KC 7 vs. DET 6

BOXSCORE: 2011 Kansas City Royals At 2011 Detroit Tigers            4/21/2011
 
  Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Gordon LF         5  2  3  1 .269     A.Jackson CF        3  2  0  0 .167  
  M.Cabrera CF        4  1  1  0 .148     R.Raburn RF         3  0  1  0 .250  
  B.Butler DH         5  0  2  1 .310   A-D.Kelly PH,RF       2  0  1  0 .313  
  E.Hosmer 1B         5  2  2  1 .259     M.Cabrera 1B        4  0  1  1 .364  
  J.Francoeur RF      5  0  2  1 .296     J.Peralta SS        4  0  0  0 .130  
  M.Moustakas 3B      3  0  0  0 .296     A.Avila C           2  0  0  0 .474  
  B.Pena C            4  0  3  1 .238     V.Martinez DH       4  0  1  0 .320  
  C.Getz 2B           4  0  0  0 .182     D.Young LF          4  0  1  0 .222  
  A.Escobar SS        3  0  0  0 .080     B.Inge 3B           4  0  1  0 .300  
                                          W.Betemit 2B        3  0  1  0 .294  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38  5 13  5                 Totals      33  2  7  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Raburn In 7th Inning
 
INJURY: Max Scherzer INJURED (for 0 more games) in 5th inning
 
Royals.......... 3 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 1  -  5 13  1
Tigers.......... 1 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  7  2
 
Royals (4-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Francis WIN(1-1)        6       6   2   2   2   1   0  93   3.55
B.Wood HOLD(1st)          0 1/3   1   0   0   2   0   0  18   0.00
G.Holland HOLD(1st)       1 2/3   0   0   0   1   2   0  23   2.25
J.Soria SAVE(2nd)         1       0   0   0   0   2   0   8   0.00
Totals                    9       7   2   2   5   5   0
 
Tigers (2-4)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Scherzer LOSS(0-2)      4 2/3   6   3   3   1   4   1  80   7.84
P.Coke                    3 1/3   4   1   1   2   3   0  61   2.70
R.Perry                   1       3   1   1   0   0   0  17   2.08
Totals                    9      13   5   5   3   7   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 21,372 DATE-  TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Jim Reynolds, Mike Dimuro, Andy Fletcher, Tim Welke
T- 2:54
LEFT ON BASE- Royals: 9  Tigers: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 2  Tigers: 1
ERRORS- E.Hosmer, D.Young, W.Betemit
DOUBLES- B.Butler(4th), E.Hosmer(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.Gordon(2nd)
RBIs- A.Gordon(2nd), B.Butler(6th), E.Hosmer(3rd), J.Francoeur(3rd),
      B.Pena(2nd), M.Cabrera(4th)
STOLEN BASES- A.Escobar(2nd)
WALKS- M.Cabrera, M.Moustakas, A.Escobar, A.Jackson-2, A.Avila-2, W.Betemit
STRIKE OUTS- A.Gordon, M.Cabrera, B.Butler-2, C.Getz-2, A.Escobar, A.Jackson,
             M.Cabrera, A.Avila, V.Martinez, W.Betemit
GIDP- C.Getz, M.Cabrera, B.Inge
2-out RBI- M.Cabrera
RLISP 2-out- C.Getz, W.Betemit, B.Butler, J.Peralta-2, B.Inge, J.Francoeur
 
The Kansas City Royals bested the Detroit Tigers by a 5 to 2 score at Comerica
Park.
 
Jeff Francis(1-1) contributed a pedestrian performance to earn the win.  He
went 6 innings and surrended up 6 hits and 2 walks lowering his ERA from 4.05
to 3.55.  Joakim Soria earned the save with a perfect ninth, his 2nd save.
 
Max Scherzer(0-2) was the loser.  He surrendered 6 hits and 1 walk in 4 and
2/3 innings.