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Man the Royals are terrible .
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Game 19 Tigers vs royals April 21, 2018 1:10 pm EST
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Team is pleasantly fun to watch so far this year. Glad to see Nick hit his first tator today !!! In between doing some spring cleaning I was fortunate to see his Homer. They probably should have 3 or 4 more wins too!!!!
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The Tigers are on a tear at the plate, hitting 10 home runs this week -- second-most in the majors behind the Red Sox -- after poking just five in 2018 beforehand.
Nicholas Castellanos hit his first homer of the season, a good development as they wait for him to adjust to RF, where he's already made five defensive mistakes this season (per Sports Info Solutions).
https://www.mlb.com/tigers/video/castellanos-two-run-blast/c-1959823583
Webvideo Highlights of the Tigers win over the royals.
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/royals-...nal,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=529711
Boxscore.
Kansas Royals reliever Tim Hill had not allowed a hit through seven big-league appearances and was only one outing away from tying the all-time record when he entered the game in the fifth inning.
Leonys Martin, almost certainly oblivious to Hill's bid for history, promptly laid down a bunt single. The Tigers broke a tie by scoring three runs in the fifth and went on to pound the Royals 12-4 Saturday afternoon at Comerica Park.
The Tigers had 16 hits and eight walks in the blowout after scoring just five runs over both games of Friday's doubleheader.
They had at least two base runners in every inning against Royals starter Danny Duffy and then started converting them into runs against Kansas City's struggling bullpen.
Tigers reliever Warwick Saupold pitched the final 2 1/3 innings to get his first career save.
The Tigers (9-10) have won five of their last six, while Royals (4-15) are back on the wrong side of the ledger after snapping a nine-game losing streak on Friday night.
WORTH NOTING
* Tigers starter Mike Fiers surrendered 10 hits (nine of them singles) in 5 1/3 innings. He didn't strike out a batter and walked one.
Fiers was not shelled, but the results were not encouraging. He missed minimal bats with his pitches and because the Royals were unable to capitalize, limited the damage.
Fiers allowed hard contact but mixed speeds enough against a light-hitting lineup to eat sufficient innings. He wasn?t helped by his defense. His final line: 5⅓ innings pitched, 10 hits, four runs ? two earned ? with one walk and no strikeouts.
Only two of the runs he allowed were earned. The Royals picked up two unearned runs in the fifth inning, aided by James McCann's misplay of Drew Butera's bunt attempt.
The only other Tigers to give up 10 or more hits in less than six innings and earn the win was Dan Petry in 1984, according to MLB.com.
* Tigers outfielder JaCoby Jones has hit in his last five games, including a solo home run in the sixth inning on Saturday.
He's 8-for-20 with a double, triple and two home runs during the five-game stretch.
* Miguel Cabrera tagged up to score from third base on Victor Martinez's fly ball to shallow-ish left field.
The run gave the Tigers a 10-4 lead and provoked great amusement in the Tigers' dugout. Cabrera got a hug from Martinez on his way back to the dugout, perhaps a thank you for the unexpected RBI.
Dixon Machado gave the Tigers the lead for good with an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Shortly thereafter, Jeimer Candelario and Miguel Cabrera drew bases loaded walks.
Cabrera added a two-run single in the seventh inning. He drove in three runs.
Jose Iglesias went 3-for-5, and Candelario and Leonys Martin each went 2-for-5.
With a number of relievers taxed from Friday?s doubleheader, the big offensive performance helped.
Daniel Stumpf recorded 2 outs in both the sixth and seventh innings, and Warwick Saupold recorded the final 7 outs.
In the fourth, the Tigers had a miscommunication in shallow center field, as a blooper fell between Martin, Iglesias and Machado, and then catcher James McCann could not handle a bunt, loading the bases with nobody out. The Royals scored two runs to tie the game. Both were unearned.
The Tigers broke a 3-3 tie in the fifth inning, scoring three times ? all with two outs and two on bases-loaded walks.
Dixon Machado?s two-run single scored Victor Martinez from second base, made it 4-3 and moved Jose Iglesias to third. That was the end of the line for Royals starter Danny Duffy, who had given up 10 hits at that point.
JaCoby Jones, who delivered a walk-off homer in Game 1 Friday, homered again in the sixth inning Saturday.
Cabrera reached base four times in the game, including two singles, the second drove in two runs in the seventh.
The Tigers tacked on two more in the eighth, aided by two more walks and an RBI single by Candelario (two hits, two RBIs). Four of the eight walks ended up scoring.
All that offense made a winner of starter Mike Fiers, who continues to be a puzzle. It was his second win in three starts and you wonder how he does it.
He didn?t throw a pitch harder than 87.5 mph Saturday. He got very little help from his defense. The Royals put 13 runners on base in the first five-plus innings ? 10 hits. And yet, when he departed with one out and two on in the fifth, he had allowed just two earned runs.
Typically teams don't swing at the slow curveball that Fiers floats in between 66 and 69 mph. The Royals were attacking it. They had four hits off that pitch, One, though, was on a ball misplayed in short center field that ignited a two-run fourth inning.
Nicholas Castellanos hit his first homer of the season, a good development as they wait for him to adjust to RF, where he's already made five defensive mistakes this season (per Sports Info Solutions).
https://www.mlb.com/tigers/video/castellanos-two-run-blast/c-1959823583
Webvideo Highlights of the Tigers win over the royals.
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/royals-...nal,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=529711
Boxscore.
Kansas Royals reliever Tim Hill had not allowed a hit through seven big-league appearances and was only one outing away from tying the all-time record when he entered the game in the fifth inning.
Leonys Martin, almost certainly oblivious to Hill's bid for history, promptly laid down a bunt single. The Tigers broke a tie by scoring three runs in the fifth and went on to pound the Royals 12-4 Saturday afternoon at Comerica Park.
The Tigers had 16 hits and eight walks in the blowout after scoring just five runs over both games of Friday's doubleheader.
They had at least two base runners in every inning against Royals starter Danny Duffy and then started converting them into runs against Kansas City's struggling bullpen.
Tigers reliever Warwick Saupold pitched the final 2 1/3 innings to get his first career save.
The Tigers (9-10) have won five of their last six, while Royals (4-15) are back on the wrong side of the ledger after snapping a nine-game losing streak on Friday night.
WORTH NOTING
* Tigers starter Mike Fiers surrendered 10 hits (nine of them singles) in 5 1/3 innings. He didn't strike out a batter and walked one.
Fiers was not shelled, but the results were not encouraging. He missed minimal bats with his pitches and because the Royals were unable to capitalize, limited the damage.
Fiers allowed hard contact but mixed speeds enough against a light-hitting lineup to eat sufficient innings. He wasn?t helped by his defense. His final line: 5⅓ innings pitched, 10 hits, four runs ? two earned ? with one walk and no strikeouts.
Only two of the runs he allowed were earned. The Royals picked up two unearned runs in the fifth inning, aided by James McCann's misplay of Drew Butera's bunt attempt.
The only other Tigers to give up 10 or more hits in less than six innings and earn the win was Dan Petry in 1984, according to MLB.com.
* Tigers outfielder JaCoby Jones has hit in his last five games, including a solo home run in the sixth inning on Saturday.
He's 8-for-20 with a double, triple and two home runs during the five-game stretch.
* Miguel Cabrera tagged up to score from third base on Victor Martinez's fly ball to shallow-ish left field.
The run gave the Tigers a 10-4 lead and provoked great amusement in the Tigers' dugout. Cabrera got a hug from Martinez on his way back to the dugout, perhaps a thank you for the unexpected RBI.
Dixon Machado gave the Tigers the lead for good with an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Shortly thereafter, Jeimer Candelario and Miguel Cabrera drew bases loaded walks.
Cabrera added a two-run single in the seventh inning. He drove in three runs.
Jose Iglesias went 3-for-5, and Candelario and Leonys Martin each went 2-for-5.
With a number of relievers taxed from Friday?s doubleheader, the big offensive performance helped.
Daniel Stumpf recorded 2 outs in both the sixth and seventh innings, and Warwick Saupold recorded the final 7 outs.
In the fourth, the Tigers had a miscommunication in shallow center field, as a blooper fell between Martin, Iglesias and Machado, and then catcher James McCann could not handle a bunt, loading the bases with nobody out. The Royals scored two runs to tie the game. Both were unearned.
The Tigers broke a 3-3 tie in the fifth inning, scoring three times ? all with two outs and two on bases-loaded walks.
Dixon Machado?s two-run single scored Victor Martinez from second base, made it 4-3 and moved Jose Iglesias to third. That was the end of the line for Royals starter Danny Duffy, who had given up 10 hits at that point.
JaCoby Jones, who delivered a walk-off homer in Game 1 Friday, homered again in the sixth inning Saturday.
Cabrera reached base four times in the game, including two singles, the second drove in two runs in the seventh.
The Tigers tacked on two more in the eighth, aided by two more walks and an RBI single by Candelario (two hits, two RBIs). Four of the eight walks ended up scoring.
All that offense made a winner of starter Mike Fiers, who continues to be a puzzle. It was his second win in three starts and you wonder how he does it.
He didn?t throw a pitch harder than 87.5 mph Saturday. He got very little help from his defense. The Royals put 13 runners on base in the first five-plus innings ? 10 hits. And yet, when he departed with one out and two on in the fifth, he had allowed just two earned runs.
Typically teams don't swing at the slow curveball that Fiers floats in between 66 and 69 mph. The Royals were attacking it. They had four hits off that pitch, One, though, was on a ball misplayed in short center field that ignited a two-run fourth inning.
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I really haven't been able to watch many games so far this year mostly due to the number of day games they have had. I am really surprised that they are this close to playing .500 baseball. Let's hope they can keep it up
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