Royals 7, Tigers 5

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP
R Raburn CF-LF	4	2	3	1	0	1	12	.280	.345
c-C Guillen PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.244	.329
P Polanco 2B	4	1	2	0	0	0	14	.279	.321
M Ordonez RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	19	.284	.357
C Thomas RF	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.244	.327
M Cabrera 1B	3	1	2	0	2	0	16	.338	.406
M Thames LF	1	0	1	2	1	0	17	.250	.321
C Granderson PR-CF	2	0	1	0	0	1	6	.255	.336
A Huff DH	4	0	1	2	0	0	14	.244	.312
B Inge 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	14	.231	.314
G Laird C	2	0	0	0	1	0	15	.218	.298
a-R Santiago PH-SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.258	.306
A Everett SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	.236	.290
b-A Avila PH-C	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.295	.380
Totals	35	5	11	5	4	4	152
a-flied out to left for G Laird in the 8th b-flied out to left for A Everett in the 8th c-struck out swinging for R Raburn in the 9th
BATTING 2B: M Cabrera (31, B Chen); P Polanco (29, B Chen); C Granderson (19, Y Yabuta) HR: R Raburn (11, 3rd inning off B Chen 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: M Thames 2 (33), R Raburn (35), A Huff 2 (79) S: P Polanco SF: M Thames 2-out RBI: M Thames, A Huff 2 GIDP: A Everett Tigers RISP: 2-8 (M Ordonez 0-2, C Granderson 0-1, M Thames 1-1, A Huff 1-3, B Inge 0-1) Team LOB: 9
FIELDING Outfield Assist: R Raburn (Y Betancourt at Home).

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
R Porcello	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	0	82-52	4.26
B Seay (L, 5-3; H, 26)	0.2	1	2	2	0	0	0	11-5	3.60
R Perry (B, 3)	0.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	11-6	4.03
F Ni	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-3	3.20
J Bonderman	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	16-8	10.50
N Robertson	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10-6	5.40
Totals	8.0	11	7	7	3	4	0	133-80
PITCHING R Porcello pitched to 1 batter in the 7th; R Perry pitched to 3 batters in the 7th WP: R Porcello HBP: M Maier (By B Seay) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: R Porcello 12/26; B Seay 2/3; R Perry 1/3; F Ni 1/1; J Bonderman 0/3; N Robertson 2/2 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: R Porcello 14-4-14-20; B Seay 0-1-2-2; R Perry 1-1-2-2; F Ni 1-0-1-1; J Bonderman 2-1-3-2; N Robertson 1-1-2-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R Porcello 7-7; B Seay 1-0; R Perry 0-0; F Ni 0-1; J Bonderman 0-1; N Robertson 0-2 Game Scores: R Porcello 45

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP
D DeJesus LF	4	1	1	1	0	1	18	.276	.340
M Maier RF-CF	4	2	1	1	0	0	21	.247	.331
B Butler 1B	3	0	2	2	0	1	15	.302	.355
M Jacobs DH	3	1	2	1	1	0	11	.237	.304
A Callaspo 2B	3	1	1	0	1	0	13	.297	.348
M Teahen 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	10	.276	.328
B Pena C	4	0	1	1	0	0	13	.278	.319
Y Betancourt SS	3	1	1	1	1	0	15	.236	.268
J Anderson CF	2	1	1	0	0	1	7	.247	.283
a-W Bloomquist PH-RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	.254	.296
Totals	31	7	11	7	3	4	133
a-sacrificed to pitcher for J Anderson in the 7th
BATTING 2B: M Jacobs (16, R Porcello); B Pena (10, R Porcello); B Butler (42, R Porcello); J Anderson (5, R Porcello); M Maier (14, R Porcello) RBI: B Pena (15), Y Betancourt (38), M Maier (23), B Butler 2 (74), M Jacobs (51), D DeJesus (66) S: W Bloomquist SF: D DeJesus, B Butler 2-out RBI: B Butler, M Jacobs Royals RISP: 6-13 (Y Betancourt 0-1, M Maier 1-2, A Callaspo 1-2, J Anderson 0-1, M Jacobs 1-1, B Pena 1-1, D DeJesus 1-2, M Teahen 0-2, B Butler 1-1) Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING SB: W Bloomquist (20, 2nd base off N Robertson/A Avila)
FIELDING DP: 1 (A Callaspo-Y Betancourt-B Butler).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Chen	4.2	7	5	5	4	1	1	93-59	5.58
Y Yabuta (W, 1-1)	2.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	32-20	10.12
R Colon (H, 4)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10-7	5.49
J Soria (S, 23)	1.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	17-13	2.64
Totals	9.0	11	5	5	4	4	1	152-99
PITCHING IBB: M Cabrera 2 (By B Chen) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Chen 13/24; Y Yabuta 5/9; R Colon 2/3; J Soria 3/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Chen 11-4-25-19; Y Yabuta 8-0-3-9; R Colon 3-0-1-3; J Soria 6-3-2-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Chen 8-5; Y Yabuta 2-5; R Colon 0-3; J Soria 0-0 Game Scores: B Chen 27

Scoring Summary
			DET	KAN
	1st	M Thames reached on infield single to second, M Ordonez scored, M Cabrera to third.	1	0
	2nd	B Pena doubled to left, M Jacobs scored, A Callaspo to third.	1	1
	2nd	Y Betancourt grounded out to shortstop, A Callaspo scored.	1	2
	3rd	R Raburn homered to left.	2	2
	3rd	M Thames hit sacrifice fly to right, P Polanco scored.	3	2
	5th	A Huff singled to center, R Raburn and M Cabrera scored, C Granderson to second.	5	2
	5th	M Maier doubled to right center, J Anderson scored.	5	3
	5th	B Butler hit sacrifice fly to right, M Maier scored.	5	4
	7th	B Butler singled to right, D DeJesus scored, M Maier to third.	5	5
	7th	M Jacobs singled to left, M Maier scored, B Butler to second.	5	6
	8th	D DeJesus hit sacrifice fly to left, Y Betancourt scored.	5	7
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Game Information
Stadium	Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Attendance	12,032 (31.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:53
Weather	71 degrees, cloudy
Wind	3 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Wally Bell, First Base - Marty Foster, Second Base - Mark Carlson, Third Base - Kerwin Danley

Kansas City leads 1-0 (as of 9/8)

Texas	11	Final
Cleveland	9

Tampa Bay	2	Final
NY Yankees	3

Philadelphia	5	Final
Washington	3

Chi Cubs	9	Final
Pittsburgh	4

Minnesota	3	Final
Toronto	6

Baltimore	0	Final
Boston	10

Florida	4	Final
NY Mets	2

St. Louis	4	Final
Milwaukee	3

Atlanta	2	Final
Houston	1

Detroit	5	Final
Kansas City	7

Oakland	11	Final
Chi White Sox	3

Texas	10	Final
Cleveland	5

Cincinnati	1	Final
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