Detroit Tigers @ Kansas City Royals

21-23, 11-12 Away

Final

14-28, 9-10 Home


DET
KC

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

TigersTop 1st
- J. Gobble pitching for KC
  DET
  KC
- Pitch
  1
  Strike Looking
  2
  Fly Out
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 1st
- M. Maroth pitching for DET
  DET
  KC
- 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersTop 2nd
- J. Gobble pitching for KC
  DET
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 2nd
- M. Maroth pitching for DET
  DET
  KC
- D Relaford safe at first on error by shortstop C Guillen.
  0
  2
- D Relaford caught stealing second, pitcher to first to shortstop.
  0
  2
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error
TigersTop 3rd
- J. Gobble pitching for KC
  DET
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 3rd
- M. Maroth pitching for DET
  DET
  KC
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersTop 4th
- J. Gobble pitching for KC
  DET
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 4th
- M. Maroth pitching for DET
  DET
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TigersTop 5th
- J. Gobble pitching for KC
  DET
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 5th
- M. Maroth pitching for DET
  DET
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersTop 6th
- J. Gobble pitching for KC
  DET
  KC
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 6th
- M. Maroth pitching for DET
  DET
  KC
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersTop 7th
- J. Gobble pitching for KC
  DET
  KC
- J. Grimsley pitching for KC
  DET
  KC
- A Sanchez stole second.
  2
  2
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 7th
- M. Maroth pitching for DET
  DET
  KC
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersTop 8th
- C. Leskanic pitching for KC
  DET
  KC
- J. Affeldt pitching for KC
  DET
  KC
- J. Affeldt pitching for DET
  DET
  KC
- J. Affeldt pitching for DET
  DET
  KC
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsBottom 8th
- D. Patterson pitching for DET
  DET
  KC
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TigersTop 9th
- J. Affeldt pitching for KC
  DET
  KC
- C Guillen safe at first on throwing error by second baseman D Relaford, C Shelton scored, A Sanchez to third.
  3
  4
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors

Tigers
3
Royals
4

Game 1

26/5

Tigers
3
Royals
7

Game 2

27/5

Tigers
17
Royals
7

Game 3

27/5

Kauffman Stadium

1:10 AM, 26 May 2004

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 14,297

Game Time:2:23

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Mike Reilly
First Base Umpire - Chuck Meriwether
Second Base Umpire - C.B. Bucknor
Third Base Umpire - Eric Cooper

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

J. Grimsley2-1

M. Maroth4-3

J. Affeldt1

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Pitch
1 Strike Looking
2 Fly Out