Tigers 3-1 Royals (9 Jul, 2009) Play-by-Play

Detroit Tigers

46-38, 25-12 home


KC
DET

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

RoyalsTop 1st
- L. French pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- Pitch
  1
  Ball
  2
  Ball
  3
  Strike Looking
  4
  Ball
  5
  Strike Looking
  6
  Ground Out
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 1st
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 2nd
- L. French pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 2nd
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 3rd
- L. French pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 3rd
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 4th
- L. French pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 4th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 5th
- L. French pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 5th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 6th
- L. French pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 6th
- Z. Greinke pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 7th
- L. French pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- F. Ni pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- B Pena hit for M Maier.
  1
  3
- F. Ni pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- B Pena hit for M Maier.
  1
  3
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 7th
- J. Cruz pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- W Bloomquist in right field.
  1
  3
- T Pena at shortstop.
  1
  3
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 8th
- F. Ni pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- B. Lyon pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
TigersBottom 8th
- J. Cruz pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- J. Bale pitching for KC
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
RoyalsTop 9th
- F. Rodney pitching for DET
  KC
  DET
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Royals
4
Tigers
3

Game 1

7/7

Royals
5
Tigers
8

Game 2

8/7

Royals
1
Tigers
3

Game 3

9/7

Comerica Park

12:05 AM, 9 July 2009

Detroit, Michigan

Attendance: 29,104

Game Time:2:26

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Adrian Johnson
First Base Umpire - Jim Wolf
Second Base Umpire - Brian Onora
Third Base Umpire - Fieldin Culbreth

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	92	69	.571	-	L2
Kansas City	86	76	.531	6.5	W1
Detroit	86	76	.531	6.5	L2
Minnesota	82	80	.506	10.5	L4
Chicago	41	121	.253	51.5	W2

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L. French1-0

Z. Greinke10-5

F. Rodney19

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Pitch
1 Ball
2 Ball
3 Strike Looking
4 Ball
5 Strike Looking
6 Ground Out