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August 30, 2008

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Royals 12 16 0
Tigers 3 8 0
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Royals 12 17 0
Tigers 3 8 0

Billy Butler Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .271
OBP .500 .322
At Bats 4 376
Hits 2 102
• Singles 0 74
• Doubles 0 19
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 2 9
Walks 0 29
RBI’s 4 46

Casey Fossum Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 0
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Comerica Park - August 30, 2008
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Single
Casey Fossum
Brandon Inge
Jeff Larish
Placido Polanco
Ramon Santiago
Edgar Renteria
Matthew Joyce
Curtis Granderson
Ryan Raburn
Billy Butler
Tony Pena
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs

Butler hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Pena moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Ryan Raburn now playing right field. Ramon Santiago now playing third base. Jeff Larish now playing first base. Pena hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Thames strikes out.
Bottom 8 Larish hits a popup towards third. Aviles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Joyce takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Mike Aviles now playing third base. Tony Pena now playing shortstop. Mark Teahen now playing right field. Jeff Fulchino now pitching. Ramon SantiSantiago strikes out.
Top 8 DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Callaspo takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 There goes Aviles. The throw from Inge and he is out, Larish applying the tag.
Top 8 Casey Fossum now pitching. Aviles hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Granderson. Aviles reaches second base with a double. Gload scores. Gathright goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Gathright hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Buck scores. Gload moves to second.
Top 8 Gload hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Teahen scores. Buck moves to third.
Top 8 Buck is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Teahen hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Granderson. Teahen reaches second base with a double. Guillen scores.
Top 8 Butler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Guillen moves to third.
Top 8 Guillen hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Joyce. Guillen reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Ordonez hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Polanco hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Granderson hits a fly ball into left center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Bottom 7 David DeJesus now playing left field. Joey Gathright now playing center field. Leo Nunez now pitching. Inge strikes out.
Top 7 DeJesus hits a fly ball into center field. Granderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Callaspo hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Gathright scores. Aviles moves to second.
Top 7 Joey Gathright pinch runs for Esteban German. Aviles takes first base on ball four. Gathright moves to second.
Top 7 German hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Gload hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Nate Robertson now pitching. Buck strikes out. Inge drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Buck out.
Bottom 6 Renteria hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Thames hits a popup towards third. Teahen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Larish hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Joyce scores.
Bottom 6 Joyce hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Guillen who is chasing the ball. Joyce reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Teahen strikes out.
Top 6 Butler hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 6 Guillen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. DeJesus moves to second.
Top 6 DeJesus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. German scores.
Top 6 Callaspo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. German moves to third.
Top 6 Aviles hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. German moves to second.
Top 6 German takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Ordonez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Polanco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Granderson hits a line drive towards third. Teahen reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gload hits a fly ball into center field. Granderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rogers fires to first and picks off Buck.
Top 5 Buck takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Teahen hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Butler strikes out.
Bottom 4 Inge hits a line drive into left field. German settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Renteria hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Duckworth fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Thames strikes out.
Top 4 Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 DeJesus strikes out.
Top 4 Callaspo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Larish strikes out.
Bottom 3 Joyce hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gload scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cabrera for the out.
Bottom 3 Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Polanco scores.
Bottom 3 Polanco hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of DeJesus who is chasing the ball. Polanco reaches third base with a triple.
Top 3 Aviles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 German hits a line drive towards the mound. Rogers catches it and throws to first to double up Gload.
Top 3 Gload hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Granderson hits a fly ball into center field. DeJesus settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Inge hits a line drive into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Renteria hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Thames strikes out.
Top 2 Buck hits a ball on the ground towards third. Larish fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Teahen strikes out.
Top 2 Butler hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Renteria scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Larish strikes out.
Bottom 1 Joyce takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Cabrera hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of German. Cabrera reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Ordonez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Callaspo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Granderson scores.
Bottom 1 Polanco takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Granderson hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Guillen who is chasing the ball. Granderson reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 DeJesus hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Cabrera, and towards Polanco, who fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering, for the out.
Top 1 Callaspo hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Inge settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Aviles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polanco scoops it up and throws to first for the out.