Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
April 7, 2007 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 2007 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 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 3 2 2 2
Polanco 2b 4 1 1 0
Sheffield dh 2 1 2 2
Ordonez rf 3 0 0 1
Guillen ss 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 4 1 1 1
Casey 1b 4 0 1 0
Monroe lf 4 1 1 0
Inge 3b 4 0 0 0
Maroth p 0 0 0 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
  Zumaya p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 4 1 2 0
Grudzielanek 2b 5 0 0 1
Sweeney dh 4 0 0 0
Sanders rf 4 3 3 2
Brown lf 4 0 1 0
German 3b 3 0 2 2
Shealy 1b 1 0 0 0
  Gload ph,1b 2 0 1 0
Buck c 3 0 0 0
  Teahen ph 1 0 0 0
  LaRue c 0 0 0 0
Pena ss 4 1 1 0
Meche p 0 0 0 0
  Peralta p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Detroit 103 110 000681
Kansas City 013 001 0005100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Maroth  W (1-0) 5.0 6 4 4 1 3
  Grilli   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Zumaya   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Jones  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
2
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Meche  L (1-1) 7.0 8 6 6 2 4
  Peralta   2.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
3
7

  E–Guillen (1).  DP–Detroit 1. Maroth-Polanco-Casey.  2B–Detroit Monroe (2,off Meche), Kansas City Sanders (1,off Maroth); DeJesus (2,off Maroth); German (1,off Grilli).  HR–Detroit Sheffield (1,1st inning off Meche 0 on 2 out); Rodriguez (1,4th inning off Meche 0 on 0 out); Granderson (2,5th inning off Meche 0 on 0 out), Kansas City Sanders (1,3rd inning off Maroth 1 on 2 out).  SF–Ordonez (1,off Meche).  Team LOB–3.  HBP–Shealy (1,by Maroth).  Team–6.  CS–Sheffield (1,2nd base by Meche/Buck).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Ed Rapuano, 2B–Ed Hickox, 3B–CB Bucknor.  T–2:41.  A–13,899.
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