Thursday, April 21st, 2016 6:15PM CST
The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers by a score of four to zero on Thursday night. Edinson Volquez delivered seven effective innings pitching for the Royals, Mike Moustakas hit a home run, and the Kansas City offense found success against Detroit starter Mike Pelfrey.
Date: Thursday, April 21st, 2016
Time: 6:15PM CST
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 30,763
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
KC |
1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
DET |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Doubles: Escobar (1, Pelfrey); Infante (5, Pelfrey)
Home Runs: Moustakas (5, 4th inning off Pelfrey 0 on, 2 Out)
Runs Batted In: Cain (7), Escobar (5), Moustakas (6)
2-out Runs Batted In: Moustakas
Sacrifice Flies: Escobar
Sacrifice Hit: Dyson
Ground Into Double Play: Cain; Escobar
Team Left On Base: 8
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 2-8 (Moustakas 1-1, Hosmer 0-1, Gordon 0-1, Pérez 0-2, Cain 1-2, Morales 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Pérez 3; Morales 1

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Vólquez 13-27; Herrera 3-3; Duffy 2-3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Vólquez 15-8-31-19; Herrera 1-3-5-1; Duffy 1-0-1-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Vólquez 8-7; Herrera 0-1; Duffy 1-2
Game Scores: E Volquez 71

Errors: Escobar (3, ground ball)
Assists: Gordon (Iglesias at 3rd base)

Stolen Bases: Dyson (2, 3rd base off Pelfrey/Saltalamacchia); Escobar (4, 2nd base off Pelfrey/Saltalamacchia); Cain (2, 3rd base off Pelfrey/Saltalamacchia); Hosmer (2, 2nd base off Pelfrey/Saltalamacchia)

Doubles: Kinsler (3, Vólquez)
Team Left On Base: 6
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 0-2 (Saltalamacchia 0-1, Upton 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Saltalamacchia 2; Upton 1

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Pelfrey 15-26; Ryan 5-7; A. Wilson 0-3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Pelfrey 15-8-17-19; Ryan 4-0-1-7; A. Wilson 1-0-4-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Pelfrey 8-4; Ryan 4-2; A. Wilson 0-2
Game Scores: M Pelfrey 34

Double Plays: 3 (Iglesias, Iglesias-Kinsler-Cabrera, Castellanos-Kinsler-Cabrera)
Errors: Castellanos (2, catch)
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