Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
May 25, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 13, Kansas City Royals 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 6 2 4 1
Polanco 2b 4 0 1 2
  Santiago pr,2b 1 1 0 0
Rodriguez c 4 1 2 5
Guillen ss 4 0 1 0
Hannahan 1b 6 0 0 0
  Shelton 1b 0 0 0 0
Infante dh 4 1 0 0
Monroe lf 4 4 4 1
Thames rf 4 3 2 3
Inge 3b 5 1 1 1
Maroth p 0 0 0 0
  Colon p 0 0 0 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Zumaya p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 13 15 13
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
German cf 5 2 3 1
Costa rf 3 0 0 0
Sanders dh 4 2 2 0
Brown lf 5 1 2 3
Graffanino 3b 5 1 2 2
Berroa ss 5 1 2 1
Mientkiewicz 1b 5 1 2 1
Buck c 4 0 1 0
  Guiel ph 0 0 0 0
Blanco 2b 3 0 0 0
  Stairs ph 1 0 0 0
Bautista p 0 0 0 0
  Keppel p 0 0 0 0
  Burgos p 0 0 0 0
  Dessens p 0 0 0 0
  Sisco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 14 8
Detroit 030 200 03513150
Kansas City 600 101 0008141
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Maroth   0.1 6 6 6 0 0
  Colon   5.1 5 2 2 3 3
  Grilli   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Seay   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Zumaya  W (3-0) 1.2 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
5
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bautista   3.2 5 5 4 4 2
  Keppel   3.1 2 1 1 1 4
  Burgos   0.2 3 2 2 1 0
  Dessens  L (2-5) 0.2 4 4 4 0 0
  Sisco   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
15
13
12
7
6

  E–Berroa (7), Berroa (7).  DP–Detroit 1. Berroa-Mientkiewicz, Kansas City 1. Berroa-Mientkiewicz.  2B–Detroit Guillen (15,off Keppel), Kansas City Sanders (8,off Maroth); Brown 2 (12,off Maroth,off Grilli); Mientkiewicz (10,off Seay); Berroa (9,off Zumaya).  3B–Detroit Rodriguez (2,off Burgos).  HR–Detroit Thames 2 (8,4th inning off Bautista 1 on 0 out,9th inning off Dessens 0 on 1 out); Monroe (10,9th inning off Dessens 0 on 1 out); Rodriguez (3,9th inning off Sisco 2 on 2 out)., Kansas City Graffanino (3,1st inning off Maroth 1 on 1 out); Berroa (3,1st inning off Maroth 0 on 1 out); Mientkiewicz (1,1st inning off Maroth 0 on 1 out); German (1,4th inning off Colon 0 on 0 out)..  HBP–Polanco (3,by Bautista).  IBB–Guillen (2,by Burgos).  Team LOB–10.  Team–10.  CS–Sanders (3,2nd base by Colon/Rodriguez); Sanders (3,2nd base by Colon/Rodriguez).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Brian O'Nora, 2B–Phil Cuzzi, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–3:37.  A–11,488.
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