Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

59-87, 29-43 Away

Final

78-68, 48-26 Home


KC
DET

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
2	0	3	0	0	3	0	1	0	9	12	0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	7	0

Z. Greinke14-8

5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 8 K, 2 BB

E. Jackson12-7

5.0 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 6 K, 1 BB

Royals Hitting

hitters
W. BloomquistRF
M. MaierLF
B. Butler1B
M. JacobsDH
A. Callaspo2B
M. OlivoC
B. PenaC
A. Gordon3B
L. Hernández3B
Y. BetancourtSS
J. AndersonCF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
5	2	4	0	0	0	0	.273	.315	.370
4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.250	.333	.357
5	2	1	0	0	0	0	.298	.352	.478
3	0	0	0	0	2	2	.234	.304	.409
4	1	2	3	0	1	0	.299	.353	.450
5	1	1	3	1	0	2	.248	.282	.488
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.314	.447
4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.205	.319	.333
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.213	.186
5	1	2	0	0	0	1	.241	.274	.346
5	1	1	3	1	0	2	.241	.279	.305
40	9	12	9	2	6	10

Batting
2BA Callaspo (36, E Jackson)
HRM Olivo (21, 3rd inning off E Jackson 2 on, 1 Out); J Anderson (1, 6th inning off A Galarraga 2 on, 1 Out)
RBIA Callaspo 3 (65), M Olivo 3 (58), J Anderson 3 (23)
2Out RBIA Callaspo 2
Team LOB11
Team RISP5-13 (M Maier 0-1, A Gordon 0-1, A Callaspo 2-3, M Olivo 1-3, J Anderson 1-1, M Jacobs 0-1, W Bloomquist 1-1, B Butler 0-2)

Tigers Hitting

hitters
C. GrandersonCF
C. ThomasCF
P. Polanco2B
W. RamirezRF
C. GuillenLF
M. Cabrera1B
M. Thames1B
A. HuffDH
A. AvilaC
D. KellyRF-2B
B. Inge3B
B. Dlugach3B
R. SantiagoSS
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.248	.331	.455
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.241	.329	.391
3	1	1	0	0	1	1	.278	.323	.400
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.385	.818
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.328	.402
4	1	1	2	1	0	1	.332	.403	.555
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.315	.463
4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.246	.311	.396
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.286	.359	.625
4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.241	.293	.333
3	0	1	0	0	0	2	.234	.321	.425
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
2	0	1	0	0	2	1	.259	.316	.397
33	2	7	2	1	4	13

Batting
HRM Cabrera (30, 6th inning off B Chen 1 on, 1 Out)
RBIM Cabrera 2 (91)
Team LOB8
Team RISP1-4 (D Kelly 1-1, C Guillen 0-1, B Dlugach 0-1, C Thomas 0-1)

Baserunning
CSB Inge (5, 2nd base by Z Greinke/M Olivo)

Royals Pitching

pitchers
Z. Greinke(W,14-8)
B. Chen
K. Farnsworth
J. Soria
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
5.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	77-46	2.14
1.2	2	2	2	1	1	1	33-20	5.78
1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	15-9	4.63
1.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	23-16	2.49
9.0	7	2	2	4	13	1	148-91

Pitching
WPJ Soria
HBPW Bloomquist (By A Galarraga)
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedZ Greinke 11-19; B Chen 7-8; K Farnsworth 0-4; J Soria 5-6
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesZ Greinke 17-5-15-9; B Chen 5-2-8-5; K Farnsworth 2-1-3-3; J Soria 5-4-5-2
Ground Balls-Fly BallsZ Greinke 3-3; B Chen 2-2; K Farnsworth 2-1; J Soria 0-0
Game ScoresZ Greinke 67

Tigers Pitching

pitchers
E. Jackson(L,12-7)
A. Galarraga
A. Figaro
J. Bonderman
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
5.0	6	5	5	1	6	1	96-61	3.37
0.1	3	3	3	1	1	1	21-11	5.64
2.0	1	1	1	4	1	0	45-21	6.92
1.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	24-17	9.31
9.0	12	9	9	6	10	2	186-110

Pitching
First-pitch strikes/Batters FacedE Jackson 11-23; A Galarraga 2-6; A Figaro 6-11; J Bonderman 5-7
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikesE Jackson 11-14-21-15; A Galarraga 3-3-2-3; A Figaro 7-4-4-6; J Bonderman 4-4-4-5
Ground Balls-Fly BallsE Jackson 3-6; A Galarraga 0-0; A Figaro 1-4; J Bonderman 2-1
Game ScoresE Jackson 40

Scoring Summary

		KC	DET
1st	A Callaspo doubled to deep center, W Bloomquist and B Butler scored.	2	0
3rd	M Olivo homered to center, B Butler and A Callaspo scored.	5	0
6th	J Anderson homered to right, A Gordon and Y Betancourt scored.	8	0
6th	M Cabrera homered to left center, P Polanco scored.	8	2
8th	A Callaspo singled to center, W Bloomquist scored, M Maier to third, M Jacobs to second.	9	2

Royals
11
Tigers
1

Game 1

16/9

Royals
3
Tigers
4

Game 2

17/9

Royals
9
Tigers
2

Game 3

17/9

Comerica Park

6:05 PM, 17 September 2009

Detroit, Michigan

Attendance: 26,457

Game Time:3:05

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Paul Emmel
First Base Umpire - Scott Barry
Second Base Umpire - Gary Darling
Third Base Umpire - Bruce Dreckman

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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Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

Z. Greinke14-8

E. Jackson12-7

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