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04/26 14:52 CDT Seth Lugo throws 7 scoreless innings, leads Royals past Tigers
8-0
Seth Lugo throws 7 scoreless innings, leads Royals past Tigers 8-0
By DAVE HOGG
Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) --- Seth Lugo pitched seven scoreless innings and the Kansas City
Royals won their fourth straight game, beating the Detroit Tigers 8-0 on Friday.
Lugo (4-1) allowed three singles and matched a career high with nine strikeouts
in a game played at 1:10 pm due to the NFL draft festivities in downtown
Detroit on Friday evening.
Tigers starter Reese Olson (0-4) allowed one run on three hits and three walks
in seven innings, striking out eight.
Kansas City led 1-0 before scoring seven runs in the ninth inning.
With one out in the third, Adam Frazier and Kyle Isbel singled before Maikel
Garcia walked to load the bases for the Royals. Bobby Witt Jr. hit a sacrifice
fly to center.
The Tigers thought they had the lead in the bottom of the third, but Frazier
reached over the right-field fence to rob Parker Meadows of a home run before
doubling Javier Bez off first.
Detroit got a pair of two-out hits against former teammate John Schreiber in
the eighth, but he struck out Spencer Torkelson to end the inning.
The Royals loaded the bases with one out in the ninth, thanks to two singles
and a walk off Tyler Holton. Holton, usually one of Detroit's best control
pitchers, then hit Frazier and Isbel with consecutive pitches to make it 3-0.
Garcia greeted Will Vest with a two-run single to put the Royals up by five,
and Witt tripled before Vinnie Pasquantino's sacrifice fly made it 8-0.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Tigers utilityman Andy Ibez (hamstring) started a rehab assignment on
Thursday, going 2-3 with a double for Triple-A Toledo.
UP NEXT
The teams play the second game of the series on Saturday evening. RHP Casey
Mize (1-0, 2.95) is scheduled to start for Detroit against RHP Brady Singer
(3-0, 1.82).
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