♦ Rookie Herrera has rough debut as Royals lose home finale (kansascity.com)
The Royals built leads of 2-1 and 3-2 before the Tigers pulled even in the seventh inning on Victor Martinez’s RBI single against Aaron Crow. It was Martinez’s third RBI of the game and meant Herrera inherited a 3-3 tie to start the eighth inning.
Manager Ned Yost had hoped to stay away from Herrera, who arrived earlier in the day along with five of his teammates from Class AAA Omaha.
“We brought Crow in to face Martinez with two outs,” Yost said, “hoping that we could get out of that inning with the lead. Crow didn’t look exceptionally sharp, and I’d already used (Louis) Coleman and (Tim) Collins …”
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Doug Fister, 10-13, got the victory by limiting the Royals to one unearned run in three innings after replacing Detroit starter Max Scherzer. Fister is normally a starter, but the Tigers piggy-backed him behind Scherzer in an effort to set up their postseason rotation.
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Paulino allowed two runs and six hits while striking out eight, walking two and settling for a no-decision. Scherzer also got a no-decision after yielding two runs and five hits in five innings.
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