Kansas City Royals vs. Detroit Tigers - Box Score - July 08, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Jul 8, 2009

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Detroit won 2-1

Game 1: Monday, July 6
Kansas City	4	Final
Detroit	3	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, July 7
Kansas City	5	Final
Detroit	8	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, July 8
Kansas City	1	Final
Detroit	3	Final
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Royals 1

(36-48, 14-24 away)

Tigers 3

(46-38, 25-12 home)

Alerts

7:05 PM ET, July 8, 2009

Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan

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

W: L. French (1-0)

L: Z. Greinke (10-5)

S: F. Rodney (19)

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
D DeJesus LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	20	.255	.307	.406
W Bloomquist SS-RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	24	.278	.329	.378
B Butler 1B	4	0	3	0	0	1	14	.293	.343	.457
J Guillen DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	13	.246	.320	.375
M Teahen 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	15	.284	.344	.439
M Olivo C	4	0	1	0	0	2	15	.249	.273	.493
A Callaspo 2B	3	1	1	1	0	0	8	.301	.353	.458
R Freel CF	2	0	1	0	1	0	14	.200	.385	.200
M Maier RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	.212	.291	.311
a-B Pena PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.319	.353	.532
T Pena SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.089	.128	.111
Totals	32	1	6	1	1	7	134
a-grounded to second for M Maier in the 7th
BATTING 2B: B Butler 3 (26, L French 3) HR: A Callaspo (6, 7th inning off L French 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: A Callaspo (33) GIDP: B Pena Royals RISP: 0-5 (M Maier 0-1, J Guillen 0-3, M Teahen 0-1) Team LOB: 5

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
Z Greinke (L, 10-5)	6.0	7	3	3	2	9	0	100-61	2.12
J Cruz	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	18-11	4.30
J Bale	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	8-5	6.07
Totals	8.0	7	3	3	2	12	0	126-77
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: Z Greinke 18/27; J Cruz 2/4; J Bale 1/2 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: Z Greinke 16-13-16-16; J Cruz 0-3-7-1; J Bale 1-0-3-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Z Greinke 5-4; J Cruz 0-2; J Bale 1-0 Game Scores: Z Greinke 53

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
C Granderson CF	3	1	0	0	1	1	21	.255	.339	.458
P Polanco 2B	4	1	2	0	0	0	11	.265	.315	.399
M Cabrera 1B	4	0	1	0	0	2	17	.323	.386	.542
M Thames DH	4	0	0	1	0	2	16	.248	.315	.513
C Thomas RF	4	0	1	1	0	1	18	.237	.313	.407
B Inge 3B	3	0	0	0	1	3	18	.264	.360	.500
J Anderson LF	3	1	1	0	0	1	14	.252	.280	.331
G Laird C	3	0	2	0	0	0	3	.243	.328	.367
R Santiago SS	2	0	0	1	0	2	8	.269	.302	.454
Totals	30	3	7	3	2	12	126
BATTING 2B: J Anderson (4, Z Greinke) RBI: M Thames (19), C Thomas (18), R Santiago (25) SF: R Santiago 2-out RBI: C Thomas Tigers RISP: 2-8 (P Polanco 0-1, C Granderson 0-1, J Anderson 0-1, M Thames 0-1, M Cabrera 0-2, C Thomas 1-1, G Laird 1-1) Team LOB: 6
FIELDING DP: 1 (B Inge-P Polanco-M Cabrera).

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
L French (W, 1-0)	6.1	6	1	1	1	2	1	101-64	1.93
F Ni (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8-6	1.50
B Lyon (H, 6)	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	11-7	3.77
F Rodney (S, 19)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14-10	4.03
Totals	9.0	6	1	1	1	7	1	134-87
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: L French 13/26; F Ni 1/2; B Lyon 1/2; F Rodney 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: L French 16-8-18-22; F Ni 1-3-1-1; B Lyon 2-3-2-0; F Rodney 3-3-3-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L French 8-9; F Ni 2-0; B Lyon 0-0; F Rodney 0-1 Game Scores: L French 58

Scoring Summary

			KC	DET
	1st	M Thames grounded out to third, C Granderson scored.	0	1
	1st	C Thomas singled to center, P Polanco scored.	0	2
	2nd	R Santiago hit sacrifice fly to left, J Anderson scored, G Laird to second.	0	3
	7th	A Callaspo homered to left.	1	3
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Game Information

Stadium	Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
Attendance	29,104 (70.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:26
Weather	72 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	4 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Adrian Johnson, First Base - Jim Wolf, Second Base - Brian Onora, Third Base - Fieldin Culbreth