DET 33 vs. KC 34

BOXSCORE: 2012 Detroit Tigers At 2012 Kansas City Royals            6/24/2012
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Jackson CF        5  2  3  0 .293     A.Gordon LF         4  0  0  0 .354  
  A.Dirks LF          4  0  1  0 .376     A.Escobar SS        3  1  1  0 .235  
  M.Cabrera 3B        4  1  2  0 .320   B-C.Getz PR,2B        0  0  0  0 .292  
  P.Fielder 1B        3  1  1  0 .310     E.Hosmer 1B         4  0  0  0 .211  
  B.Boesch DH         3  0  1  1 .364     B.Butler DH         4  2  2  0 .321  
A-D.Young PH,DH       0  0  0  1 .281     S.Perez C           3  1  2  1 .333  
C-D.Kelly PH          1  0  0  0 .222     M.Moustakas 3B      3  1  2  1 .227  
  A.Avila C           5  1  2  0 .265     J.Francoeur RF      4  0  0  1 .212  
  J.Peralta SS        3  0  1  0 .286     J.Dyson CF          3  1  0  0 .287  
  Q.Berry RF          5  0  1  2 .212     I.Falu 2B,SS        4  0  2  3 .400  
  R.Santiago 2B       3  0  0  0 .147                                          
D-R.Raburn PH         1  0  0  0 .231                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  5 12  4                 Totals      32  6  9  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Boesch In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Escobar In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Young In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Santiago In 9th Inning
 
INJURY: Luke Hochevar INJURED (for 0 more games) in 5th inning
INJURY: Alcides Escobar INJURED (for 0 more games) in 7th inning
 
Tigers.......... 1 0 0  0 1 0  3 0 0  -  5 12  0
Royals.......... 0 1 0  0 0 2  0 3    -  6  9  1
 
Tigers (21-12)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Verlander LOSS(5-2)     7 2/3   9   6   6   2   3   0 130   2.92
D.Smyly                   0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   3.98
Totals                    8       9   6   6   2   4   0
 
Royals (12-22)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
L.Hochevar                4 2/3   7   2   2   3   4   0  88   5.45
E.Teaford                 2       4   3   3   2   1   0  49   2.74
K.Herrera WIN(2-2)        1 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0  13   3.18
G.Holland SAVE(4th)       1       1   0   0   2   1   0  20   1.46
Totals                    9      12   5   5   7   7   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 30,317 DATE-  TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Ted Barrett, Brian Runge, Marvin Hudson, Tim McClelland
T- 2:44
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:13  Royals: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  Royals: 2
ERRORS- A.Escobar
DOUBLES- A.Jackson(8th), M.Moustakas(11th), I.Falu(1st)
RBIs- B.Boesch(6th), D.Young(11th), Q.Berry-2(7th), S.Perez(15th),
      M.Moustakas(17th), J.Francoeur(17th), I.Falu-3(5th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Young, M.Moustakas
WALKS- A.Dirks, M.Cabrera, P.Fielder-2, J.Peralta-2, R.Santiago, A.Gordon,
       J.Dyson
HIT BY PITCH- A.Escobar, S.Perez
STRIKE OUTS- A.Jackson-2, B.Boesch, A.Avila-2, Q.Berry-2, A.Gordon, E.Hosmer,
             B.Butler, I.Falu
GIDP- M.Cabrera, P.Fielder
2-out RBI- B.Boesch, Q.Berry-2, I.Falu-3
RLISP 2-out- B.Boesch, R.Santiago-3, I.Falu, A.Avila-2, E.Hosmer, A.Gordon,
             R.Raburn-2
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 3 for 13  Royals: 2 for 8
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Alex Gordon robbed Delmon Young of a Homerun!
          Top 9th: Jarrod Dyson robbed Don Kelly of an extra base hit.
 
Irving Falu had 2 base hits and 3 RBI as the Kansas City Royals topped the
Detroit Tigers by a score of 6 to 5 at Kauffman Stadium.
 
Kansas City had the game winning rally in the 8th inning plating 3 runs
utilizing 3 base hits.  Billy Butler kicked off the action when he singled.
After an out was recorded, Mike Moustakas came to bat and delivered a single.
One out later, Jarrod Dyson then drew a walk to load the bases.  Falu
followed and he doubled.  Alex Gordon was the next batter, but he struck out.
The game was a wild affair with the lead changing hands 5 times.  
 
The win went to Kelvin Herrera(2-2) who allowed no runs in 1 and 1/3 innings.
Greg Holland preserved the game for Herrera, recording his his 4th save.  The
losing pitcher was Justin Verlander(5-2).