Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
September 9, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 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."

"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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 1, Kansas City Royals 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Granderson cf 4 0 0 0
Polanco 2b 4 0 0 0
Guillen lf 3 0 1 0
Cabrera 1b 3 1 0 0
Huff dh 4 0 1 0
Thomas rf 4 0 1 0
Inge 3b 4 0 1 0
Laird c 2 0 0 0
  Avila ph 0 0 0 1
Santiago ss 3 0 1 0
  Thames ph 1 0 0 0
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  Seay p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
  Fien p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus lf 5 1 1 1
Maier cf,rf 3 1 1 1
Butler 1b 5 1 3 2
Jacobs dh 3 0 1 1
  Pena ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Callaspo 2b 2 0 1 0
Teahen rf 3 0 0 0
  Anderson cf 0 0 0 0
Buck c 4 0 1 0
Gordon 3b 3 1 1 0
Betancourt ss 3 1 1 0
Tejeda p 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 5
Detroit 000 000 001150
Kansas City 001 000 13x5100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander  L(16-8) 6.0 6 1 1 3 8
  Seay   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Rodney   0.2 2 3 3 1 0
  Fien   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
5
9
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Tejeda  W(2-1) 6.0 3 0 0 2 8
  Farnsworth   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Wright   0.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Soria  SV(24) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
11

  E–None.  2B–Detroit Thomas (11,off Tejeda); Guillen (7,off Tejeda), Kansas City Butler 3 (45,off Verlander,off Seay,off Fien); Gordon (3,off Rodney).  SF–Avila (1,off Soria).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Maier (6,off Rodney).  HBP–Maier (3,by Seay).  IBB–Callaspo (4,by Seay).  Team–11.  U-HP–Marty Foster, 1B–Mark Carlson, 2B–Kerwin Danley, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–3:08.  A–10,584.
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