Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
August 6, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 2011 at Kauffman Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals 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)
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Detroit Tigers 4, Kansas City Royals 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jackson cf 4 0 0 0
Boesch lf 3 1 0 0
Ordonez rf 3 1 0 1
  Kelly 3b 1 0 1 0
Cabrera 1b 5 1 2 1
Martinez dh 4 0 3 2
Peralta ss 4 0 1 0
Guillen 2b 4 0 0 0
Raburn 3b,rf 3 0 1 0
  Dirks ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Avila c 3 1 1 0
Verlander p 0 0 0 0
  Benoit p 0 0 0 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Gordon lf 4 0 0 0
Cabrera cf 1 0 0 0
  Maier ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Butler dh 4 0 0 0
Hosmer 1b 3 1 1 0
Francoeur rf 4 2 2 1
Giavotella 2b 4 0 1 0
Pena c 3 0 1 1
Moustakas 3b 2 0 0 0
Escobar ss 3 0 0 0
Duffy p 0 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
  Collins p 0 0 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 5 2
Detroit 201 000 100491
Kansas City 000 010 200350
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Verlander  W(16-5) 7.0 5 3 3 2 8
  Benoit   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Valverde  SV(32) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
3
10
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Duffy  L(3-5) 5.0 5 3 3 3 4
  Wood   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Collins   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Holland   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
5

  E–Raburn (11).  DP–Detroit 1. Peralta-Guillen-Cabrera, Kansas City 1. Giavotella-Escobar-Hosmer.  2B–Detroit Cabrera 2 (29,off Duffy 2); Raburn (16,off Duffy); Peralta (21,off Collins), Kansas City Francoeur (30,off Verlander); Pena (11,off Verlander).  HR–Kansas City Francoeur (15,5th inning off Verlander 0 on 0 out).  SH–Jackson (10,off Wood).  Team LOB–9.  Team–3.  CS–Hosmer (3,3rd base by Verlander/Avila).  U-HP–Alan Porter, 1B–Rob Drake, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Bruce Dreckman.  T–2:58.  A–25,818.
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