Game #19: Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers, Thursday April 17th, 2025, 6:40 Pm

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Michael Lorenzen
RHP
1-2, 3.71 ERA, 14 SO
KC (8-11)

1. J India (R) DH
2. B Witt Jr. (R) SS
3. V Pasquantino (L) 1B
4. S Perez (R) C
5. M Massey (L) 2B
6. M Garcia (R) 3B
7. C Biggio (L) RF
8. D Waters (S) LF
9. K Isbel (L) CF

Reese Olson
RHP
1-1, 6.00 ERA, 13 SO
Detroit (10-8)

1. G Torres (R) 2B
2. K Carpenter (L) RF
3. Z McKinstry (L) 3B
4. S Torkelson (R) DH
5. R Greene (L) LF
6. D Dingler (R) C
7. C Keith (L) 1B
8. T Sweeney (L) SS
9. R Kreidler (R) CF

 

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Spencer DH, Keith at first ?

 

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Kc 1st.
Single
BB
F-9 (Challenging play)
F-9
K nasty pitch.

 

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Tigers 1st

Torres G-3.
Carpenter single.
Mckinstry F-7.
Tork-BB
Greene Popout SS.

Boy Greene is all messed up sadly.

 

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Kc 2nd
Popout 1st.
Single
F-8
K

 

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Tigers 2nd.
Dingler-Single
Keith hacking away 1st pitch popout 3rd.
Sweeney 4-3. Runner to 2nd.
Kreidler Automatic out- F-9

 

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Royals 3rd
K
5-3
K

 

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Tigers 3rd
Torres F-7
Carpenter single
McKinstry BB
Tork Double LF line. 2 RBIs ! 2-0 Tigers !
Greene Single RBI ! 3-0 Tigers !
Dingler K’s
Keith Foul-out 5.

Tigers lead 3-0 end or the 3rd.

 

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Tork!!

 

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KC 4th
F-7 (Deep)
Single (flare, hardly hit)
BB. (Dang it was way ahead) frustrating.
HBP bases loaded.
(Fetters mound visit)
K’s nasty (3pitches)
F-7(1st pitch thank you very much)

 

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Tork!!

Nice double down the line. Last year that ball goes foul. McKinstry was scooting around the base paths.

 

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Tigers 4th
Sweeney 4-3
Kreidler (3-2 count) K’s looking.
Torres F-9 deep. (Would that be a HR in Yankee stadium ? )

 

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F-8. (Adventures in center field) Sweeney and Kreidler.
Double RF (Witt Jr) just missed homer. (10 game hitting streak).
G-3
Fetters mound vist.
F-8 (Perez)

Bottom 5th Tigers lead 3-0.

 

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Bottom 5th
Carpenter Double ! (KC is 3-3)
McKinstry (0-2) (3-2) BB.
Tork FC 3-4 Witt jr juggles ball.
Greene (2-2 count) single RF line rbi. 4-0).Tigers).(tough pitch to hit).
Dingler K’s (with a duck on 3rd and less then 2 outs).
PH-Ibanez F-7 (now batting .156. Keith was batting .185
Not a fan of weaken the defense in a 4 run game but I could be wrong. Wish Dingler had put ball in play.



Now someone has to play first with Keith out.
Olson at 87 pitches so far.

 

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KC 6th
Holton in. Ibanez at first.
Bunt single
(O-2) was smoked to McKinstry 3rd. Got runner at first. Nice play.
BB.
F-8
K’s (3 pitches)

Bottom 6th Tigers lead 4-0

 

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Bottom 6th
Sweeney 4-3
Kreidler BB
Torres single
Double steal (reviewing tag on Torres) safe (2nd and 3rd)
Carpenter lefty pitching (1-2)(2-2) K’s
McKinstry (2-2) K’s on a pitch inside not a strike.

Second time this game we can’t get runner in from 3rd and less then 2 outs.

 

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KC 7th
Brieske in.
F-9
K’s (Witt jr)
F-7

Tigers lead 4-0 bottom 7th.

 

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Tigers 7th
Tork 5-3 (breaks bat)
Greene infield single 2nd. Out.
Dingler 5-4 out.
Ibanez 5-4

Top 8 still 4-0 Tigers.

 

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KC 8th
Bo still Pitching
BB (had him 1-2) never was close leadoff walk.
2-0, 2-1 single sigh
Single (4- 1) still no outs. Just terrible by Bo .
Kahnle in
6-4-3 DP !
6-3 inning over.,

Tigers still lead 4-1. We got a lucky break on out call at
Second and first on dp . Not sure why it wasn’t reviewed.


Bo cost us that Dodger game. He isn’t sharp at all. His era is
7.36. He never challenge Perez at all, and he walked.

 

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8th inning or later you can ask for a crew chief review
You have to ask for the crew chief in .15 seconds or less.
KC manager was to late.