Tigers @ Royals Game # 7 April 14th, 2022

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Lineups

DET Lineup
V Reyes (S) RF
A Meadows (L) LF
J Schoop (R) 2B
J Candelario (S) 3B
M Cabrera (R) DH
A Baddoo (L) CF
S Torkelson (R) 1B
H Castro (L) SS
T Barnhart (S) C

Pitcher C. Mize

Kansas City lineup
W Merrifield (R) RF
B Witt Jr. (R) 3B
A Benintendi (L) LF
S Perez (R) C
C Santana (S) 1B
H Dozier (R) DH
A Mondesi (S) SS
M Taylor (R) CF
N Lopez (L) 2B

Pitcher Z Greinke

 

[biggunsbob]

Tigers lead 2-0 top 4th. Miggy has 2 hits. I was out at the store. scoring summary.

Castro hit sacrifice fly to left, Cabrera scored.
Tigers
2nd Torkelson hit by pitch, Candelario scored, Baddoo to second, Cabrera to third 1-0

 

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Damn it Baddoo drops a ball he should catch in deep cf.

 

[biggunsbob]

Kc Bottom 4th

Line out to Center.
Dropped ball in center by Baddoo triple.
Walk.
Steal (not even close)
Batter 0-2 terrible pitch JC bobbles the ball everyone safe 2-1.
That is just a terrible pitch 0-2.
F-7 2 outs.
Merrifield Single tie game 2-2 . Not a good first pitch by Mize.
Steal 2nd and 3rd.
Witt Jr strikeouts out looking
2-2 now top 5th.


Tigers are not playing good defense so far this year. A good CF makes that play easy that AB dropped.
A average 3rd baseman makes that play JC bobbles.

 

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Tigers 5th

Castro F-7 To deep left.
Barnhart singles
Reyes 643
Inning over
2-2 bottom 5th.

 

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Kc
5th
Benintendi grounds out missed it.
Perez 5-3 (Jack says Casey was lucky as it was a hanger of a pitch)
Santana F-8 on Casey 88th pitch. (Deep)

 

[biggunsbob]

Tigers 6th.

Man we need a break out inning

Meadows .421
Schoop .200
Jc .174


Meadow smacks ZG 80 pitch for a single.
Wild pitch meadows to 2nd.
Schoop swings at 3-1 pitch and grounds Out 5-3.
Terrible AB by schoop.
Pitching change
Jc??.k?s (Not even close with that swing).
Miggy lines a single to right (3-3)
Meadows thrown out Home. Man he looked slow.
Tigers just can?t buy a break early this year.

 

[biggunsbob]

Kc bottom 6th.

JJ pitching for the tigers.

Dozier Jc muffs another play to his left. Off tip of his glove ss never would got him I think.
Mondesi bunt pop out to first.
Taylor F-8.
9 hitter Lopez F-9

 

[biggunsbob]

Tigers top 7

Baddoo .118
Torkelson .167
Castro .375

Baddoo K Man he is struggling at the plate.
Torkelson BB
Castro k (on a ball). Close.
PH Hasse .133. Singles
1st and 2nd
Reyes 1-2 count nice single to cf
Spencer scores
Hasse to 3rd.
3-2 tigers
Meadows seeing eye pop fly single rbi
4-2
Schoop K?s 2-2 count
(pitch wasn?t even close Ump)
Tigers lead 4-2 bottom 7.

 

[Mitchrapp]

6 hits left for Miggy. Need to make sure I don't miss that game. After this series 6 at home, hope it happens there..

 

[biggunsbob]

Kc bottom 7th

Lange pitching

Merrifield f-8
Witt jr k?s
Bennintendi k?s

Nice half inning

 

[biggunsbob]

6 hits left for Miggy. Need to make sure I don't miss that game. After this series 6 at home, hope it happens there..

Three more games in Kc. You would think he would sit Sunday coming home for Colorado. I sure hope he does it at home
In comerica.

Miggy only 6 hits away.

 

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Tigers got 3 two out hits to take the lead.

Ph Hasse
Reyes
Meadows

 

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Tigers 8th

Jc .. swings early in count G-3 (wake up please JC)
Miggy 6-3
Baddoo pop out 5. (Wake up please)

 

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Kc bottom 8th

Fulmer in for tigers

Perez K?s
Santana G-3
Dozier (3-3) pop Out 4.

Fulmer 9 pitches

 

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Tigers 9th
Torkelson G-4 (3-1 take was a ball Ump).
Castro k?s
Hasse. F-7

 

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Kc 9th

Soto in..

7. Mondesi .150. F-8
8. Taylor .294??BB. Didn?t even come close on 3-2
9. PH Olivares 1-2 count .. strikeout . Nasty pitch
1. Merrifield 0-2, 1-2, 2-2. F-7

Tigers win third straight series opener.
3-4

 

[biggunsbob]

Bullpen was outstanding tonight. Mize was up and down in his start.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/miguel-cabrera-six-hits-away-from-3-000-in-his-career
Six hits from 3K and a 'Speedy Gonzales' slide? Miggy's on fire.
Tigers official site

Cabrera?s 134 hits at Kauffman Stadium trail only Progressive Field (139) for his highest hit total as a visiting player. Thursday marked his 11th career game here with three or more hits, four of them since 2020.
Miguel Cabrera continued his career of success against Kansas City tonight, going 3x4. No active player has more three-plus hit games against the Royals than Miggy's 16. Over his career at Kauffman Stadium he's batting .320/.382/.511 with 42 extra-base hits and 90 RBI.

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-...nal,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=662702
Boxscore.

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-...,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=662702
Webvideo Highlights of the Tigers win over the royals.

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2022/4...-royals-2-miggy-goes-for-three-recap-april-14
Tigers 4 - Royals 2: Miggy goes for three.
Winning feels nice.
BYBTB

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...-six-3-000-victory-against-royals/7317669001/
'I'm in a good position': Cabrera has three hits, within six of 3,000 milestone.
Detnews

It was Cabrera's 16th three-hit game against the Royals, the most by any visiting player. His slash-line at Kauffman Stadium is an impressive .320/.382/.511.

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...kansas-city-royals-miguel-cabrera/7326749001/
Miguel Cabrera nabs 3 hits as Detroit Tigers take down Kansas City Royals late in 4-2 win.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2022/0...ts-bullpen-slams-door-in-win-over-royals.html
Tigers get clutch hits, bullpen slams door in win over Royals.
Mlive

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2022/04/tigers-javier-baez-already-ruled-out-for-fridays-game.html
Tigers? Javier Baez already ruled out for Friday?s game.
Mlive