Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
October 1, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 1, 2012 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."

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Detroit Tigers 6, Kansas City Royals 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jackson cf 5 0 0 0
Infante 2b 5 0 0 0
Cabrera 3b 5 1 4 1
Fielder 1b 5 1 4 0
Young dh 5 0 0 0
Peralta ss 4 2 1 1
Dirks lf 4 1 2 0
Garcia rf 3 1 1 0
Laird c 4 0 2 3
Porcello p 0 0 0 0
  Alburquerque p 0 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Benoit p 0 0 0 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 14 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Dyson dh 3 0 0 0
  Pena ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Escobar ss 5 0 1 0
Gordon lf 4 2 2 1
Butler 1b 4 1 1 0
Perez c 3 0 2 0
Moustakas 3b 2 0 0 0
  Abreu 3b 0 0 0 0
Francoeur rf 4 0 1 1
Lough cf 4 0 1 0
Falu 2b 3 0 1 0
Chen p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Mazzaro p 0 0 0 0
  Hottovy p 0 0 0 0
  Crow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 2
Detroit 000 015 0006141
Kansas City 000 002 010391
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Porcello  W(10-12) 5.0 4 1 1 3 3
  Alburquerque   1.0 1 1 1 2 1
  Dotel   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Benoit   1.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Valverde  SV(35) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
0
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Chen  L(11-14) 5.2 10 6 2 1 3
  Coleman   2.1 2 0 0 0 4
  Mazzaro   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Hottovy   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Crow   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0

  E–Laird (4), Lough (1).  DP–Detroit 2. Infante-Peralta-Fielder, Peralta-Infante-Fielder, Kansas City 1. Escobar-Falu-Butler.  2B–Detroit Fielder (33,off Chen); Laird (8,off Chen), Kansas City Butler (32,off Alburquerque).  HR–Detroit Peralta (13,5th inning off Chen 0 on 1 out); Cabrera (44,6th inning off Chen 0 on 1 out), Kansas City Gordon (14,6th inning off Porcello 0 on 0 out).  IBB–Garcia (1,by Chen).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  SB–Escobar (33,2nd base off Porcello/Laird).  U-HP–Sam Holbrook, 1B–Brian Knight, 2B–Mike Winters, 3B–Mark Wegner.  T–2:55.  A–15,312.
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