Detroit Tigers @ Kansas City Royals

71-62, 37-31 Away

Final

59-72, 31-36 Home


DET
KC

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

Tigers Hitting

hitters
C. GrandersonCF
aR. RaburnPH-CF
P. Polanco2B
M. ThamesLF
M. OrdonezDH
C. GuillenSS
I. RodríguezC
S. Casey1B
T. PérezRF
B. Inge3B
team

AB	H	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
3	0	0	1	.290	.349	.538
0	0	1	0	.333	.375	.531
4	2	0	0	.341	.389	.460
4	1	0	1	.248	.282	.495
4	0	0	1	.356	.428	.594
4	0	0	3	.302	.362	.521
4	0	0	1	.274	.286	.417
4	2	0	0	.280	.338	.375
3	2	1	0	.267	.353	.467
3	0	1	2	.239	.319	.384
33	7	3	9

a-walked for C Granderson in the 7th

Batting
2BT Perez 2 (3, R Braun, Z Greinke)
GIDPC Granderson
Team LOB9

Fielding
DP3 (I Rodriguez-C Guillen, B Inge-P Polanco-S Casey, C Guillen-P Polanco-S Casey)
PBI Rodriguez

Royals Hitting

hitters
D. DeJesusCF
E. German3B
R. Gload1B
M. Grudzielanek2B
B. ButlerDH
E. BrownRF
A. Gordon1B-3B
Peña Jr.SS
J. GathrightLF
J. LaRueC
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
2	1	0	0	1	0	.275	.358	.388
4	1	1	1	0	1	.264	.358	.373
0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.324	.463
4	1	3	1	0	0	.312	.355	.448
3	1	0	0	0	1	.291	.349	.440
4	1	1	0	0	0	.242	.292	.341
4	0	2	1	0	0	.247	.320	.406
4	0	1	2	0	1	.260	.280	.342
3	0	0	0	0	3	.338	.394	.377
1	0	0	0	2	0	.140	.238	.273
29	5	8	5	3	6

Batting
2BM Grudzielanek (28, Z Miner); A Gordon (29, B Seay)
3BE German (6, A Miller)
RBIE German (32), M Grudzielanek (44), A Gordon (46), T Pena 2 (40)
GIDPE Brown; E German
Team LOB5

Baserunning
Picked OffA Gordon (2nd base by I Rodriguez)

Fielding
DP1 (T Pena-A Gordon)

Tigers Pitching

pitchers
A. Miller(L,5-5)
Z. Miner
T. Byrdak
F. Rodney
B. Seay
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
0.2	5	5	5	2	1	43-25	5.63
4.0	2	0	0	1	2	47-30	3.29
1.1	0	0	0	0	1	13-8	3.93
1.0	0	0	0	0	1	12-8	3.99
1.0	1	0	0	0	1	20-13	2.75
8.0	8	5	5	3	6	135-84

Pitching
Ground Balls-Fly BallsA Miller 0-0; Z Miner 8-2; T Byrdak 1-2; F Rodney 1-1; B Seay 2-0
Game ScoresA Miller 21

Royals Pitching

pitchers
Z. Greinke
R. Braun(W,2-0)
J. Gobble
D. Riske(S,4)
team

IP	H	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
4.0	5	0	5	71-49	4.07
2.2	2	1	3	35-22	6.10
0.0	0	1	0	4-0	3.30
2.1	0	1	1	31-19	2.39
9.0	7	3	9	141-90

Pitching
BKZ Greinke
HBPD DeJesus (By A Miller); B Butler (By A Miller)
Ground Balls-Fly BallsZ Greinke 3-4; R Braun 4-1; J Gobble 0-0; D Riske 2-4
Game ScoresZ Greinke 57

Scoring Summary

		KC
1st	E German tripled to deep right, D DeJesus scored.	1
1st	M Grudzielanek reached on infield single to shortstop, E German scored.	2
1st	A Gordon singled to right, M Grudzielanek scored, B Butler to third, E Brown to second.	3
1st	T Pena singled to right, B Butler and E Brown scored, A Gordon to second.	5

Tigers
3
Royals
6

Game 1

29/8

Tigers
0
Royals
5

Game 2

30/8

Tigers
6
Royals
1

Game 3

30/8

Kauffman Stadium

1:10 AM, 30 August 2007

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 11,628

Game Time:2:56

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Eric Cooper
First Base Umpire - Andy Fletcher
Second Base Umpire - Mike Reilly
Third Base Umpire - Jeff Kellogg

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

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Detroit Tigers @ Kansas City Royals

R. Braun2-0

A. Miller5-5

D. Riske4

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