Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
May 27, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 2009 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 8, Kansas City Royals 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Anderson lf 5 1 4 1
Polanco 2b 5 1 2 3
Ordonez dh 5 0 1 0
Cabrera 1b 4 1 1 1
Granderson cf 2 2 1 0
Inge 3b 4 0 0 0
Laird c 3 1 0 0
Raburn rf 4 1 2 1
Everett ss 3 1 1 1
Porcello p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Zumaya p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 12 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Maier cf 4 0 0 0
DeJesus lf 4 1 2 0
Butler 1b 4 0 1 1
Guillen rf 4 0 0 0
Jacobs dh 3 0 0 0
Teahen 3b 4 2 3 1
Callaspo 2b 4 0 1 0
Buck c 3 0 0 0
Hernandez ss 4 0 1 1
Davies p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Colon p 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Detroit 020 033 0008120
Kansas City 100 100 100381
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Porcello  W(6-3) 6.0 4 2 2 1 4
  Seay   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Zumaya   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Rodney   1.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
2
9
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Davies  L(2-4) 5.2 10 8 5 2 1
  Ramirez   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Colon   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Cruz   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
5
2
2

  E–Teahen (3).  DP–Detroit 1. Everett-Polanco-Cabrera, Kansas City 2. Callaspo-Hernandez-Butler, Hernandez-Callaspo-Butler.  3B–Kansas City DeJesus (4,off Porcello).  HR–Detroit Cabrera (10,2nd inning off Davies 0 on 0 out); Polanco (1,5th inning off Davies 1 on 1 out), Kansas City Teahen (6,4th inning off Porcello 0 on 2 out).  SH–Laird (1,off Davies); Everett (5,off Davies).  Team LOB–4.  Team–6.  SB–Anderson (10,2nd base off Davies/Buck); Granderson (7,3rd base off Davies/Buck).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Bruce Dreckman, 2B–Paul Emmel, 3B–Angel Campos.  T–2:41.  A–16,568.
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