Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
July 7, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 2009 at Comerica Park. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 5, Detroit Tigers 8

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus lf 5 0 3 3
Bloomquist ss,rf 4 0 1 0
Butler 1b 5 1 2 1
Teahen 3b 4 1 0 0
Guillen rf 3 1 2 1
  Pena T. pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Jacobs dh 3 0 0 0
  Pena B. ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Callaspo 2b 3 1 1 0
Olivo c 4 0 0 0
Freel cf 3 1 1 0
Chen p 0 0 0 0
  Tejeda p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Mahay p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 5 0 2 0
Polanco 2b 5 2 3 4
Cabrera 1b 2 2 1 1
Thames dh 4 1 1 3
Raburn lf 3 0 0 0
Inge 3b 3 0 1 0
Ordonez rf 4 0 0 0
  Anderson rf 0 0 0 0
Laird c 3 1 0 0
Everett ss 2 2 0 0
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  Lyon p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Zumaya p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 8 8 8
Kansas City 030 002 0005100
Detroit 102 041 00x882
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Chen  L(0-3) 4.2 4 7 7 5 3
  Tejeda   0.2 2 1 1 1 2
  Wright   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Mahay   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
8
8
6
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander  W(9-4) 6.0 7 5 3 0 11
  Lyon   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Seay   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Zumaya   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Rodney  SV(18) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
3
3
15

  E–Inge (9), Laird (2).  DP–Kansas City 1. Teahen-Callaspo-Butler, Detroit 2. Laird-Polanco, Polanco-Everett-Cabrera.  2B–Kansas City Butler (23,off Verlander); DeJesus (17,off Verlander).  HR–Kansas City Butler (8,6th inning off Verlander 0 on 0 out), Detroit Cabrera (17,1st inning off Chen 0 on 2 out); Polanco (6,3rd inning off Chen 1 on 2 out); Thames (8,5th inning off Chen 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Inge (9,by Tejeda).  IBB–Cabrera (5,by Chen).  Team–6.  CS–DeJesus (4,2nd base by Verlander/Laird).  U-HP–Fieldin Culbreth, 1B–Adrian Johnson, 2B–Jim Wolf, 3B–Brian O'Nora.  T–3:03.  A–29,751.
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