Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

70-86, 34-44 Away

Final

84-72, 50-31 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
D. LoughCF	1-4	1	0	0	.244
A. EscobarSS	0-3	0	0	0	.289
T. AbreuPH-SS	1-1	0	0	1	.302
A. GordonLF	0-4	0	0	0	.291
B. ButlerDH	1-4	1	1	1	.314
S. PerezC	1-4	0	0	0	.294
M. Moustakas3B	1-4	1	0	0	.243
J. FrancoeurRF	1-3	1	0	1	.237
E. Hosmer1B	0-1	0	0	0	.232
B. Pena1B	0-2	0	0	0	.251
J. Giavotella2B	0-3	0	0	1	.228

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
L. Mendoza	7.0	7	2	1	6	86-57	4.36
A. Crow	1.0	0	0	0	2	11-9	3.30
T. Collins	0.1	1	0	1	0	9-4	3.39
K. Herrera	0.1	0	0	0	0	11-5	2.40

DET

Hits

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Total Bases

Runners LOB

Comerica Park

6:05 PM, 27 September 2012

Detroit, Michigan

Attendance: 33,019

Game Time:2:23

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Jeff Nelson
First Base Umpire - Bill Welke
Second Base Umpire - Cory Blaser
Third Base Umpire - Chris Guccione


KC
DET

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

J. Benoit5-3

1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 K, 0 BB

T. Collins5-4

0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

		KC	DET
1st	P Fielder singled to left, Q Berry scored, M Cabrera to third, P Fielder to second on error by left fielder A Gordon.	0	1
1st	D Young hit sacrifice fly to right, M Cabrera scored.	0	2
2nd	Q Berry tripled to right, O Infante and A Jackson scored.	0	4
8th	J Francoeur doubled to left, M Moustakas scored.	1	4
8th	J Giavotella grounded out to third, J Francoeur scored.	2	4
8th	T Abreu singled to right, D Lough scored.	3	4
9th	B Butler homered to right (400 feet).	4	4
9th	A Avila grounded out to first, D Kelly scored, R Santiago to third, J Peralta to second.	4	5

Data is currently unavailable.

Royals
0
Tigers
2

Game 1

26/9

Royals
4
Tigers
5

Game 2

27/9

Royals
4
Tigers
5

Game 3

27/9

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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Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

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J. Benoit5-3

T. Collins5-4

Scoring Summary

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