Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
April 4, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 4, 2005 at Comerica Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 2, Detroit Tigers 11

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 4 0 2 1
Gotay 2b 4 0 0 0
Sweeney 1b 4 0 0 0
Pickering dh 4 1 1 1
Stairs rf 3 0 2 0
Berroa ss 3 0 1 0
Long lf 4 0 0 0
Buck c 4 1 1 0
Teahen 3b 4 0 0 0
Lima p 0 0 0 0
  Sisco p 0 0 0 0
  Field p 0 0 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
  MacDougal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Infante 2b 5 0 1 0
Guillen ss 4 1 1 0
  Smith ss 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 5 1 2 0
  Wilson c 0 0 0 0
Ordonez rf 4 1 0 0
Young dh 4 4 4 5
White lf 4 1 1 0
  Logan pr,cf 1 1 0 0
Pena 1b 3 1 2 1
Monroe cf,lf 3 0 1 2
Inge 3b 4 1 1 3
Bonderman p 0 0 0 0
  Urbina p 0 0 0 0
  Percival p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 13 11
Kansas City 000 010 010271
Detroit 032 030 12x11131
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Lima  L (0-1) 3.0 6 5 5 0 2
  Sisco   1.2 0 2 2 2 1
  Field   1.1 4 1 1 1 1
  Camp   1.0 2 1 0 0 1
  MacDougal   1.0 1 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
11
10
4
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bonderman  W (1-0) 7.0 6 1 1 2 7
  Urbina   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Percival   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
9

  E–Teahen (1), Bonderman (1).  2B–Detroit Rodriguez (1,off Lima).  HR–Kansas City Pickering (1,8th inning off Urbina 0 on 1 out), Detroit Young 3 (3,2nd inning off Lima 0 on 0 out,3rd inning off Lima 1 on 2 out,8th inning off MacDougal 1 on 2 out); Inge (1,2nd inning off Lima 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Young (1,by Sisco).  Team–7.  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Larry Vanover, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–2:42.  A–44,105.
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