Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

17-31, 5-19 Away

Final

23-27, 11-14 Home


KC
DET

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	9	1
0	2	1	2	0	1	0	2	-	8	14	0

G. Knotts2-1

6.1 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 5 K, 2 BB

D. May2-7

5.0 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 0 K, 2 BB

RoyalsTop 1st
- G. Knotts pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- Pitch
  1
  Strike Looking
  2
  Ball
  3
  Ball
  4
  Foul Ball
  5
  Strike Swinging
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 1st
- D. May pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 2nd
- G. Knotts pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 2nd
- D. May pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 3rd
- G. Knotts pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- B Gettis to second on wild pitch by G Knotts.
  0
  2
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 3rd
- D. May pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 4th
- G. Knotts pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 4th
- D. May pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 5th
- G. Knotts pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 5th
- D. May pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 6th
- G. Knotts pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 6th
- B. Anderson pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 7th
- G. Knotts pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- A. Levine pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 7th
- B. Anderson pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- I Rodriguez singled to deep left, I Rodriguez to second on throwing error by left fielder B Gettis.
  3
  6
- J. Cerda pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- J. Cerda pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error
RoyalsTop 8th
- J. Walker pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 8th
- C. Leskanic pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 9th
- U. Urbina pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors

Royals
4
Tigers
8

Game 1

31/5

Royals
5
Tigers
3

Game 2

2/6

Royals
0
Tigers
2

Game 3

3/6

Royals
9
Tigers
6

Game 4

3/6

Comerica Park

6:05 PM, 31 May 2004

Detroit, Michigan

Attendance: 12,982

Game Time:2:39

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Gary Darling
First Base Umpire - Mark Carlson
Second Base Umpire - Brian Runge
Third Base Umpire - Bill Hohn

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

G. Knotts2-1

D. May2-7

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Pitch
1 Strike Looking
2 Ball
3 Ball
4 Foul Ball
5 Strike Swinging