Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals - Box Score - September 20, 2011 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 20, 2011

Final

Series: Game 1 of 2

Tigers 2

(89-65, 44-36 away)

Royals 10

(68-87, 40-40 home)

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8:10 PM ET, September 20, 2011

Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	9	1
KC	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	1	-	10	16	2

W: L. Mendoza (1-0)

L: B. Penny (10-11)

Detroit Tigers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Jackson CF	5	0	2	1	0	2	23	.249	.317	.381
D Kelly 3B-1B	5	0	1	0	0	0	16	.234	.276	.349
D Young LF	3	0	0	1	1	1	22	.269	.303	.381
M Cabrera 1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	6	.331	.439	.556
D Worth 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.270	.308	.324
V Martinez DH	2	0	1	0	0	0	8	.325	.376	.459
a-W Rhymes PH-DH	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.228	.322	.266
A Avila C	1	0	0	0	2	0	12	.297	.390	.516
O Santos PR-C	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.222
J Peralta SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	19	.300	.347	.474
A Dirks RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	12	.246	.294	.406
R Santiago 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	7	.266	.317	.398
Totals	34	2	9	2	3	5	132
a-singled to left for V Martinez in the 8th
BATTING 2B: A Dirks (12, L Mendoza); A Jackson (22, L Mendoza) RBI: A Jackson (44), D Young (54) SF: D Young GIDP: J Peralta, A Dirks Tigers RISP: 2-14 (D Kelly 1-3, A Jackson 1-2, R Santiago 0-1, A Dirks 0-2, V Martinez 0-1, M Cabrera 0-1, D Young 0-1, J Peralta 0-3) Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING CS: A Jackson (5, 2nd base by L Mendoza/S Perez)
FIELDING E: D Young (7, dropped foul ball) DP: 3 (M Cabrera, J Peralta-R Santiago-M Cabrera, D Worth-R Santiago-D Kelly).

Detroit Tigers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B Penny (L, 10-11)	4.0	10	7	7	2	1	2	65-37	5.31
D Below	1.0	1	2	2	1	0	1	23-14	4.50
D Pauley	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11-9	2.78
D Schlereth	1.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	23-11	3.40
L Marte	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	19-13	2.45
Totals	8.0	16	10	10	5	3	3	141-84
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: B Penny 11/22; D Below 1/5; D Pauley 4/4; D Schlereth 3/6; L Marte 3/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: B Penny 9-2-7-19; D Below 3-1-6-4; D Pauley 2-1-2-4; D Schlereth 6-0-3-2; L Marte 1-2-5-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Penny 7-3; D Below 2-1; D Pauley 3-0; D Schlereth 1-0; L Marte 2-1 Game Scores: B Penny 13

Kansas City Royals
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Gordon LF	4	1	1	1	1	0	20	.303	.377	.504
M Cabrera CF	5	2	3	1	0	0	14	.305	.337	.470
E Hosmer 1B	5	1	5	3	0	0	12	.300	.343	.474
J Francoeur RF	5	0	1	1	0	0	14	.286	.331	.474
M Moustakas 3B	5	0	1	0	0	0	15	.250	.298	.337
J Giavotella 2B	5	1	1	0	0	1	13	.231	.262	.346
M Maier DH	2	2	0	0	2	2	20	.244	.365	.360
S Perez C	3	2	3	3	1	0	21	.339	.377	.488
A Escobar SS	3	1	1	1	1	0	12	.251	.287	.337
Totals	37	10	16	10	5	3	141
BATTING 2B: M Cabrera (42, L Marte) HR: A Gordon (23, 1st inning off B Penny 0 on, 0 Out); E Hosmer (18, 4th inning off B Penny 2 on, 2 Out); S Perez (2, 5th inning off D Below 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: A Gordon (87), S Perez 3 (15), A Escobar (44), M Cabrera (84), E Hosmer 3 (75), J Francoeur (84) 2-out RBI: M Cabrera, E Hosmer 3, S Perez 2 GIDP: J Francoeur, J Giavotella Royals RISP: 7-14 (S Perez 1-1, A Gordon 0-2, M Moustakas 0-2, A Escobar 1-1, E Hosmer 3-3, M Cabrera 1-1, J Giavotella 0-1, J Francoeur 1-3) Team LOB: 8
FIELDING E: M Moustakas (11, ground ball); J Giavotella (5, ground ball) DP: 2 (M Moustakas-J Giavotella-E Hosmer, A Escobar-J Giavotella-E Hosmer).

Kansas City Royals
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
L Mendoza (W, 1-0)	7.0	6	2	1	3	3	0	102-62	1.29
B Wood	2.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	30-21	3.68
Totals	9.0	9	2	1	3	5	0	132-83
PITCHING WP: B Wood HBP: V Martinez (By L Mendoza) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: L Mendoza 18/31; B Wood 5/8 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: L Mendoza 15-6-17-24; B Wood 3-5-7-6 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L Mendoza 9-8; B Wood 3-1 Game Scores: L Mendoza 59

Scoring Summary

			DET	KC
	1st	A Gordon homered to center (427 feet).	0	1
	4th	S Perez singled to left, J Giavotella scored, M Maier to second.	0	2
	4th	A Escobar singled to left, M Maier scored, S Perez to second.	0	3
	4th	M Cabrera singled to center, S Perez scored, A Escobar to second.	0	4
	4th	E Hosmer homered to left (382 feet), A Escobar and M Cabrera scored.	0	7
	5th	A Jackson doubled to deep left center, A Dirks scored.	1	7
	5th	S Perez homered to right (410 feet), M Maier scored.	1	9
	7th	D Young hit sacrifice fly to right, R Santiago scored.	2	9
	8th	J Francoeur singled to left center, M Cabrera scored, E Hosmer to second.	2	10
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Game Notes

ROYALS DESIGNATED HITTER BILLY BUTLER WAS SCRATCHED FROM THE STARTING LINEUP DUE TO FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS.

Game Information

Stadium	Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Attendance	26,953 (71.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:41
Weather	78 degrees, clear
Wind	5 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Rob Drake, First Base - Bruce Dreckman, Second Base - Gary Darling, Third Base - Paul Emmel