| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|
| Detroit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| Detroit Tigers |
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|
| Austin Jackson, CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .200 |
| Johnny Damon, LF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Don Kelly, LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Magglio Ordonez, RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 |
| Miguel Cabrera, 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Carlos Guillen, DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Brandon Inge, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Gerald Laird, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Scott Sizemore, 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Adam Everett, SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Ramon Santiago, ph,6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Totals | 39 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
Batting
Doubles - Jackson, Damon, Ordonez, Inge
Grounded into DP - Inge
Team LOB - 6
Fielding
Errors - Santiago
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|
| Justin Verlander | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7.20 | 0 | 93-64 |
| Joel Zumaya (W, 1-0) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 12-10 |
| Phil Coke | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 11-7 |
| Ryan Perry (, 0-0) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 11-7 |
| Jose Valverde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 24-15 |
| Kansas City Royals |
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|
| David DeJesus, RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 |
| Scott Podsednik, LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Billy Butler, 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Rick Ankiel, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Jose Guillen, DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Willie Bloomquist, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Yuniesky Betancourt, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Jason Kendall, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Chris Getz, 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
Batting
Home runs - Betancourt
Sacrifices - Podsednik
Stolen Bases - DeJesus, Getz
Team LOB - 7
Fielding
Errors - Bloomquist
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|
| Zack Greinke | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1.50 | 0 | 96-56 |
| Roman Colon | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 10-4 |
| Robinson Tejeda (L, 0-1) | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 81.00 | 0 | 17-13 |
| Juan Cruz | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 | 20-13 |
| John Parrish | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5-3 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6-5 |
GAME NOTES
Pitching notes:
J. Zumaya pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. R. Colon pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Ed Rapuano, First Base Umpire - Fieldin Culbreth, Second Base Umpire - Ron Kulpa, Third Base Umpire - Lance Barksdale
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