Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
September 8, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 2009 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 5, Kansas City Royals 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Raburn cf,lf 4 2 3 1
  Guillen ph 1 0 0 0
Polanco 2b 4 1 2 0
Ordonez rf 4 1 1 0
  Thomas rf 1 0 0 0
Cabrera 1b 3 1 2 0
Thames lf 1 0 1 2
  Granderson pr,cf 2 0 1 0
Huff dh 4 0 1 2
Inge 3b 4 0 0 0
Laird c 2 0 0 0
  Santiago ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Everett ss 3 0 0 0
  Avila ph,c 1 0 0 0
Porcello p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Ni p 0 0 0 0
  Bonderman p 0 0 0 0
  Robertson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 11 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus lf 4 1 1 1
Maier rf,cf 4 2 1 1
Butler 1b 3 0 2 2
Jacobs dh 3 1 2 1
Callaspo 2b 3 1 1 0
Teahen 3b 4 0 0 0
Pena c 4 0 1 1
Betancourt ss 3 1 1 1
Anderson cf 2 1 1 0
  Bloomquist ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Chen p 0 0 0 0
  Yabuta p 0 0 0 0
  Colon p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 11 7
Detroit 102 020 0005110
Kansas City 020 020 21x7110
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Porcello   6.0 7 4 4 1 4
  Seay  L(5-3) 0.2 1 2 2 0 0
  Perry   0.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Ni   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bonderman   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Robertson   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
3
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Chen   4.2 7 5 5 4 1
  Yabuta  W(1-1) 2.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Colon   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Soria  SV(23) 1.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
4
4

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1. Callaspo-Betancourt-Butler, Kansas City 1. Callaspo-Betancourt-Butler.  2B–Detroit Cabrera (31,off Chen); Polanco (29,off Chen); Granderson (19,off Yabuta), Kansas City Jacobs (16,off Porcello); B. Pena (10,off Porcello); Butler (42,off Porcello); Anderson (5,off Porcello); Maier (14,off Porcello).  HR–Detroit Raburn (11,3rd inning off Chen 0 on 0 out).  SH–Polanco (6,off Chen); Bloomquist (4,off Seay).  SF–Thames (4,off Chen); Butler (4,off Porcello); DeJesus (5,off Robertson).  IBB–Cabrera 2 (11,by Chen 2).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Maier (2,by Seay).  Team–7.  SB–Bloomquist (20,2nd base off Robertson/Avila); Bloomquist (20,2nd base off Robertson/Avila).  U-HP–Wally Bell, 1B–Marty Foster, 2B–Mark Carlson, 3B–Kerwin Danley.  T–2:53.  A–12,032.
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