DETROIT -- Ian Kinsler had the rare chance to celebrate scoring a game-winning run twice in 45 minutes.
Kinsler homered to lead off the 11th inning and give the Detroit Tigers a 6-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night.
"The nice thing about hitting one out is that the game is guaranteed to be over," he said. "There was no reviewing that one."
The celebration at home was Kinsler's second in three innings, but this one counted.
Kinsler was initially called safe at home on a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, setting off a mob scene at the plate. However, a replay review showed Royals catcher Salvador Perez caught Jarrod Dyson's off-line throw and caught the tip of Kinsler's shoe with a diving tag to end the inning.
"I thought I beat it, but when I came in from the inning, they showed the web of his glove move," he said. "What are you going to do? You get back on the field and try to get right back to work."
Kinsler's homer game-ending homer against Miguel Almonte (0-1) was his second walkoff homer against Kansas City this season. He also hit one off Ryan Madson on Aug. 6.
It was only the second homer Almonte had allowed in his short career, and they have both been to Kinsler. The first came on Sept. 1 in Almonte's first major league inning.
Almonte pitched the 10th inning, only allowing a walk, so Royals manager Ned Yost chose to stick with him to start the 11th, rather than use Danny Duffy in relief for the first time this season or go with former Tiger Joba Chamberlain.
"We were already down our top four guys after going 13 last night, so when we went extra innings again tonight, we were pretty short," Yost said. "We like Almonte's stuff and he had been good in the 10th, so we stayed with him. He just threw a bad curveball to a good hitter."
Tom Gorzelanny (2-0) got the win with two innings of scoreless relief.
Neither starter was involved in the decision. Tigers rookie Matt Boyd ended a lengthy slump, allowing two runs and three hits and a walk in six innings. Boyd, who was acquired from Toronto in the David Price trade, struck out six -- one short of his career best.
"I think 90 percent of my fastballs tonight were two seamers," he said. "I hadn't done that in a start yet, but I was really locating it, so I was getting ahead in the count, not pitching with a bunch of 2-0 counts like I've been doing."
Edinson Volquez allowed three runs and seven hits and four walks in six innings for the Royals.
The Royals took a 1-0 lead in the second on Kendrys Morales' 18th homer, but Miguel Cabrera answered with a two-run single in the third. Cabrera now has four RBI in the last two games after a 12-game slump where he only had one.
Mike Moustakas tied the game on the second pitch of the fifth, hitting a fastball an estimated 425 feet over the out-of-town scoreboard in right-center field. Detroit, though, regained the lead in the bottom of the inning when Victor Martinez's fly out to the 420-foot sign in center field easily scored Cabrera.
Eric Hosmer led off the seventh with a double off Blaine Hardy, and took third as Kinsler robbed Morales of a hit with a diving stop-and-throw. Moustakas couldn't drive home the run, grounding out, and Tigers manager Brad Ausmus brought in Al Alburquerque to face Jonny Gomes. Alburquerque got ahead 0-2, but then threw a wild pitch, allowing Hosmer to score the tying run.
Alburquerque then walked Gomes, balked pinch-runner Dyson to second, intentionally walked Perez, and allowed an RBI single to Christian Colon before being pulled. Ian Krol walked Alex Gordon to load the bases, but retired Ben Zobrist to end the inning.
Victor Martinez ripped a two-run homer off Chris Young in the bottom of the inning, putting the Tigers up 5-4, but Hosmer tied the game with a home run off Bruce Rondon in the top of the eighth. It was Hosmer's first homer since Aug. 14.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Royals: 2B Omar Infante (oblique strain) and SS Alcides Escobar (elbow contusion) both sat out Saturday's game after sustaining injuries on Friday night. Escobar, who was hit by a pitch, could play as soon as Sunday, while Infante will undergo tests Monday in Kansas City and could miss the rest of the regular season.
Tigers: 3B Nick Castellanos (groin strain) returned to the starting lineup after Tuesday's injury. He pinch hit in Friday's extra-inning win, but did not play the field.
UP NEXT
The teams finish a three-game series Sunday afternoon with Alfredo Simon (12-9) facing Kris Medlen (3-1, 4.58). The Royals will be ending a 10-day road trip and have Monday off while the Tigers face a doubleheader.
Kinsler homered to lead off the 11th inning and give the Detroit Tigers a 6-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night.
"The nice thing about hitting one out is that the game is guaranteed to be over," he said. "There was no reviewing that one."
The celebration at home was Kinsler's second in three innings, but this one counted.
Kinsler was initially called safe at home on a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, setting off a mob scene at the plate. However, a replay review showed Royals catcher Salvador Perez caught Jarrod Dyson's off-line throw and caught the tip of Kinsler's shoe with a diving tag to end the inning.
"I thought I beat it, but when I came in from the inning, they showed the web of his glove move," he said. "What are you going to do? You get back on the field and try to get right back to work."
Kinsler's homer game-ending homer against Miguel Almonte (0-1) was his second walkoff homer against Kansas City this season. He also hit one off Ryan Madson on Aug. 6.
It was only the second homer Almonte had allowed in his short career, and they have both been to Kinsler. The first came on Sept. 1 in Almonte's first major league inning.
Almonte pitched the 10th inning, only allowing a walk, so Royals manager Ned Yost chose to stick with him to start the 11th, rather than use Danny Duffy in relief for the first time this season or go with former Tiger Joba Chamberlain.
"We were already down our top four guys after going 13 last night, so when we went extra innings again tonight, we were pretty short," Yost said. "We like Almonte's stuff and he had been good in the 10th, so we stayed with him. He just threw a bad curveball to a good hitter."
Tom Gorzelanny (2-0) got the win with two innings of scoreless relief.
Neither starter was involved in the decision. Tigers rookie Matt Boyd ended a lengthy slump, allowing two runs and three hits and a walk in six innings. Boyd, who was acquired from Toronto in the David Price trade, struck out six -- one short of his career best.
"I think 90 percent of my fastballs tonight were two seamers," he said. "I hadn't done that in a start yet, but I was really locating it, so I was getting ahead in the count, not pitching with a bunch of 2-0 counts like I've been doing."
Edinson Volquez allowed three runs and seven hits and four walks in six innings for the Royals.
The Royals took a 1-0 lead in the second on Kendrys Morales' 18th homer, but Miguel Cabrera answered with a two-run single in the third. Cabrera now has four RBI in the last two games after a 12-game slump where he only had one.
Mike Moustakas tied the game on the second pitch of the fifth, hitting a fastball an estimated 425 feet over the out-of-town scoreboard in right-center field. Detroit, though, regained the lead in the bottom of the inning when Victor Martinez's fly out to the 420-foot sign in center field easily scored Cabrera.
Eric Hosmer led off the seventh with a double off Blaine Hardy, and took third as Kinsler robbed Morales of a hit with a diving stop-and-throw. Moustakas couldn't drive home the run, grounding out, and Tigers manager Brad Ausmus brought in Al Alburquerque to face Jonny Gomes. Alburquerque got ahead 0-2, but then threw a wild pitch, allowing Hosmer to score the tying run.
Alburquerque then walked Gomes, balked pinch-runner Dyson to second, intentionally walked Perez, and allowed an RBI single to Christian Colon before being pulled. Ian Krol walked Alex Gordon to load the bases, but retired Ben Zobrist to end the inning.
Victor Martinez ripped a two-run homer off Chris Young in the bottom of the inning, putting the Tigers up 5-4, but Hosmer tied the game with a home run off Bruce Rondon in the top of the eighth. It was Hosmer's first homer since Aug. 14.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Royals: 2B Omar Infante (oblique strain) and SS Alcides Escobar (elbow contusion) both sat out Saturday's game after sustaining injuries on Friday night. Escobar, who was hit by a pitch, could play as soon as Sunday, while Infante will undergo tests Monday in Kansas City and could miss the rest of the regular season.
Tigers: 3B Nick Castellanos (groin strain) returned to the starting lineup after Tuesday's injury. He pinch hit in Friday's extra-inning win, but did not play the field.
UP NEXT
The teams finish a three-game series Sunday afternoon with Alfredo Simon (12-9) facing Kris Medlen (3-1, 4.58). The Royals will be ending a 10-day road trip and have Monday off while the Tigers face a doubleheader.
7:08PM,EDT,September 19,2015
Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Kansas City - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Boyd pitching for Detroit | KC | DET |
| Gordon struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Zobrist grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Cain struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Edinson Volquez pitching for Kansas City | KC | DET |
| Gose struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Kinsler walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Cabrera grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Kinsler out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Matt Boyd pitching for Detroit | KC | DET |
| Hosmer flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| K. Morales homered to right (371 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| Moustakas struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| Gomes struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Edinson Volquez pitching for Kansas City | KC | DET |
| J.D. Martinez struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| V. Martínez doubled to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Castellanos struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Collins flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Matt Boyd pitching for Detroit | KC | DET |
| Pérez flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Colón flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Gordon struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Edinson Volquez pitching for Kansas City | KC | DET |
| Avila doubled to deep right center. | 1 | 0 |
| Machado struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Gose singled to left, Avila to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Gose stole second. | 1 | 0 |
| Kinsler grounded out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| Cabrera singled to right, Avila and Gose scored. | 1 | 2 |
| J.D. Martinez flied out to center. | 1 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Matt Boyd pitching for Detroit | KC | DET |
| Zobrist singled to center. | 1 | 2 |
| Zobrist caught stealing second, pitcher to first. | 1 | 2 |
| Cain walked. | 1 | 2 |
| Hosmer flied out to center. | 1 | 2 |
| Cain to second on wild pitch by Boyd. | 1 | 2 |
| Cain stole third. | 1 | 2 |
| K. Morales grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Edinson Volquez pitching for Kansas City | KC | DET |
| V. Martínez walked. | 1 | 2 |
| Castellanos lined out to right. | 1 | 2 |
| Collins singled to right center, V. Martínez to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Avila walked, V. Martínez to third, Collins to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Machado popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 2 |
| Gose flied out to left. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Matt Boyd pitching for Detroit | KC | DET |
| Moustakas homered to right center (428 feet). | 2 | 2 |
| Gomes popped out to shortstop. | 2 | 2 |
| Pérez grounded out to third. | 2 | 2 |
| Colón struck out looking. | 2 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Edinson Volquez pitching for Kansas City | KC | DET |
| Kinsler grounded out to third. | 2 | 2 |
| Cabrera singled to center. | 2 | 2 |
| J.D. Martinez hit a ground rule double to left, Cabrera to third. | 2 | 2 |
| V. Martínez hit sacrifice fly to center, Cabrera scored, J.D. Martinez to third. | 2 | 3 |
| Castellanos walked. | 2 | 3 |
| Collins struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Matt Boyd pitching for Detroit | KC | DET |
| Gordon grounded out to first. | 2 | 3 |
| Zobrist flied out to center. | 2 | 3 |
| Cain fouled out to first. | 2 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Edinson Volquez pitching for Kansas City | KC | DET |
| Avila struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| Machado grounded out to second. | 2 | 3 |
| Gose grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Blaine Hardy pitching for Detroit | KC | DET |
| Hardy relieved Boyd. | 2 | 3 |
| Hosmer doubled to deep right. | 2 | 3 |
| K. Morales grounded out to second, Hosmer to third. | 2 | 3 |
| Moustakas grounded out to second. | 2 | 3 |
| Alburquerque relieved Hardy. | 2 | 3 |
| Hosmer scored on Alburquerque's wild pitch. | 3 | 3 |
| Gomes walked. | 3 | 3 |
| Dyson ran for Gomes. | 3 | 3 |
| Dyson to second on balk by Alburquerque. | 3 | 3 |
| Pérez intentionally walked. | 3 | 3 |
| Colón singled to right, Dyson scored, Pérez to second. | 4 | 3 |
| Krol relieved Alburquerque. | 4 | 3 |
| Gordon walked, Pérez to third, Colón to second. | 4 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Chris Young pitching for Kansas City | KC | DET |
| Cain in right field. | 4 | 3 |
| Dyson in center field. | 4 | 3 |
| Young relieved Vólquez. | 4 | 3 |
| Kinsler popped out to shortstop. | 4 | 3 |
| Cabrera walked. | 4 | 3 |
| J.D. Martinez flied out to center. | 4 | 3 |
| V. Martínez homered to right (371 feet), Cabrera scored. | 4 | 5 |
| Castellanos struck out swinging. | 4 | 5 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Bruce Rondon pitching for Detroit | KC | DET |
| Romine at third base. | 4 | 5 |
| Rondón relieved Krol. | 4 | 5 |
| Cain grounded out to second. | 4 | 5 |
| Hosmer homered to right (404 feet). | 5 | 5 |
| K. Morales lined out to right. | 5 | 5 |
| Moustakas singled to right. | 5 | 5 |
| Dyson flied out to left. | 5 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Franklin Morales pitching for Kansas City | KC | DET |
| F. Morales relieved Young. | 5 | 5 |
| Davis hit for Collins. | 5 | 5 |
| Davis hit by pitch. | 5 | 5 |
| Avila bunted into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, Davis out at second. | 5 | 5 |
| Machado singled to right. | 5 | 5 |
| Gose struck out looking. | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Neftali Feliz pitching for Detroit | KC | DET |
| Davis in left field. | 5 | 5 |
| Feliz relieved Rondón. | 5 | 5 |
| Pérez grounded out to second. | 5 | 5 |
| Colón singled to left. | 5 | 5 |
| Gordon struck out looking, Colón stole second. | 5 | 5 |
| Zobrist grounded out to first. | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Luke Hochevar pitching for Kansas City | KC | DET |
| Hochevar relieved F. Morales. | 5 | 5 |
| Kinsler singled to center. | 5 | 5 |
| Cabrera hit by pitch, Kinsler to second. | 5 | 5 |
| Kinsler stole third. | 5 | 5 |
| J.D. Martinez grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Cabrera out at second. | 5 | 5 |
| V. Martínez walked, J.D. Martinez to second. | 5 | 5 |
| Romine lined into double play to center, Kinsler out at home. | 5 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 10th | SCORE | |
| Tom Gorzelanny pitching for Detroit | KC | DET |
| Gorzelanny relieved Feliz. | 5 | 5 |
| Cain lined out to second. | 5 | 5 |
| Hosmer singled to right. | 5 | 5 |
| K. Morales struck out swinging. Hosmer caught stealing second, catcher to second to first. | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 10th | SCORE | |
| Miguel Almonte pitching for Kansas City | KC | DET |
| Almonte relieved Hochevar. | 5 | 5 |
| Davis struck out swinging. | 5 | 5 |
| Avila walked. | 5 | 5 |
| Machado struck out swinging. | 5 | 5 |
| Gose grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Avila out at second. | 5 | 5 |
| -1 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 11th | SCORE | |
| Tom Gorzelanny pitching for Detroit | KC | DET |
| Moustakas fouled out to third. | 5 | 5 |
| Dyson bunt grounded out to pitcher. | 5 | 5 |
| Pérez struck out swinging. | 5 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Detroit - Bottom of 11th | SCORE | |
| Miguel Almonte pitching for Kansas City | KC | DET |
| Kinsler homered to left (374 feet). | 5 | 6 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City Royals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Gordon LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 27 | .278 | .384 | .444 |
| Zobrist 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .282 | .366 | .459 |
| Cain CF-RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | .306 | .363 | .485 |
| Hosmer 1B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .303 | .367 | .454 |
| K. Morales DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .288 | .350 | .466 |
| Moustakas 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .279 | .342 | .461 |
| Gomes RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .200 | .333 | .333 |
Dyson PR-CF
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .250 | .313 | .380 |
| Pérez C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | .256 | .277 | .423 |
| Colón SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .264 | .316 | .308 |
| Totals | 40 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 185 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Hosmer (30, Hardy) HR: K. Morales (18, 2nd inning off Boyd 0 on, 1 Out); Moustakas (20, 5th inning off Boyd 0 on, 0 Out); Hosmer (15, 8th inning off Rondón 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: K. Morales (102), Moustakas (73), Colón (5), Hosmer (84) 2-out RBI: Colón Royals RISP: 1-6 (Moustakas 0-1, Zobrist 0-2, Colón 1-1, K. Morales 0-2) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Cain (28, 3rd base off Boyd/Avila); Colón (3, 2nd base off Feliz/Avila) CS: Zobrist (4, 2nd base by Boyd); Hosmer (3, 2nd base by Gorzelanny/Avila) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 3 (Colón-Zobrist-Hosmer, F. Morales-Colón-Hosmer, Dyson-Pérez). Outfield Assist: Dyson (Kinsler at Home). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Comerica Park, Detroit, MI |
| Attendance | 36,007 (86.6% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 4:06 |
| Weather | 68 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 14 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Gary Cederstrom, First Base - Quinn Wolcott, Second Base - Lance Barksdale, Third Base - Ryan Blakney |
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