Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
March 31, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on March 31, 2008 at Comerica Park. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 5, Detroit Tigers 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus cf 1 0 0 0
  Gathright ph,cf 4 0 0 0
Grudzielanek 2b 4 1 3 1
  German pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Gordon 3b 5 1 1 2
Guillen rf 5 0 0 0
Butler dh 5 0 1 0
Teahen lf 3 1 1 0
Gload 1b 4 1 1 0
Buck c 5 1 2 1
Pena ss 5 0 1 1
Meche p 0 0 0 0
  Tomko p 0 0 0 0
  Oviedo p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 5 10 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Renteria ss 5 0 1 1
Polanco 2b 6 0 0 0
Sheffield dh 1 0 0 1
Ordonez rf 5 0 2 0
Cabrera 3b 5 1 1 1
Guillen 1b 5 2 3 1
Rodriguez c 5 1 1 0
Jones J. lf 4 0 0 0
  Thomas lf 1 0 1 0
Inge cf 3 0 1 0
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Jones T. p 0 0 0 0
  Bautista p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 10 4
Kansas City 000 002 200 015100
Detroit 010 110 010 004101
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Meche   6.0 8 3 3 4 5
  Tomko   2.0 1 1 1 1 2
  Oviedo  W(1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 1 3
  Soria  SV(1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
1
0
0
0
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander   6.0 4 4 4 1 6
  Grilli   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Seay   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Lopez   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Jones   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Bautista  L(0-1) 2.0 3 1 1 2 3
Totals
11.0
3
1
1
2
3

  E–Cabrera (1).  DP–Kansas City 1. Pena-Grudzielanek-Gload.  PB–Rodriguez (1).  2B–Detroit Guillen (1,off Meche); Ordonez (1,off Meche); Inge (1,off Meche); Thomas (1,off Soria).  3B–Kansas City Teahen (1,off Lopez).  HR–Kansas City Gordon (1,6th inning off Verlander 1 on 1 out), Detroit Cabrera (1,5th inning off Meche 0 on 0 out); Guillen (1,8th inning off Tomko 0 on 0 out).  SH–Gload (1,off Bautista); Inge (1,off Soria).  HBP–Grudzielanek (1,by Verlander).  Team LOB–9.  Team–10.  SB–Grudzielanek (1,2nd base off Verlander/Rodriguez); German (1,2nd base off Bautista/Rodriguez).  U-HP–Tim Welke, 1B–Chuck Meriwether, 2B–Adrian Johnson, 3B–Bill Welke.  T–3:37.  A–44,934.
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