Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers, May 22, 2021
May 22, 2021, 4:10 PM ET | Kauffman Stadium
Starting Pitchers
Detroit Tigers
Recorded starter
Kansas City Royals
Recorded starter
Season Comparison
2021Detroit TigersKansas City Royals
.707
OPS.702
179
HR163
697
Runs686
4.32
ERA4.64
1.37
WHIP1.39
1259
Strikeouts by pitchers1344
Lower is better for ERA and WHIP; bars show each value against the larger of the two.
Top Performers
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Kansas City Royals, MLBDB pick
Detroit Tigers, MLBDB pick
Kansas City Royals, MLBDB pick
Box Score
Batting
Akil Baddoo led Detroit Tigers with 3 hits and 2 RBI.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robbie GrossmanLF/RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Harold CastroSS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeimer Candelario3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| JaCoby JonesPR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel CabreraDH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nomar MazaraRF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Niko GoodrumPH/CF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Schoop1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Willi Castro2B | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wilson RamosC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Akil BaddooCF/LF | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 39 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
Carlos Santana and Andrew Benintendi led Kansas City Royals with 2 hits each.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whit MerrifieldRF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Santana1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador PerezC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jorge SolerDH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Andrew BenintendiLF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelvin Gutiérrez3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael A. TaylorCF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Hanser Alberto2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicky LopezSS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Pitching
Matthew Boyd went 5.0 innings for Detroit Tigers (5 SO, 5 ER); Brady Singer went 6.1 innings for Kansas City Royals (6 SO, 3 ER).
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Tigers | |||||||
| Matthew Boyd | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Kyle Funkhouser | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Jiménez | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tyler Alexander | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas City Royals | |||||||
| Brady Singer | 6.1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jake Brentz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Staumont | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
- AB
- at-bats
- R
- runs
- H
- hits
- RBI
- runs batted in
- BB
- walks
- SO
- strikeouts
- HR
- home runs
- IP
- innings pitched
- ER
- earned runs
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