Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
October 2, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 2012 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)
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Detroit Tigers 2, Kansas City Royals 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Berry cf 4 1 1 0
Santiago 2b 4 0 1 0
Cabrera 3b 3 0 2 2
  Infante 3b 1 0 0 0
Fielder 1b 2 0 0 0
  Garcia pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Young dh 4 0 0 0
Avila c 2 0 0 0
  Holaday c 1 0 0 0
Boesch rf 4 0 0 0
Kelly lf,1b 4 0 1 0
Worth ss 2 1 1 0
Fister p 0 0 0 0
  Putkonen p 0 0 0 0
  Downs p 0 0 0 0
  Villarreal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Dyson cf 4 1 1 0
Escobar ss 4 1 3 2
Gordon lf 3 0 1 0
Butler 1b 2 0 1 0
Perez c 4 0 0 1
Francoeur rf 4 1 2 1
Pena dh 4 0 0 0
Abreu 2b 2 0 0 0
Falu 3b 4 1 1 0
Guthrie p 0 0 0 0
  Bueno p 0 0 0 0
  Herrera p 0 0 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 4
Detroit 002 000 000260
Kansas City 100 020 01x492
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Fister  L(10-10) 4.1 7 3 3 2 2
  Putkonen   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Downs   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Villarreal   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
1
1
1
1
0
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Guthrie  W(5-3) 6.0 5 2 2 3 3
  Bueno   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Herrera   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Holland  SV(16) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–Butler (3), Falu (3).  DP–Detroit 2. Worth-Santiago-Fielder, Santiago-Worth-Kelly, Kansas City 2. Abreu-Escobar-Butler, Abreu-Butler.  HR–Kansas City Escobar (5,1st inning off Fister 0 on 1 out); Francoeur (16,8th inning off Villarreal 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Abreu (1,by Fister).  Team–8.  SB–Escobar (34,2nd base off Downs/Holaday).  U-HP–Brian Knight, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Mark Wegner, 3B–Sam Holbrook.  T–2:34.  A–14,283.
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