Detroit Tigers Vs Kansas City Royals preview

Boyd allowed three runs on four hits to the first five batters he faced.

“A bunch of us were saying in the eighth inning just watch how loud this gets when he goes out for the ninth inning”, said Eric Hosmer, who had an RBI single in the seventh.

“The crowd really gave me an extra boost,” Cueto said with catching coach Pedro Grifol acting as his interpreter. I felt comfortable with everything.

Tiger’s rookie starter Matt Boyd, who was acquired from Toronto on July 30 in the David Price trade, gave up three runs in the first inning.

Cueto got Alex Avila and Ian Kinsler to strikeout twice, proving his dominance.

Kauffman Stadium was electric all night, and when Cueto came out for the ninth inning all 36,000 plus rose and cheered into the final out of the game. “It was a fun atmosphere tonight, a different feel tonight, a lot of people excited”.

Matt Boyd (1-3) limited the Royals to one run over seven innings in his Tigers debut Wednesday. Prior to the homer binge, Garcia hit just two home runs in his previous 48 games, which included a 46-game homerless drought from June 8 and August 4.

Buck Farmer entered with one on and one out in the sixth inning for the Tigers. The Royals’ first five hitters – Escobar, Zobrist, Cain, Hosmer and Morales – went a combined 11 for 19 with four RBI.

Elsewhere, the Chicago White Sox cruised to an 8-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels, the San Diego Padres edged the Cincinnati Reds 2-1 and the Seattle Mariners went down 3-2 at home to the Baltimore Orioles.

But his recent career numbers (he hasn’t had an ERA below 3.00 since 2011) are a tier less-imposing than those of Cueto, who on Monday improved on his 2.69 ERA this season as he moves toward his fifth straight sub-3.00 ERA season. The Tigers are 6-1 in Sanchezs last 7 starts vs. Royals.

In hopes of allowing no more runs, Detroit put in Kyle Ryan, who pitched a scoreless 1.1 innings to end the game. Davis then hit a line drive out to center field off reliever Mayckol Guaipe in the sixth that landed in almost the same spot as Jones’ drive.

In the process of unfurling a four-hit, complete-game shutout, Cueto demonstrated he possesses a dimension the team hasn’t had amid its revival the last two years.

Zorbist, another late July acquisition by general manager Dayton Moore, led the Royals’ 12-hit offense with three hits and a walk.

But the Rockies’ Carlos Gonzalez hit a two-run shot in the fourth off Jonathon Niese (7-9). It was Gonzalez’s 13th long ball since the All-Star break (see full recap). Miller gave up a single to d’Arnaud, walked Michael Conforto and Ruben Tejada.

Alcides Escobar and Ben Zobrist each hit singles on the first pitch they saw from Boyd.

PHOENIX – Welington Castillo homered and tied a career high with four RBIs, and Yasmany Tomas and A.J. Pollock also went deep in Arizona’s victory over Philadelphia.

For one thing, it was a statement of what Cueto is capable of on any given night – apparently particularly so when he pitches at home.