Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
May 23, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 2006 at Kauffman Stadium. 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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Detroit Tigers 8, Kansas City Royals 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 4 1 3 3
Polanco 2b 5 0 2 1
Rodriguez c 5 0 0 0
Ordonez rf 5 1 2 0
Guillen ss 5 2 3 2
Shelton 1b 4 0 1 0
Monroe lf 4 1 2 1
Infante dh 4 1 2 0
Inge 3b 5 2 2 1
Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Zumaya p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 17 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
German 3b 5 0 2 0
Grudzielanek 2b 4 3 3 2
Sanders rf 5 1 1 2
Brown lf 3 1 1 1
Graffanino dh 4 0 0 0
Berroa ss 4 0 1 0
Mientkiewicz 1b 3 0 0 0
Buck c 4 0 2 0
Guiel cf 4 0 1 0
Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Burgos p 0 0 0 0
  Dessens p 0 0 0 0
  Peralta p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Detroit 000 002 1418170
Kansas City 103 000 1005110
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers   6.1 10 5 5 1 1
  Zumaya  W (2-0) 1.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Jones  SV (14) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
2
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez   5.1 8 2 2 3 4
  Burgos   2.1 2 2 2 1 3
  Dessens  L (2-4) 0.1 4 3 3 0 0
  Peralta   1.0 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
17
8
8
4
9

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 2. Hernandez-Grudzielanek-Mientkiewicz, Berroa-Grudzielanek-Mientkiewicz, Kansas City 2. Hernandez-Grudzielanek-Mientkiewicz, Berroa-Grudzielanek-Mientkiewicz.  2B–Detroit Granderson 2 (9,off Burgos,off Dessens); Guillen (14,off Peralta), Kansas City Berroa (8,off Rogers); German (2,off Jones).  HR–Detroit Guillen (6,6th inning off Hernandez 1 on 1 out), Kansas City Grudzielanek 2 (2,1st inning off Rogers 0 on 1 out,7th inning off Rogers 0 on 1 out); Sanders (6,3rd inning off Rogers 1 on 0 out); Brown (4,3rd inning off Rogers 0 on 0 out)..  Team LOB–10.  HBP–Mientkiewicz (3,by Rogers).  Team–7.  SB–Guillen (6,2nd base off Hernandez/Buck).  CS–Infante (1,2nd base by Hernandez/Buck).  U-HP–Phil Cuzzi, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Brian O'Nora.  T–3:09.  A–15,556.
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