Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
August 7, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 2011 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 3, Kansas City Royals 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jackson cf 4 1 1 1
Boesch lf 4 0 0 0
Raburn 3b 4 0 1 0
Cabrera 1b 4 0 2 1
Ordonez dh 4 0 0 0
Guillen 2b 4 0 1 0
Peralta ss 4 0 2 0
Avila c 4 1 2 0
Dirks rf 3 1 1 1
Scherzer p 0 0 0 0
  Below p 0 0 0 0
  Alburquerque p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Gordon lf 3 0 0 0
  Cabrera lf 0 0 0 0
Giavotella 2b 4 2 2 1
Butler dh 4 0 0 1
Hosmer 1b 3 1 1 0
Francoeur rf 3 0 1 0
Maier cf 3 1 1 1
Pena c 3 0 1 1
Moustakas 3b 3 0 0 0
Escobar ss 3 0 0 0
Chen p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
  Soria p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 6 4
Detroit 000 003 0003100
Kansas City 000 310 00x460
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Scherzer  L(11-7) 5.0 6 4 4 1 5
  Below   2.1 0 0 0 0 4
  Alburquerque   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
1
10
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Chen  W(6-5) 5.0 5 3 3 0 5
  Coleman   2.0 3 0 0 0 0
  Holland   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Soria  SV(21) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
0
7

  E–None.  2B–Detroit Dirks (7,off Chen); Jackson (16,off Chen); Cabrera (30,off Coleman), Kansas City Francoeur (31,off Scherzer); Giavotella (2,off Scherzer).  3B–Kansas City Maier (2,off Scherzer).  HR–Kansas City Giavotella (1,5th inning off Scherzer 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  Team–2.  U-HP–Rob Drake, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Bruce Dreckman, 3B–Alan Porter.  T–2:32.  A–20,132.
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