Royals win 12-9, knock Tigers 1½ behind wild card

Salvador Perez homered to cap a cycle by Kansas City's first four batters of the game, and the Royals went deep three more times to beat Detroit 12-9 Sunday.
Sep 25, 2016, 07:33 pm - Associated Press
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D. Gee
win

D. Gee8-9

2.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 K, 0 BB
M. Boyd
loss

M. Boyd6-5

0.0 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 0 K, 0 BB
W. Davis
save

W. Davis26

1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 K, 0 BB

Scoring Summary

Inning

KCDET
1stMerrifield tripled to deep right, Burns scored.10
1stMorales doubled to left, Merrifield scored.20
1stPérez homered to left (390 feet), Morales scored.40
3rdCuthbert homered to left center (391 feet), Orlando scored.60
3rdMondesi homered to right (413 feet).70
3rdV. Martínez homered to right center (407 feet), Kinsler, Maybin and Cabrera scored.74
4thMorales singled to right center, Merrifield scored.84
4thGordon doubled to deep right center, Morales scored.94
4thCabrera grounded out to second, Maybin scored.95
6thGordon homered to right (418 feet), Orlando scored.115
6thMaybin scored, Cabrera to third, V. Martínez to second on wild pitch by Flynn.116
7thUpton homered to left (380 feet).117
8thJ.D. Martinez hit sacrifice fly to right, Maybin scored.118
8thV. Martínez scored, Upton to third on wild pitch by Herrera.119
9thMondesi singled to right, Gordon scored, Escobar to third.129
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