Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals
Final
Recap
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Michael Wacha pitched seven scoreless innings, Bobby Witt Jr. hit an inside-the-park home run on a grounder and the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 5-1 on Saturday night. Michael Massey had a three-run homer for the Royals, who will go for the series sweep on Sunday night. Witt hit the ball down the right-field line in the first inning that bounced off the wall and eluded right fielder Kerry Carpenter. Witt motored around the bases and beat the relay throw to the plate for a two-run homer.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteKCR -139 · 55% to win
WonRun LineKCR -1.5
CoveredTotalO/U 9 · 6 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
4Hits6
0Home runs2
2Walks2
9Strikeouts5
1Stolen bases0
111Pitches thrown122
5Pitching strikeouts9
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wenceel PerezRF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Colt Keith3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dillon DinglerDH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake RogersC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt VierlingCF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kerry CarpenterRF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach McKinstry2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin McGonigleSS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riley GreeneLF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Spencer Torkelson1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hao-Yu LeePH-3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty MaddenP | 6.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Tyler HoltonP | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burch SmithP | 0.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |