Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
July 6, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 2009 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 4, Detroit Tigers 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus lf 2 1 0 0
Bloomquist ss,rf 4 1 3 3
Butler 1b 4 0 0 0
Teahen 3b 4 0 1 0
Guillen rf 4 0 2 0
  Pena ss 0 0 0 0
Jacobs dh 4 1 1 1
Callaspo 2b 4 0 0 0
Olivo c 4 1 2 0
Maier cf 4 0 0 0
Meche p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Colon p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 5 0 1 0
Polanco 2b 3 0 1 0
Cabrera 1b 4 0 1 0
Thames dh 3 1 1 1
  Anderson pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Raburn lf 4 1 2 2
Inge 3b 3 0 0 0
Ordonez rf 2 0 0 0
Laird c 3 0 1 0
Everett ss 3 0 0 0
  Santiago ph 1 0 0 0
Galarraga p 0 0 0 0
  Zumaya p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Kansas City 000 001 021490
Detroit 010 001 010370
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Meche   5.2 5 2 2 5 5
  Cruz   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Colon  W(1-0) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Soria  SV(13) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
6
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Galarraga   7.0 5 1 1 1 7
  Zumaya   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Rodney  L(0-2) 1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
9

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 3. Callaspo-Bloomquist-Butler, Bloomquist-Callaspo-Butler, Bloomquist-Butler.  2B–Detroit Raburn (7,off Colon).  3B–Kansas City Bloomquist (6,off Zumaya).  HR–Kansas City Bloomquist (2,6th inning off Galarraga 0 on 2 out); Jacobs (11,9th inning off Rodney 0 on 1 out), Detroit Thames (7,2nd inning off Meche 0 on 0 out); Raburn (6,6th inning off Meche 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  Team–7.  CS–DeJesus (3,2nd base by Galarraga/Laird).  U-HP–Brian O'Nora, 1B–Fieldin Culbreth, 2B–Adrian Johnson, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–2:53.  A–32,134.
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