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Major League BaseballComerica Park · Detroit, Michigan

Kansas City

Royals

Final

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Top hitters

AVG

.301▼

DET

AVG

.271

2Javier Báez1-4.267▼
3Wenceel Pérez2-4 · 1 RBI.265
4Zach McKinstry3-4 · 3B · HR · 1 RBI.265

Season batting average · amber = strong vs today's starter · up/down arrow = hot/cold last 15 · MLB Stats API · hero Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Starting pitchers

Starter

Ryan Bergert

Kansas City Royals · 1-1

5.2 IP, 2 ER, 5 K, BB

2.79 ERA · 56 K · 1.09 WHIP

DET

Starter

Casey Mize

Detroit Tigers · 12-4

5.2 IP, 3 ER, 0 K, BB

xwOBA 88th

3.68 ERA · 103 K · 1.27 WHIP

Season pitching · MLB Stats API · Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Contact quality

KC5 R · .366 xBA

DET7 R · .421 xBA

The scoreboard matched the contact — DET both hit it harder and scored more.

Expected BA on balls in play · Baseball Savant

DET win4th in the AL Central, 4½ GB

Looking ahead

The Tigers sit 4th in the AL Central, 4½ games back — winners of 5 straight, 8-2 over their last 10.
The Royals sit 5th in the AL Central, 10 games back — losers of 2 straight, 4-6 over their last 10.
DET wins series 5-2.
The Tigers are up next home vs PHI (Jul 10-12).
The Royals are up next at BAL (Jul 10-12).

Line score

Inn	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	11	1
DET	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	0		7	12	1

Statcast

Hardest hit · KC
B. Witt Jr. · GIDP
113.6 mph · .660 xBA
Hardest hit · DET
R. Greene · Home Run
108.3 mph · 1.000 xBA
Longest hit
R. Greene · Home Run
435 ft · 1.000 xBA
Best barrel
R. Greene · Home Run
108.3 mph · 1.000 xBA
Fastest pitch
W. Vest · 4-Seam Fastball
97.7 mph

Game MVP · win probability

Riley Greene
DET
+28%
Kyle Finnegan
DET
+26%
Ryan Bergert
KC
+23%

Scoring summary

Witt Jr. singled to center, Isbel scored, Witt Jr. to second, Yastrzemski to third.3rd Inning1-0
Perez doubled to left, Garcia scored and Witt Jr. scored.3rd Inning3-0
McKinstry homered to right center (383 feet).3rd Inning3-1
Greene homered to right center (435 feet), Torres scored.6th Inning3-3
Báez singled to right, McKinstry scored on throwing error by right fielder Grichuk, Báez to third.7th Inning3-4
Ibáñez singled to left, Báez scored.7th Inning3-5
Torres doubled to left, Ibáñez scored.7th Inning3-6
Pérez singled to left, Torres scored, Torkelson to second.7th Inning3-7
Pasquantino homered to right (411 feet), Grichuk scored.9th Inning5-7

Box score

Hitting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
M. Yastrzemski	2-3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	14	.246	.348	.579
R. Grichuk	1-1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	15	.250	.345	.375
B. Witt Jr.	1-5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	18	.294	.351	.498
V. Pasquantino	2-5	5	1	2	2	1	0	0	14	.263	.324	.475
M. Garcia	2-4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	14	.301	.364	.466
S. Perez	1-3	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	13	.247	.293	.450
A. Frazier	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	18	.291	.330	.419
J. India	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.234	.324	.347
J. Rave	0-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.199	.286	.324
K. Isbel	2-2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	.266	.305	.378
N. Loftin	0-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	.206	.278	.362

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
R. Bergert	5.2	3	2	2	1	5	1	90-56	2.79	90
A. Zerpa	0.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	12-10	3.69	12
J. Schreiber	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-3	3.18	5
B. Falter	2.0	6	4	4	1	2	0	57-37	4.45	57

Win probability

KC 0%DET 100%

Win probability over timeDET win %

Biggest swing: Greene homered to right center (435 feet), Torres scored. (+34% DET)

Team stats

KCDET

Hits

Runs

Home Runs

RBI

Stolen Bases

Walks

Strikeouts

Runners LOB

Statcast profile

KCDET

7.7%

Barrel%

10.01%

40.14%

Hard-hit%

41.81%

.320

xwOBA

.330

Barrel% perfectly-struck balls — ideal exit velo + launch angle, near-automatic extra bases · Hard-hit% share of balls hit 95+ mph · xwOBA expected offensive value from contact quality (higher is better)

Season quality of contact · Baseball Savant