KC 1 vs DET 1

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2009 Kansas City Royals At 2009 Detroit Tigers             4/6/2009
 
  Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Dejesus LF        3  1  1  0 .333     C.Granderson CF     4  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Maier CF          3  1  1  0 .333     P.Polanco 2B        3  0  1  0 .333  
  B.Butler 1B         4  1  1  3 .250     M.Cabrera 1B        3  1  2  1 .667  
  M.Jacobs DH         4  0  1  0 .250     C.Guillen DH        4  0  0  0 .000  
  A.Callaspo 2B       4  0  0  0 .000     R.Raburn LF         2  0  1  0 .500  
  M.Teahen RF         4  0  1  0 .250   A-D.Kelly PH,LF       1  0  1  01.000  
  M.Olivo C           3  0  1  0 .333     B.Inge 3B           4  0  0  0 .000  
  A.Gordon 3B         3  0  0  0 .000     M.Ordonez RF        3  0  1  0 .333  
  W.Bloomquist SS     3  0  0  0 .000     G.Laird C           2  0  0  0 .000  
                                        B-J.Anderson PH       1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          R.Santiago SS       3  0  0  0 .000  
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         Totals      31  3  6  3                 Totals      30  1  6  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Raburn In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Laird In 9th Inning
 
Royals.......... 3 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  6  0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  6  0
 
Royals (1-0)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
Z.Greinke WIN(1-0)        8       6   1   1   3   6   1 109   1.13
J.Soria SAVE(1st)         1       0   0   0   1   0   0   9   0.00
Totals                    9       6   1   1   4   6   1
 
Tigers (0-1)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Verlander LOSS(0-1)     9       6   3   3   2  11   1 119   3.00
Totals                    9       6   3   3   2  11   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 37,989 DATE-  TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Jerry Layne, Tony Randazzo, Chris Guccione, Laz Diaz
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- Royals: 3  Tigers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Royals: 3  Tigers: 2
HOME RUNS- B.Butler(1st), M.Cabrera(1st)
WALKS- D.Dejesus, M.Maier, P.Polanco, M.Cabrera, M.Ordonez, G.Laird
HIT BY PITCH- D.Kelly
STRIKE OUTS- D.Dejesus, M.Maier, B.Butler, A.Callaspo, M.Teahen-2, M.Olivo-2,
             A.Gordon-2, W.Bloomquist, P.Polanco, C.Guillen-2, R.Raburn, B.Inge,
             G.Laird
GIDP- B.Butler, A.Callaspo, M.Cabrera, B.Inge, M.Ordonez
 
At Comerica Park, the Detroit faithful were treated to an intriguing pitcher's
duel.  Zack Greinke(1-0) finally bested his Detroit counterpart, Justin
Verlander(0-1), by the score of 3 to 1.
 
Kansas City scored all of the necessary runs in the 1st inning scoring 3
runners on 3 hits.  That early scoring held up.  Neither team managed to
score after the 4th inning.  
 
Joakim Soria was credited with his 1st save. Verlander took the loss.  He
surrendered 6 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings.

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