Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
May 15, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Detroit Tigers 4, Kansas City Royals 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 4 0 1 1
Polanco 2b 4 0 1 0
Guillen 3b 4 1 1 0
Ordonez rf 4 1 2 1
Cabrera 1b 3 0 0 0
Sheffield dh 3 0 0 0
Joyce lf 3 1 1 2
Inge c 4 0 1 0
Santiago ss 4 1 1 0
Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Gathright cf 4 1 1 1
German 3b 3 2 1 0
Butler 1b 4 1 1 2
Guillen dh 4 1 2 3
Olivo c 5 1 2 1
Teahen rf 5 0 1 1
Callaspo 2b 4 0 2 0
Gload lf 4 1 1 0
  DeJesus lf 0 0 0 0
Pena ss 4 1 2 0
Meche p 0 0 0 0
  Peralta p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 13 8
Detroit 010 010 110481
Kansas City 320 200 01x8130
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  L(3-4) 4.0 11 7 7 3 1
  Lopez   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Seay   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Jones   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
1
1
1
1
0
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Meche  W(3-5) 7.0 6 3 3 2 6
  Peralta   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Ramirez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–Santiago (1).  DP–Kansas City 1. German-Callaspo-Butler.  2B–Detroit Ordonez 2 (11,off Meche,off Peralta); Santiago (4,off Meche); Guillen (11,off Peralta), Kansas City Butler (9,off Rogers); Olivo 2 (7,off Rogers 2); Gload (4,off Rogers).  HR–Detroit Joyce (3,7th inning off Meche 0 on 0 out), Kansas City Guillen (4,4th inning off Rogers 0 on 2 out).  SF–Joyce (1,off Meche).  Team LOB–5.  SH–German (2,off Rogers).  Team–10.  SB–Pena (3,2nd base off Rogers/Inge); German (2,2nd base off T. Jones/Inge).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Phil Cuzzi, 2B–Jim Wolf, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:53.  A–34,734.
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