Kansas City Royals vs. Detroit Tigers - Box Score - July 07, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Jul 7, 2009

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Series tied 1-1 (as of 7/7)

Game 1: Monday, July 6
Kansas City	4	Final
Detroit	3	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, July 7
Kansas City	5	Final
Detroit	8	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, July 8
Kansas City	1	Final
Detroit	3	Final
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Royals 5

(36-47, 14-23 away)

Tigers 8

(45-38, 24-12 home)

Alerts

7:05 PM ET, July 7, 2009

Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	10	0
DET	1	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	-	8	8	2

W: J. Verlander (9-4)

L: B. Chen (0-3)

S: F. Rodney (18)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D DeJesus LF	5	0	3	3	0	1	25	.258	.311	.412
W Bloomquist SS-RF	4	0	1	0	1	2	24	.283	.335	.385
B Butler 1B	5	1	2	1	0	0	13	.287	.338	.443
M Teahen 3B	4	1	0	0	1	3	22	.288	.348	.445
J Guillen RF	3	1	2	1	0	0	7	.250	.325	.381
T Pena PR-SS	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.089	.128	.111
M Jacobs DH	3	0	0	0	0	3	16	.223	.299	.409
a-B Pena PH-DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.326	.360	.543
A Callaspo 2B	3	1	1	0	1	1	18	.300	.353	.449
M Olivo C	4	0	0	0	0	3	23	.249	.273	.498
R Freel CF	3	1	1	0	0	1	16	.167	.348	.167
Totals	36	5	10	5	3	15	170
a-flied out to center for M Jacobs in the 8th
BATTING 2B: B Butler (23, J Verlander); D DeJesus (17, J Verlander) HR: B Butler (8, 6th inning off J Verlander 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: D DeJesus 3 (39), B Butler (35), J Guillen (35) 2-out RBI: D DeJesus 3 GIDP: B Butler Royals RISP: 2-9 (M Olivo 0-2, W Bloomquist 0-1, D DeJesus 1-1, J Guillen 1-1, M Teahen 0-2, B Butler 0-2) Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING CS: D DeJesus (4, 2nd base by J Verlander/G Laird)
FIELDING DP: 1 (M Teahen-A Callaspo-B Butler).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Chen (L, 0-3)	4.2	4	7	7	5	3	3	92-48	6.88
R Tejeda	0.2	2	1	1	1	2	0	29-19	4.79
J Wright	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	26-15	4.05
R Mahay	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	17-12	4.33
Totals	8.0	8	8	8	6	7	3	164-94
PITCHING IBB: M Cabrera (By B Chen) HBP: B Inge (By R Tejeda) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Chen 13/23; R Tejeda 5/6; J Wright 2/5; R Mahay 2/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Chen 17-8-9-14; R Tejeda 6-5-6-2; J Wright 3-2-6-4; R Mahay 1-3-5-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Chen 3-8; R Tejeda 0-0; J Wright 4-0; R Mahay 0-2 Game Scores: B Chen 26

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Granderson CF	5	0	2	0	0	1	22	.257	.340	.462
P Polanco 2B	5	2	3	4	0	0	22	.262	.313	.397
M Cabrera 1B	2	2	1	1	2	0	17	.324	.388	.546
M Thames DH	4	1	1	3	0	1	18	.257	.325	.532
R Raburn LF	3	0	0	0	1	1	19	.279	.360	.505
B Inge 3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	18	.267	.362	.505
M Ordonez RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	13	.260	.330	.344
J Anderson RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.279	.324
G Laird C	3	1	0	0	1	0	17	.237	.324	.363
A Everett SS	2	2	0	0	2	2	18	.265	.322	.354
Totals	31	8	8	8	6	7	164
BATTING HR: M Cabrera (17, 1st inning off B Chen 0 on, 2 Out); P Polanco (6, 3rd inning off B Chen 1 on, 2 Out); M Thames (8, 5th inning off B Chen 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: M Cabrera (48), P Polanco 4 (40), M Thames 3 (18) 2-out RBI: M Cabrera, P Polanco 3, M Thames 3 GIDP: M Cabrera Tigers RISP: 2-4 (P Polanco 1-1, M Ordonez 0-1, M Thames 1-1, M Cabrera 0-1) Team LOB: 6
FIELDING E: G Laird (2, catchers interference); B Inge (9, throw) DP: 2 (G Laird-P Polanco, P Polanco-A Everett-M Cabrera).

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Verlander (W, 9-4)	6.0	7	5	3	0	11	1	114-86	3.59
B Lyon (H, 5)	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12-8	3.83
B Seay (H, 18)	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	10-5	3.12
J Zumaya (H, 7)	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	9-3	4.20
F Rodney (S, 18)	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	25-13	4.14
Totals	9.0	10	5	3	3	15	1	170-115
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Verlander 15/26; B Lyon 4/4; B Seay 1/3; J Zumaya 1/2; F Rodney 3/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Verlander 24-17-31-14; B Lyon 2-0-2-4; B Seay 3-1-0-1; J Zumaya 1-2-0-0; F Rodney 4-3-4-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Verlander 3-3; B Lyon 3-0; B Seay 0-1; J Zumaya 0-0; F Rodney 0-1 Game Scores: J Verlander 53

Scoring Summary

			KC	DET
	1st	M Cabrera homered to left.	0	1
	2nd	D DeJesus doubled to left, J Guillen, A Callaspo and R Freel scored.	3	1
	3rd	P Polanco homered to left, A Everett scored.	3	3
	5th	P Polanco singled to center, A Everett scored, P Polanco to second advancing on throw.	3	4
	5th	M Thames homered to left, P Polanco and M Cabrera scored.	3	7
	6th	B Butler homered to left center.	4	7
	6th	J Guillen singled to right, M Teahen scored.	5	7
	6th	P Polanco singled to left, G Laird scored, C Granderson to second.	5	8
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Game Notes

ROYALS RIGHT FIELDER JOSE GUILLEN LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE SIXTH INNING WITH TIGHTNESS IN HIS LEGS.

Game Information

Stadium	Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
Attendance	29,751 (72.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:03
Weather	72 degrees, clear
Wind	15 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Fieldin Culbreth, First Base - Adrian Johnson, Second Base - Jim Wolf, Third Base - Brian Onora