Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
May 14, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 2008 at Kauffman Stadium. 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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Detroit Tigers 0, Kansas City Royals 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 3 0 1 0
Polanco 2b 4 0 1 0
Guillen 3b 4 0 1 0
Ordonez rf 4 0 1 0
Cabrera 1b 4 0 2 0
Joyce lf 3 0 0 0
Thames dh 4 0 0 0
Renteria ss 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 3 0 0 0
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  Rapada p 0 0 0 0
  Dolsi p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus lf 4 0 0 0
Grudzielanek 2b 3 0 0 0
Gordon 3b 2 0 1 0
Guillen dh 4 0 1 0
Butler 1b 4 0 1 0
  Gload 1b 0 0 0 0
Teahen rf 3 1 2 0
Buck c 4 1 0 0
Pena ss 3 0 1 0
Gathright cf 2 0 1 2
Hochevar p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
  Oviedo p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 7 2
Detroit 000 000 000–061
Kansas City 020 000 00x–270
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander  L(1-7) 6.0 6 2 2 3 3
  Rapada   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Dolsi   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
1
0
0
0
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hochevar  W(3-2) 6.0 4 0 0 3 5
  Mahay   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Oviedo   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Soria  SV(10) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
  E–Rodriguez (2).  DP–Kansas City 1. Pena-Grudzielanek-Butler.  2B–Kansas City Pena (4,off Verlander).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Gathright (2,off Rapada).  IBB–Grudzielanek (1,by Rapada).  Team–9.  CS–Pena (1,3rd base by Verlander/Rodriguez).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Phil Cuzzi, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–2:48.  A–14,053.
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