Detroit Tigers @ Kansas City Royals

94-62, 49-32 Away

Final

58-97, 34-47 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
C. GrandersonCF	1-4	0	0	1	.264
I. RodríguezC	2-5	1	0	1	.292
V. WilsonC	0-0	0	0	0	.273
S. Casey1B	0-4	0	0	0	.267
C. Shelton1B	0-0	0	0	0	.276
M. OrdonezRF	1-4	1	0	2	.296
B. ClevlenRF	0-0	0	0	0	.282
C. GuillenSS	1-4	1	0	1	.317
R. SantiagoSS	0-0	0	0	0	.218
M. StairsDH	2-5	2	1	2	.243
C. MonroeLF	3-5	2	1	3	.260
A. GomezPR-LF	0-0	0	0	0	.286
B. Inge3B	1-4	2	1	1	.253
O. Infante2B	0-1	2	0	0	.284
K. HooperPH-2B	0-1	0	0	0	.000

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Verlander	5.0	6	2	2	3	88-57	3.63
J. Grilli	1.0	1	0	0	1	14-12	4.18
J. Walker	1.0	1	1	0	1	20-13	2.20
Z. Miner	1.0	0	0	0	2	18-10	4.48
A. Miller	1.0	2	1	0	2	17-15	3.68

DET

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Kauffman Stadium

7:10 PM, 24 September 2006

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 10,497

Game Time:3:00

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Jerry Meals
First Base Umpire - Mike Reilly
Second Base Umpire - James Hoye
Third Base Umpire - Andy Fletcher


DET
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	11	11	0
0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	10	1

J. Verlander17-9

5.0 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 3 K, 2 BB

R. Hernandez6-10

1.2 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 1 K, 2 BB

Scoring Summary

		DET	KC
2nd	C Granderson hit sacrifice fly to left, C Monroe scored.	1	0
2nd	M Ordonez singled to center, B Inge and O Infante scored, I Rodriguez to second.	3	0
2nd	C Guillen singled to left, I Rodriguez scored, M Ordonez to second.	4	0
2nd	M Stairs singled to right, M Ordonez scored, C Guillen to third.	5	0
2nd	C Monroe homered to left, C Guillen and M Stairs scored.	8	0
2nd	B Inge homered to right center.	9	0
3rd	D DeJesus doubled to deep center, A Blanco and E German scored.	9	2
5th	I Rodriguez doubled to deep right, O Infante scored.	10	2
6th	M Stairs homered to right.	11	2
7th	J Gathright grounded out to shortstop, A Blanco scored.	11	3
9th	J Gathright singled to center, J Keppinger scored.	11	4

Data is currently unavailable.

Tigers
7
Royals
3

Game 1

23/9

Tigers
15
Royals
4

Game 2

24/9

Tigers
11
Royals
4

Game 3

24/9

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

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J. Verlander17-9

R. Hernandez6-10

Scoring Summary

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