Wearing their legacy Negro League uniforms, the pin-striped Detroit Stars had the Kansas City Monarchs on the ropes all game long but never landed the knockout punch. In the end, the Monarchs weathered the storm, kept it close, and walked it off against Michael Fulmer.
The Tigers got right to work in this one. Professional leadoff man Robbie Grossman drilled a double to right field to start things off against KC’s Matthew Boyd impersonator, lefty Kris Bubic. After Jonathan Schoop lined out to center field, three straight singles from Jeimer Candelario, Miguel Cabrera, and Eric Haase pushed two runs across.