Final
Detroit won 2-1
| Game 1: Monday, July 6 | ||
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| Kansas City | 4 | Final |
| Detroit | 3 | |
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| Game 2: Tuesday, July 7 | ||
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| Kansas City | 5 | Final |
| Detroit | 8 | |
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| Game 3: Wednesday, July 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City | 1 | Final |
| Detroit | 3 | |
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7:05 PM ET, July 8, 2009
Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Kansas City - Top of 1st | SCORE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Luke French pitching for Detroit | KC | DET | |
| David DeJesus | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), D DeJesus grounded out to second | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Bloomquist | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), Foul, Ball, Foul, W Bloomquist popped out to second | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Butler | Ball, B Butler doubled to deep right center | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Guillen | Ball, Strike (swinging), J Guillen fouled out to first | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | ||
| Zack Greinke pitching for Kansas City | KC | DET | |
| Curtis Granderson | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, C Granderson walked | 0 | 0 |
| Placido Polanco | Ball, P Polanco singled to left, C Granderson to third, P Polanco to second advancing on throw | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Cabrera | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), M Cabrera flied out to right | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Thames | M Thames grounded out to third, C Granderson scored | 0 | 1 |
| Clete Thomas | Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), C Thomas singled to center, P Polanco scored | 0 | 2 |
| Brandon Inge | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), B Inge struck out swinging | 0 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Luke French pitching for Detroit | KC | DET | |
| Mark Teahen | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), M Teahen grounded out to pitcher | 0 | 2 |
| Miguel Olivo | Strike (looking), M Olivo singled to left | 0 | 2 |
| Alberto Callaspo | Ball, Strike (foul), A Callaspo flied out to center | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Freel | Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, Foul, Ball, R Freel walked, M Olivo to second | 0 | 2 |
| Mitch Maier | Ball, Strike (looking), M Maier flied out to right | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | ||
| Zack Greinke pitching for Kansas City | KC | DET | |
| Josh Anderson | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, J Anderson hit a ground rule double to left | 0 | 2 |
| Gerald Laird | G Laird reached on bunt single to pitcher, J Anderson to third | 0 | 2 |
| Ramon Santiago | R Santiago hit sacrifice fly to left, J Anderson scored, G Laird to second | 0 | 3 |
| Curtis Granderson | Ball, Ball, Ball, C Granderson flied out to right, G Laird to third | 0 | 3 |
| Placido Polanco | Strike (looking), P Polanco grounded out to third | 0 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Luke French pitching for Detroit | KC | DET | |
| David DeJesus | Strike (looking), Ball, D DeJesus grounded out to second | 0 | 3 |
| Willie Bloomquist | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Foul, W Bloomquist grounded out to pitcher | 0 | 3 |
| Billy Butler | Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Ball, B Butler doubled to deep right | 0 | 3 |
| Jose Guillen | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, J Guillen lined out to right | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | ||
| Zack Greinke pitching for Kansas City | KC | DET | |
| Miguel Cabrera | M Cabrera singled to right | 0 | 3 |
| Marcus Thames | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), M Thames struck out swinging | 0 | 3 |
| Clete Thomas | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), C Thomas struck out swinging | 0 | 3 |
| Brandon Inge | Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, B Inge walked, M Cabrera to second | 0 | 3 |
| Josh Anderson | Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), J Anderson struck out swinging | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Luke French pitching for Detroit | KC | DET | |
| Mark Teahen | Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Foul, Strike (swinging), M Teahen struck out swinging | 0 | 3 |
| Miguel Olivo | Strike (swinging), Ball, M Olivo flied out to center | 0 | 3 |
| Alberto Callaspo | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, A Callaspo grounded out to third | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | ||
| Zack Greinke pitching for Kansas City | KC | DET | |
| Gerald Laird | G Laird singled to right | 0 | 3 |
| Ramon Santiago | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), R Santiago struck out swinging | 0 | 3 |
| Curtis Granderson | Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), C Granderson struck out looking | 0 | 3 |
| Placido Polanco | Ball, Strike (looking), P Polanco singled to center, G Laird to third | 0 | 3 |
| Miguel Cabrera | Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), Strike (foul), Foul, Ball, Strike (swinging), M Cabrera struck out swinging | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Luke French pitching for Detroit | KC | DET | |
| Ryan Freel | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Foul, R Freel grounded out to third | 0 | 3 |
| Mitch Maier | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, M Maier popped out to shortstop | 0 | 3 |
| David DeJesus | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, D DeJesus grounded out to first | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | ||
| Zack Greinke pitching for Kansas City | KC | DET | |
| Marcus Thames | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Foul, M Thames grounded out to third | 0 | 3 |
| Clete Thomas | Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, C Thomas flied out to left | 0 | 3 |
| Brandon Inge | Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), B Inge struck out swinging | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Luke French pitching for Detroit | KC | DET | |
| Willie Bloomquist | Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, W Bloomquist lined out to first | 0 | 3 |
| Billy Butler | Ball, B Butler doubled to deep left | 0 | 3 |
| Jose Guillen | J Guillen flied out to left | 0 | 3 |
| Mark Teahen | Ball, M Teahen grounded out to second | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | ||
| Zack Greinke pitching for Kansas City | KC | DET | |
| Josh Anderson | Ball, Strike (bunted foul), Ball, J Anderson grounded out to first | 0 | 3 |
| Gerald Laird | G Laird grounded out to shortstop | 0 | 3 |
| Ramon Santiago | Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), R Santiago struck out swinging | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Luke French pitching for Detroit | KC | DET | |
| Miguel Olivo | Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Foul, Foul, Strike (swinging), M Olivo struck out swinging | 0 | 3 |
| Alberto Callaspo | A Callaspo homered to left | 1 | 3 |
| Ryan Freel | R Freel singled to center | 1 | 3 |
| Mitch Maier | F Ni relieved L French | 1 | 3 |
| Brayan Pena | B Pena hit for M Maier, Ball, Strike (swinging), B Pena grounded into double play, third to second to first, R Freel out at second | 1 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | ||
| Juan Cruz pitching for Kansas City | KC | DET | |
| W Bloomquist in right field. | 1 | 3 | |
| T Pena at shortstop. | 1 | 3 | |
| J Cruz relieved Z Greinke. | 1 | 3 | |
| Curtis Granderson | Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), Ball, C Granderson flied out to left | 1 | 3 |
| Placido Polanco | Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, P Polanco fouled out to right | 1 | 3 |
| Miguel Cabrera | Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), M Cabrera struck out swinging | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 8th | SCORE | ||
| Fu-Te Ni pitching for Detroit | KC | DET | |
| David DeJesus | Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (swinging), Foul, Strike (swinging), D DeJesus struck out swinging | 1 | 3 |
| Willie Bloomquist | B Lyon relieved F Ni, Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike (swinging), W Bloomquist struck out swinging | 1 | 3 |
| Billy Butler | Ball, Strike (looking), Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), B Butler struck out swinging | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Detroit - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | ||
| Juan Cruz pitching for Kansas City | KC | DET | |
| Marcus Thames | Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (swinging), M Thames struck out swinging | 1 | 3 |
| Clete Thomas | J Bale relieved J Cruz, Strike (foul), Ball, C Thomas grounded out to pitcher | 1 | 3 |
| Brandon Inge | Ball, Ball, Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Strike (looking), B Inge struck out looking | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||
| Kansas City - Top of 9th | SCORE | ||
| Fernando Rodney pitching for Detroit | KC | DET | |
| F Rodney relieved B Lyon. | 1 | 3 | |
| Jose Guillen | Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Foul, J Guillen flied out to center | 1 | 3 |
| Mark Teahen | Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Strike (swinging), M Teahen struck out swinging | 1 | 3 |
| Miguel Olivo | Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, Ball, Strike (swinging), M Olivo struck out swinging | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | |||