Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
May 24, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 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 6, Kansas City Royals 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 4 0 0 0
Polanco 2b 5 1 1 0
Rodriguez c 4 1 3 0
Ordonez rf 3 0 0 0
Guillen ss 4 0 0 0
Shelton 1b 4 0 0 0
Infante dh 4 2 2 3
Thames lf 2 1 0 0
  Monroe lf 0 0 0 0
Inge 3b 4 1 1 2
Bonderman p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 7 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Costa cf 4 0 1 0
Grudzielanek 2b 4 1 2 0
Mientkiewicz 1b 3 1 1 0
Sanders rf 3 0 1 0
Stairs dh 4 1 1 3
Brown lf 4 0 2 0
Graffanino 3b 4 0 0 0
Bako c 4 0 2 0
Berroa ss 3 0 1 0
  Guiel ph 1 0 0 0
Gobble p 0 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
  Oviedo p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 11 3
Detroit 010 022 010670
Kansas City 000 003 0003111
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bonderman  W (5-3) 7.0 10 3 3 1 3
  Rodney   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Jones  SV (15) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
2
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gobble  L (0-1) 4.0 3 1 1 0 3
  Wood   1.2 3 4 2 2 0
  Oviedo   2.1 1 1 1 1 2
  Nelson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
6
4
3
6

  E–Mientkiewicz (2).  DP–Detroit 3. Polanco-Guillen-Shelton, Shelton-Guillen, Guillen-Polanco-Shelton, Kansas City 1. Mientkiewicz-Berroa.  HR–Detroit Infante 2 (2,2nd inning off Gobble 0 on 2 out,8th inning off Nunez 0 on 2 out); Inge (11,5th inning off Wood 1 on 2 out), Kansas City Stairs (4,6th inning off Bonderman 2 on 1 out).  HBP–Thames (3,by Wood).  Team LOB–5.  Team–6.  CS–Sanders (2,2nd base by Rodney/Rodriguez); Sanders (2,2nd base by Rodney/Rodriguez).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Brian O'Nora, 3B–Phil Cuzzi.  T–2:40.  A–10,745.
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