii Hunter RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Miguel Cabrera 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 .333
Victor Martinez DH 4 1 1 1 0 0 .250
Austin Jackson CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 .250
Alex Avila C 2 1 1 0 2 1 .500
(S)  Tyler Collins PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Nick Castellanos 3B 4 0 2 0 0 1 .500
Alex Gonzalez SS 4 0 2 2 0 0 .500
Rajai Davis LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 4 8 3 3 4  
Batting
2B - Miguel Cabrera (1)
3B - Austin Jackson (1), Alex Gonzalez (1)
HR - Victor Martinez (1)
TB - Miguel Cabrera 2, Victor Martinez 4, Austin Jackson 3, Alex Avila, Nick Castellanos 2, Alex Gonzalez 4
RBI - Victor Martinez (1), Alex Gonzalez 2 (2)
2-Out RBI - Alex Gonzalez (1)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Avila (1), Rajai Davis (1)
Team LOB - 6
Fielding
E - Torii Hunter (1), Alex Gonzalez (1)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Justin Verlander 6.0 6 3 2 3 2 0 3.00
Evan Reed 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Al Alburquerque 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Joe Nathan (W 1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 105-64, Evan Reed 10-7, Al Alburquerque 13-10, Joe Nathan 13-9
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 9-5, Evan Reed 2-1, Al Alburquerque 2-1, Joe Nathan 1-0
Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 28, Evan Reed 3, Al Alburquerque 4, Joe Nathan 3