Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
July 7, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 2012 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 7, Detroit Tigers 8

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Gordon lf 4 1 2 0
Escobar ss 4 3 3 0
Hosmer 1b 3 2 1 0
Butler dh 5 0 3 3
  Bourgeois pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Betancourt 2b 4 0 0 1
Moustakas 3b 4 1 2 3
Francoeur rf 4 0 0 0
Perez c 4 0 0 0
Dyson cf 4 0 0 0
Chen p 0 0 0 0
  Adcock p 0 0 0 0
  Collins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jackson cf 5 1 3 1
Berry lf 4 0 1 0
Cabrera 3b 3 1 0 1
Fielder 1b 2 1 1 2
Young dh 4 1 1 2
Raburn rf 4 0 0 0
  Kelly rf 0 0 0 0
Peralta ss 4 1 1 0
Santiago 2b 3 2 2 0
Laird c 3 1 3 1
Fister p 0 0 0 0
  Downs p 0 0 0 0
  Villarreal p 0 0 0 0
  Coke p 0 0 0 0
  Benoit p 0 0 0 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 12 7
Kansas City 200 010 1037112
Detroit 230 100 20x8120
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Chen  L(7-8) 3.1 9 6 6 2 3
  Adcock   4.1 3 2 0 2 3
  Collins   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
0
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Fister  W(2-6) 6.0 8 4 4 3 2
  Downs   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Villarreal   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Coke   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Benoit   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Valverde   1.0 2 3 3 2 1
Totals
9.0
2
3
3
2
1

  E–Moustakas (9), Dyson (6).  DP–Kansas City 1. Francoeur-Hosmer-Moustakas.  2B–Kansas City Gordon (26,off Fister); Escobar (21,off Valverde), Detroit Santiago 2 (7,off Chen 2); Laird 2 (6,off Chen,off Adcock).  HR–Kansas City Moustakas (15,5th inning off Fister 0 on 2 out), Detroit Fielder (14,1st inning off Chen 1 on 2 out); D. Young (9,7th inning off Adcock 1 on 2 out).  SF–Betancourt (3,off Villarreal); Moustakas (2,off Valverde); Cabrera (3,off Adcock).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Berry (3,off Chen).  Team–6.  SB–Escobar (13,2nd base off Villarreal/Laird); Bourgeois (2,2nd base off Valverde/Laird).  U-HP–CB Bucknor, 1B–Bill Miller, 2B–Vic Carapazza, 3B–Dan Iassogna.  T–3:00.  A–39,392.
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