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Detroit Tigers @ Kansas City Royals

1999-06-22 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 14696 · 83°F, cloudy · Wind 12 mph to LF · 2:49

Kansas City Royals defeated Detroit Tigers 4–2. Kansas City Royals put up 2 in the 8th. Jose Rosado earned the win and Scott Service picked up the save. Jeremy Giambi went 2-for-3 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	8
KCA	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2		4	9

W: Jose Rosado L: Bryce Florie SV: Scott Service

Umpires — HP: Greg Kosc · 1B: Dan Morrison · 2B: Ed Hickox · 3B: Larry Barnett · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Luis Polonia	4	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Ausmus	3	1	1	0	1	2
Juan Encarnacion	4	0	1	0	0	2
Dean Palmer	4	1	1	1	0	0
Tony Clark	4	0	1	0	0	1
Damion Easley	4	0	2	1	0	1
Bobby Higginson	3	0	1	0	1	0
Gabe Kapler	4	0	0	0	0	0
Deivi Cruz	3	0	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Scott Pose	3	0	0	0	1	1
Joe Randa	4	0	2	0	0	0
Johnny Damon	4	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Sweeney	4	2	1	0	0	0
Jermaine Dye	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jeremy Giambi	3	0	2	3	0	0
Chad Kreuter	3	0	0	1	0	1
Carlos Febles	3	0	1	0	0	0
Rey Sanchez	3	0	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jeff Weaver	7.0	6	1	2
Bryce Florie	1.0	3	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Rosado	8.0	8	1	4
Scott Service	1.0	0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Luis Polonia: 63/G6MS
Brad Ausmus: D8/F78XD
Juan Encarnacion: S7/G56.2-3
Dean Palmer: 54(1)/FO/G56.3-H
Tony Clark: 54(1)/FO/G56

Bot 1

Scott Pose: 9/L9M
Joe Randa: S9/L89S
Johnny Damon: 54(1)/FO/G56S
Mike Sweeney: 9/F9D

Top 2

Damion Easley: 9/F89XD
Bobby Higginson: 31/G34S
Gabe Kapler: 6/P56

Bot 2

Jermaine Dye: D9/L9LS
Jeremy Giambi: S8/G4M.2-H
Chad Kreuter: K
Carlos Febles: 53/SH/BG56S.1-2
Rey Sanchez: 63/G6

Top 3

Deivi Cruz: S5/G5S
Luis Polonia: 54(1)3/GDP/G56S
Brad Ausmus: W
Juan Encarnacion: K

Bot 3

Scott Pose: 13/G15
Joe Randa: 8/F8RS
Johnny Damon: 4/P8RS

Top 4

Dean Palmer: D8/F8RXD
Tony Clark: 43/G4S.2-3
Damion Easley: S9/L9S.3-H
Bobby Higginson: S7/L6D.1-2
Gabe Kapler: 64(1)/FO/G6.2-3
Deivi Cruz: 9/F9LMF

Bot 4

Mike Sweeney: D8/L89D
Jermaine Dye: 43/G4S.2-3
Jeremy Giambi: 8/SF/F8RXD.3-H
Chad Kreuter: 8/F8RM

Top 5

Luis Polonia: 3/G3
Brad Ausmus: K
Juan Encarnacion: K

Bot 5

Carlos Febles: S9/L9LS
Rey Sanchez: SB2
Rey Sanchez: 13/G13
Scott Pose: W
Joe Randa: 4(B)6(2)/LDP/L4

Top 6

Dean Palmer: 63/G6M
Tony Clark: S7/G56
Damion Easley: D7/L7LS.1XH(762)
Bobby Higginson: 43/G4MS

Bot 6

Johnny Damon: 9/L9M
Mike Sweeney: 9/F89D
Jermaine Dye: 9/F9M

Top 7

Gabe Kapler: 3/G3
Deivi Cruz: 9/F89D
Luis Polonia: 13/BG15S

Bot 7

Jeremy Giambi: 31/G3S
Chad Kreuter: HP
Carlos Febles: 64(1)/FO/G6S
Rey Sanchez: S8/L8RS.1-2
Scott Pose: K

Top 8

Brad Ausmus: K
Juan Encarnacion: 7/F7S
Dean Palmer: 4/P9S

Bot 8

Joe Randa: S5/G56
Johnny Damon: D7/L78S.1-3
Mike Sweeney: FC6/G6S.3XH(62);2-3
Jermaine Dye: W.1-2
Jeremy Giambi: S7/L56D.3-H;2-3;1-2
Chad Kreuter: 46(1)/FO/G34.3-H;2-3
Carlos Febles: 63/G6MS

Top 9

Tony Clark: K
Damion Easley: K
Bobby Higginson: W
Gabe Kapler: 53/G5L