Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
May 5, 2007 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 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 7, Kansas City Royals 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Rodriguez dh 5 0 1 0
Polanco 2b 5 2 3 0
Thames 1b 2 2 1 1
  Casey 1b 1 0 1 0
Ordonez rf 4 2 2 2
Guillen ss 2 0 1 1
Monroe lf 4 1 2 2
Infante cf 2 0 1 0
  Granderson ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Inge 3b 4 0 0 0
Rabelo c 4 0 1 0
Maroth p 0 0 0 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
  Ledezma p 0 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 13 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 3 1 1 0
Grudzielanek 2b 4 0 1 0
Teahen rf 3 0 1 1
Sweeney 1b 4 1 1 2
  Gload 1b 1 0 0 0
Brown lf 3 0 1 0
Butler dh 5 0 0 0
German 3b 3 1 1 1
Pena ss 3 1 1 0
LaRue c 4 1 1 1
Perez p 0 0 0 0
  Riske p 0 0 0 0
  Duckworth p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
  Gobble p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
Detroit 000 112 0307130
Kansas City 210 101 000580
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Maroth   5.2 7 5 5 4 0
  Grilli   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Ledezma   1.0 1 0 0 3 1
  Mesa  W (1-1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Seay   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Jones  SV (12) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
8
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Perez   6.0 7 4 4 2 0
  Riske   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Duckworth  L (0-2) 0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Soria   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Gobble   1.0 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
4
1

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1. Polanco-Guillen-Thames, Kansas City 2. German-Grudzielanek-Sweeney, Teahen-LaRue.  2B–Detroit Monroe (9,off Perez); Polanco (4,off Perez); Thames (3,off Perez); Ordonez (16,off Soria).  HR–Detroit Ordonez (5,6th inning off Perez 0 on 1 out), Kansas City Sweeney (3,1st inning off Maroth 1 on 2 out); German (2,2nd inning off Maroth 0 on 1 out); LaRue (1,4th inning off Maroth 0 on 2 out).  IBB–Guillen (5,by Soria).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Teahen (2,by Maroth).  Team–10.  CS–Guillen (4,2nd base by Perez/LaRue).  SB–German (2,2nd base off Ledezma/Rabelo).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Kerwin Danley, 2B–Doug Eddings, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–3:16.  A–26,070.
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