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Royals
@ Tigers
Comerica Park
September 22, 2007
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals, played on September 22, 2007 at Comerica Park.
Game Summary
| Date | September 22, 2007 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 22, 2007 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Kyle Davies |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Kenny Rogers |
| Ballpark | Comerica Park |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 41,792 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 13 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Andy Fletcher 1B: Eric Cooper 2B: Mike Reilly 3B: Jeff Kellogg |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Esteban German | Left Fielder |
| Mark Grudzielanek | Second Baseman |
| Billy Butler | First Baseman |
| Mike Sweeney | DH |
| Mark Teahen | Center Fielder |
| Emil Brown | Right Fielder |
| Alex Gordon | Third Baseman |
| Jason LaRue | Catcher |
| Tony Pena | Shortstop |
| Buddy Bell | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Curtis Granderson | Center Fielder |
| Placido Polanco | Second Baseman |
| Gary Sheffield | DH |
| Magglio Ordonez | Right Fielder |
| Carlos Guillen | Shortstop |
| Ivan Rodriguez | Catcher |
| Timo Perez | Left Fielder |
| Sean Casey | First Baseman |
| Brandon Inge | Third Baseman |
| Jim Leyland | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Tigers
Comerica Park
September 22, 2007
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
German vs. Rogers
German hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Granderson. German reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Grudzielanek vs. Rogers
Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. German moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Butler vs. Rogers
Butler hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Polanco settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Sweeney vs. Rogers
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Inge juggles the ball. That's an error on Inge. German scores. Grudzielanek moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Teahen vs. Rogers
Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Casey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Teahen for the out. Grudzielanek moves to third. Sweeney moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Brown vs. Rogers
Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grudzielanek scores. Sweeney scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Rogers
Gordon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Polanco settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Granderson vs. Davies
Granderson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Davies
Polanco hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Sheffield vs. Davies
Sheffield hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. LaRue settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ordonez vs. Davies
Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Gordon. Ordonez moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Guillen vs. Davies
There's a wild pitch. Ordonez moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Guillen vs. Davies
Guillen hits a fly ball into center field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
LaRue vs. Rogers
LaRue strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Rogers
Pena strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
German vs. Rogers
German takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grudzielanek vs. Rogers
Grudzielanek hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Granderson. Grudzielanek reaches second base with a double. German goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Butler vs. Rogers
Butler takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sweeney vs. Rogers
Sweeney hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Grudzielanek scores. Butler moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Teahen vs. Rogers
Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Casey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Teahen for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Davies
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Davies
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Butler scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Perez for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Casey vs. Davies
Casey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Rogers
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Granderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Rogers
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
LaRue vs. Rogers
LaRue strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Inge vs. Davies
Inge hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Granderson vs. Davies
Granderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Polanco vs. Davies
Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. Granderson moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Sheffield vs. Davies
Sheffield takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Ordonez vs. Davies
Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Rogers
Pena hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
German vs. Rogers
German hits a fly ball into right field. Ordonez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Grudzielanek vs. Rogers
Grudzielanek strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Davies
Guillen hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brown. Guillen reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rodriguez vs. Davies
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Guillen moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Perez vs. Davies
Perez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brown. Perez reaches second base with a double. Brown throws the ball in to Gordon who tags Perez trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Guillen scores. Rodriguez goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Casey vs. Davies
Casey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Inge vs. Davies
Inge hits a line drive into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Granderson vs. Davies
Granderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Butler vs. Rogers
Butler hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Sweeney vs. Rogers
Sweeney strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Teahen vs. Rogers
Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Davies
Polanco hits a fly ball into center field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sheffield vs. Davies
Sheffield strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Ordonez vs. Davies
Ordonez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brown. Ordonez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Guillen vs. Davies
Guillen hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Rogers
Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Gordon vs. Rogers
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Casey fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
LaRue vs. Rogers
LaRue strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Pena vs. Rogers
Pena hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gordon moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
German vs. Rogers
German hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Davies
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Davies
Perez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Casey vs. Bale
John Bale now pitching.
Casey hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Perez moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Inge vs. Bale
There's a wild pitch. Perez moves to third. Casey moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Inge vs. Bale
Inge strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Granderson vs. Bale
Granderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grudzielanek vs. Grilli
Jason Grilli now pitching.
Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guillen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Butler vs. Grilli
Butler hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Grudzielanek moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sweeney vs. Grilli
Ross Gload pinch runs for Billy Butler.
Sweeney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grudzielanek moves to third. Gload moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Teahen vs. Seay
Bobby Seay now pitching.
Teahen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guillen fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Grudzielanek scores. Gload moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Brown vs. Seay
Brown is walked intentionally. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Gordon vs. Seay
Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Granderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Polanco vs. Peralta
David DeJesus now playing center field. Ross Gload now playing first base. Mark Teahen now playing right field. Emil Brown now playing left field.
Polanco hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sheffield vs. Peralta
Sheffield strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Ordonez vs. Peralta
Ordonez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Guillen vs. Peralta
Guillen hits a fly ball into right field. Teahen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
LaRue vs. Miner
Zach Miner now pitching.
LaRue hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guillen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Miner
Pena strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
DeJesus vs. Miner
DeJesus hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Granderson who is chasing the ball. DeJesus reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Grudzielanek vs. Miner
Grudzielanek hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Perez. Grudzielanek reaches second base with a double. DeJesus scores. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Gload vs. Miner
Gload is walked intentionally. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Sweeney vs. Miner
Sweeney hits a fly ball into right field. Ordonez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Peralta
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Raburn vs. Gobble
Jimmy Gobble now pitching. Ryan Raburn pinch hits for Timo Perez.
Raburn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grudzielanek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Casey vs. Gobble
Casey hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of DeJesus. Casey reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Inge vs. Gobble
There's a wild pitch. Casey moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Inge vs. Gobble
Inge strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Teahen vs. Rapada
Ryan Raburn now playing left field. Clay Rapada now pitching.
Teahen strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Rapada
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gordon vs. Rapada
Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Inge fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Granderson vs. Soria
Joakim Soria now pitching.
Granderson hits a fly ball into left center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Polanco vs. Soria
Polanco strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Sheffield vs. Soria
Sheffield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gload scoops it up and throws to first, with Soria covering, for the out. Granderson moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Ordonez vs. Soria
Ordonez hits a line drive into left field. Brown picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Brown. Granderson scores. Ordonez moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Guillen vs. Soria
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gload scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Guillen for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/22/2007 -- Kansas City at Detroit (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
German E, lf 3 2 1 0 Granderson C, cf 5 2 3 1
DeJesus D, cf 1 1 1 0 Polanco P, 2b 5 0 0 0
Grudzielanek M, 2b 5 3 4 2 Sheffield G, dh 4 0 0 0
Butler B, 1b 3 0 2 0 Ordonez M, rf 5 0 4 1
Gload R, pr-1b 0 0 0 0 Guillen C, ss 5 1 1 0
Sweeney M, dh 5 1 2 2 Rodriguez I, c 4 1 2 0
Teahen M, cf-rf 5 0 0 0 Perez T, lf 3 0 2 2
Brown E, rf-lf 4 0 2 2 Raburn R, ph-lf 1 0 0 0
Gordon A, 3b 5 0 0 0 Casey S, 1b 4 0 3 0
LaRue J, c 4 0 0 0 Inge B, 3b 4 0 0 0
Pena T, ss 4 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 7 13 6 40 4 15 4
Kansas City 320 000 110 -- 7
Detroit 100 200 001 -- 4
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Davies K (W) 5.1 9 3 3 1 1
Bale J 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Peralta J* 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Gobble J 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Soria J 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers K (L) 6.0 8 5 3 2 6
Grilli J+ 0.0 3 1 1 0 0
Seay B 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Miner Z 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Rapada C 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
* Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
+ Pitched to 3 batters in 7th
E -- Inge B, Gordon A, Brown E
DP -- Kansas City 1, Detroit 2
LOB -- Kansas City 9, Detroit 10
2B -- German E, Grudzielanek M 2, Guillen C, Perez T, Ordonez M, Casey S, Granderson C
3B -- DeJesus D
HR -- Granderson C
WP -- Davies K, Bale J, Gobble J
T -- 3:13
A -- 41792
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