Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - April 17, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 17, 2012

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Detroit leads 2-0 (as of 4/17)

Game 1: Monday, April 16
Detroit	3	Final
Kansas City	2	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, April 17
Detroit	3	Final
Kansas City	1	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, April 18
Detroit	4	Final
Kansas City	3	Final
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Tigers 3

(8-3, 3-2 away)

Royals 1

(3-8, 0-5 home)

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8:10 PM ET, April 17, 2012

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

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

W: O. Dotel (1-0)

L: B. Chen (0-1)

S: J. Valverde (2)

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Jackson CF	4	0	0	0	0	3	14	.366	.469	.634
B Boesch RF	4	1	2	0	0	0	21	.267	.267	.333
M Cabrera 3B	4	0	2	1	0	1	18	.250	.354	.500
P Fielder 1B	4	0	2	1	0	1	15	.341	.404	.512
D Young LF	4	1	1	0	0	2	14	.270	.333	.378
B Inge 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.667
A Avila C	4	0	0	0	0	2	17	.273	.333	.545
R Raburn 2B-LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	6	.086	.158	.114
R Santiago SS	3	0	1	1	0	1	12	.143	.188	.143
A Dirks DH	3	1	1	0	0	0	17	.304	.333	.435
a-D Kelly PH-DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.200
Totals	35	3	10	3	0	10	139
a-grounded to shortstop for A Dirks in the 9th
BATTING 2B: R Raburn (1, B Chen) RBI: R Santiago (2), M Cabrera (10), P Fielder (6) SF: R Santiago GIDP: D Kelly Tigers RISP: 2-6 (P Fielder 1-1, A Avila 0-1, A Dirks 0-1, M Cabrera 1-1, D Young 0-2) Team LOB: 6
FIELDING E: D Smyly (1, throw) DP: 1 (M Cabrera-R Raburn-P Fielder).

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Smyly	6.0	7	1	0	1	4	0	101-67	0.90
O Dotel (W, 1-0)	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	11-6	0.00
J Benoit (H, 3)	1.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	18-13	3.60
J Valverde (S, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	14-9	4.76
Totals	9.0	9	1	0	3	8	0	144-95
PITCHING IBB: J Francoeur (By D Smyly); A Gordon (By O Dotel) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Smyly 13/24; O Dotel 4/5; J Benoit 3/4; J Valverde 3/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Smyly 16-7-25-19; O Dotel 2-0-0-4; J Benoit 1-7-4-1; J Valverde 3-2-2-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Smyly 8-5; O Dotel 2-1; J Benoit 0-0; J Valverde 1-1 Game Scores: D Smyly 59

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Gordon LF	4	0	1	1	1	2	17	.140	.245	.233
J Bourgeois CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	9	.222	.222	.333
E Hosmer 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	18	.182	.280	.364
B Butler DH	4	0	3	0	0	1	19	.356	.370	.622
J Francoeur RF	3	0	1	0	1	1	14	.262	.311	.357
M Moustakas 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	19	.231	.250	.436
Y Betancourt 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	.318	.318	.500
B Pena C	3	0	1	0	1	0	23	.368	.400	.526
A Escobar SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	15	.244	.295	.341
Totals	34	1	9	1	3	8	144
BATTING 2B: B Butler (6, D Smyly); B Pena (3, O Dotel) 3B: J Francoeur (1, J Benoit) RBI: A Gordon (4) 2-out RBI: A Gordon GIDP: J Francoeur Royals RISP: 1-7 (M Moustakas 0-2, A Gordon 1-2, Y Betancourt 0-1, J Bourgeois 0-1, A Escobar 0-1) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING CS: J Bourgeois (1, 2nd base by D Smyly) Picked Off: J Bourgeois (1st base by D Smyly)
FIELDING DP: 1 (Y Betancourt-A Escobar-E Hosmer).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Chen (L, 0-1)	7.0	6	2	2	0	7	0	108-78	2.00
G Holland	0.2	3	1	1	0	2	0	16-11	7.11
T Collins	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6-3	5.40
K Herrera	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	3.38
Totals	9.0	10	3	3	0	10	0	139-98
PITCHING B Chen pitched to 1 batter in the 8th First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Chen 22/27; G Holland 2/5; T Collins 0/1; K Herrera 1/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Chen 21-7-32-18; G Holland 2-4-2-3; T Collins 2-1-0-0; K Herrera 0-0-3-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Chen 4-10; G Holland 0-0; T Collins 0-0; K Herrera 3-0 Game Scores: B Chen 64

Scoring Summary

			DET	KC
	2nd	R Santiago hit sacrifice fly to right, D Young scored, R Raburn to third.	1	0
	3rd	A Gordon singled to center, A Escobar scored.	1	1
	8th	M Cabrera singled to center, A Dirks scored, B Boesch to second.	2	1
	8th	P Fielder singled to center, B Boesch scored, M Cabrera to second.	3	1
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Game Information

Stadium	Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Attendance	13,851 (36.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:50
Weather	69 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	13 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Mark Wegner, First Base - Brian Knight, Second Base - Mike Winters, Third Base - Wally Bell