Kansas City Royals vs. Detroit Tigers - Box Score - April 18, 2007 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 18, 2007

Final in 10

Series: Game 3 of 3

Detroit won 2-1

Game 1: Monday, April 16
Kansas City	5	Final
Detroit	12	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, April 17
Kansas City	6	Final
Detroit	7	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, April 18
Kansas City	4	Final in 10
Detroit	3	Final in 10
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Royals 4

(4-11, 2-7 away)

Tigers 3

(9-6, 3-2 home)

Alerts

1:05 PM ET, April 18, 2007

Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
KC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	4	6	1
DET	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	8	0

W: J. Soria (1-0)

L: F. Rodney (1-3)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
D DeJesus CF	4	1	0	0	1	1	1	.339
E German 2B	4	1	1	0	1	1	1	.273
M Teahen RF	5	1	1	1	0	1	2	.200
M Sweeney DH	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.195
R Sanders PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.391
R Gload 1B	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	.296
A Gordon 3B	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	.125
E Brown LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167
J Buck C	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.440
T Pena SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	.189
Totals	36	4	6	4	3	7	10
BATTING 2B: E German (2, J Bonderman); M Teahen (2, T Jones) HR: J Buck (3, 10th inning off F Rodney 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: M Sweeney (3), M Teahen (4), R Gload (2), J Buck (4) Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: D DeJesus 1, E Brown 1 Team LOB: 5
FIELDING E: A Gordon (3, throw) DP: 1 (T Pena-R Gload).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
G Meche	8.0	6	3	0	3	6	0	111-69	2.22
J Soria (W, 2-3)	2.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	31-21	3.24
Totals	10.0	8	3	0	3	10	0	142-90
PITCHING IBB: C Guillen (By G Meche) Batters faced: G Meche 32; J Soria 8 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: G Meche 7-10; J Soria 2-0 Game Scores: G Meche 67

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
C Granderson CF	5	1	3	0	0	1	1	.305
P Polanco 2B	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	.381
G Sheffield DH	5	0	0	0	0	1	5	.132
C Guillen SS	4	0	1	0	1	2	3	.255
S Casey 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.176
C Monroe LF	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	.212
M Thames RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.182
a-O Infante PH-RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.375
M Rabelo C	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	.000
b-I Rodriguez PH-C	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.293
B Inge 3B	3	1	0	0	1	2	2	.111
Totals	37	3	8	2	3	10	20
a-bunted into fielder's choice to pitcher for M Thames in the 9th b-struck out swinging for M Rabelo in the 9th
BATTING 2B: C Granderson (5, G Meche) RBI: C Monroe 2 (11) 2-out RBI: C Monroe 2 GIDP: C Guillen Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: P Polanco 1, M Thames 1 Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING CS: C Guillen (3, 2nd base by G Meche/J Buck)

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Bonderman	7.0	3	1	1	0	6	0	86-56	2.25
J Zumaya (H, 7)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7-5	0.90
T Jones (B, 6)	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	26-15	2.16
F Rodney (L, 2-6)	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	14-7	7.71
Totals	10.0	6	4	4	3	7	1	133-83
PITCHING WP: J Bonderman Batters faced: J Bonderman 24; J Zumaya 3; T Jones 7; F Rodney 5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Bonderman 5-10; J Zumaya 1-2; T Jones 3-0; F Rodney 2-0 Game Scores: J Bonderman 73

Scoring Summary

			KC	DET
	6th	P Polanco grounded into fielder's choice to third, B Inge scored on throwing error by third baseman A Gordon, C Granderson safe at third on throwing error by third baseman A Gordon.	0	1
	6th	C Monroe singled to left, C Granderson and P Polanco scored, C Guillen to second.	0	3
	7th	M Sweeney singled to deep center, E German scored.	1	3
	9th	M Teahen doubled to right center, D DeJesus scored.	2	3
	9th	R Gload grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, M Teahen scored, R Sanders out at second.	3	3
	10th	J Buck homered to left.	4	3
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