Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
September 20, 2010 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 2010 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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Kansas City Royals 5, Detroit Tigers 7

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Blanco cf 4 1 1 0
Aviles 2b 5 0 2 0
Butler dh 5 0 1 0
  Dyson pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Betemit 3b 5 0 3 1
Ka'aihue 1b 4 0 1 0
  Fields ph 1 0 0 0
Pena c 4 1 2 0
Gordon lf 4 1 1 0
Betancourt ss 4 1 4 3
Maier rf 4 1 1 0
Greinke p 0 0 0 0
  Chavez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 16 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Rhymes 2b 5 1 1 2
Damon dh 3 1 1 0
Kelly cf,lf 4 1 1 0
Cabrera 1b 4 1 1 1
Boesch rf 3 1 1 0
  Wells rf 1 0 1 0
Raburn lf 4 0 0 0
  Jackson cf 0 0 0 0
Avila c 4 2 3 3
Inge 3b 3 0 0 0
Santiago ss 4 0 2 1
Porcello p 0 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
  Schlereth p 0 0 0 0
  Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Coke p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 11 7
Kansas City 000 050 0005161
Detroit 013 002 01x7110
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Greinke  L(9-13) 6.0 8 6 5 2 3
  Chavez   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
7
6
2
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Porcello   5.1 12 5 5 0 2
  Thomas  W(6-2) 1.2 2 0 0 1 1
  Schlereth   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Perry   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Coke  SV(2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
5
5
1
7

  E–Betemit (7).  DP–Detroit 1. Rhymes-Santiago-Cabrera.  HR–Kansas City Betancourt (16,5th inning off Porcello 2 on 0 out), Detroit Rhymes (1,6th inning off Greinke 1 on 2 out); Avila (6,8th inning off Chavez 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–9.  Team–6.  CS–Betancourt (2,2nd base by Porcello/Avila); Wells (1,2nd base by Chavez/Pena).  U-HP–Scott Barry, 1B–Jerry Meals, 2B–Dale Scott, 3B–D.J. Reyburn.  T–2:43.  A–24,382.
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