Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
April 6, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 6, 2005 at Comerica Park. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 7, Detroit Tigers 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 4 2 2 1
Graffanino 2b 4 2 4 0
Sweeney dh 5 0 2 2
Marrero 1b 4 0 0 1
Brown lf 5 0 2 0
Berroa ss 4 1 1 1
Stairs rf 4 1 1 0
Buck c 3 0 2 0
Teahen 3b 4 1 1 1
Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
  Affeldt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 15 6
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Infante 2b 3 0 0 1
Guillen ss 4 0 3 0
Rodriguez c 4 0 0 0
Ordonez rf 2 0 0 0
  Higginson rf 1 1 0 0
Young dh 4 0 1 1
White lf 4 0 1 0
Pena 1b 2 1 0 0
Monroe cf 3 0 1 0
Inge 3b 2 0 0 0
Maroth p 0 0 0 0
  Ginter p 0 0 0 0
  German p 0 0 0 0
  Walker p 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
Kansas City 200 300 1107150
Detroit 001 000 001260
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez  W (1-0) 7.0 5 1 1 3 3
  Wood   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Affeldt   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Maroth  L (0-1) 3.2 11 5 5 0 2
  Ginter   2.1 2 0 0 1 1
  German   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Walker   1.0 1 1 1 1 3
  Farnsworth   1.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
15
7
7
3
9

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 2. Marrero-Berroa-Hernandez, Berroa-Graffanino-Marrero, Detroit 2. Infante-Guillen-Pena, Guillen-Pena.  2B–Kansas City Stairs (1,off Maroth); Graffanino (1,off German).  3B–Kansas City Teahen (1,off Maroth), Detroit Young (1,off Affeldt).  HR–Kansas City Berroa (1,8th inning off Walker 0 on 0 out).  SF–Marrero (1,off German); Infante (1,off Hernandez).  Team LOB–7.  Team–5.  CS–Buck (1,2nd base by Maroth/Rodriguez); DeJesus (1,2nd base by Ginter/Rodriguez).  U-HP–Larry Vanover, 1B–Sam Holbrook, 2B–Jim Wolf, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:50.  A–14,168.
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