The first inning served as a pretty good sampler of what this game would look like. The Royals managed a pair of weak hits off of Detroit starter Mike Fiers but ultimately couldn’t bring any runners home. In the bottom of the inning Detroit managed a hard-hit double from Leonys Martin and 4 weak-hit groundballs that led to a run when one of them turned into a single. The Royals never led in this game, though for a while they were consistently returning fire to keep themselves in it.
Duffy ultimately pitched 4.