Final
Royals crush Tigers
May 1, 2015 - 5:17 AM Kansas City, MO (SportsNetwork.com) - Eric Hosmer hit a two-run homer in the Kansas City Royals' 8-1 rout of the Detroit Tigers on Thursday.Alex Gordon drove in two runs and scored once for the Royals, who have won three of four. Danny Duffy (2-0) allowed one run on seven hits while striking out seven and walking two over seven-plus innings.
"We said it would be a good test for our team to see where we're at. It's only one game, but these games are important," Hosmer said.
Rajai Davis drove in the lone run for the Tigers, who went 2-for-8 with runners in scoring position and stranded seven. Alfredo Simon (4-1), who had won his first four starts of the season, gave up six runs on nine hits with six strikeouts over 4 1/3 innings.
"I just tried to confuse them, but these guys right now are swinging the bats well," Simon said.
The Royals broke a scoreless tie with a three-run third. Gordon singled and raced home on Mike Moustakas' double to right. Hosmer homered to center two batters later.
Kansas City tacked on five more runs in the fifth. Lorenzo Cain singled, stole second and scored on Kendrys Morales' double to right. Salvador Perez followed with an RBI double to left-center field, chasing Simon from the game.
Alex Wilson recorded the second out of the inning before giving up three straight singles to Jarrod Dyson, Christian Colon and Gordon, which plated three more runs.
The Tigers finally got on the board in the eighth. Jose Iglesias led off with a triple and crossed the plate on Davis' single to left. Jason Frasor replaced Duffy and recorded the final three outs of the inning.
Game Notes
Duffy improved to 2-6 lifetime against the Tigers ... Dyson went 3-for-4 with a run scored for the Royals, who pounded out 14 hits.
- DETROIT: 1
KANSAS CITY: 8
Final
Apr 30 11:12 PM - Rajai Davis singles to left field. Jose Iglesias scores.
Tigers 1, Royals 8 Top 8, 0 OutsApr 30 10:41 PM - A.Gordon singled to center, J.Dyson scored, C.Colon scored.
Tigers 0, Royals 8 Bot 5, 2 OutsApr 30 10:00 PM - Alex Gordon singles to right center field. Christian Colon scores. Jarrod Dyson scores.
Tigers 0, Royals 8 Bot 5, 2 OutsApr 30 10:00 PM - C.Colon singled to right, S.Perez scored, J.Dyson to third.
Tigers 0, Royals 6 Bot 5, 2 OutsApr 30 9:57 PM - Christian Colon singles to right field. Jarrod Dyson to third. Salvador Perez scores.
Tigers 0, Royals 6 Bot 5, 2 OutsApr 30 9:56 PM - Salvador Perez doubles to deep left center field. Kendrys Morales scores.
Tigers 0, Royals 5 Bot 5, 1 OutApr 30 9:50 PM - Kendrys Morales doubles to deep right field. Lorenzo Cain scores.
Tigers 0, Royals 4 Bot 5, 1 OutApr 30 9:47 PM - Hosmer homered to center on a 0-0 count, Moustakas scored.
Tigers 0, Royals 3 Bot 3, 2 OutsApr 30 9:04 PM - Eric Hosmer homers to center field. Mike Moustakas scores.
Tigers 0, Royals 3 Bot 3, 2 OutsApr 30 9:04 PM - Mike Moustakas doubles to deep right center field. Alex Gordon scores.
Tigers 0, Royals 1 Bot 3, 1 OutApr 30 8:57 PM - Rajai Davis lines out to center field to Lorenzo Cain.
Apr 30 8:11 PM - DETROIT: 0
KANSAS CITY: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Apr 30 8:10 PM
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