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Detroit Tigers @ Kansas City Royals

2001-08-11 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 26943 · 79°F, sunny · Wind 7 mph from CF · 2:04

Kansas City Royals defeated Detroit Tigers 4–1. Kansas City Royals put up 2 in the 4th. Chris George earned the win and Roberto Hernandez picked up the save. Dave McCarty went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Chris George L: Jose Lima SV: Roberto Hernandez

Umpires — HP: Laz Diaz · 1B: Derryl Cousins · 2B: Joe Brinkman · 3B: Mike Fichter · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Roger Cedeno	4	0	1	1	1
Jose Macias	4	0	0	0	0
Bobby Higginson	4	0	0	0	0
Tony Clark	4	0	0	0	1
Shane Halter	3	0	0	0	1
Damion Easley	3	0	0	0	0
Deivi Cruz	3	0	1	0	1
Juan Encarnacion	3	1	2	0	1
Javier Cardona	2	0	1	0	0
Robert Fick	1	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Carlos Febles	4	0	1	0	0
Neifi Perez	4	0	0	0	0
Carlos Beltran	3	0	1	0	0
Joe Randa	2	1	0	0	1
Raul Ibanez	3	1	1	2	0
Mark Quinn	3	1	1	0	0
Dee Brown	3	0	0	0	0
Dave McCarty	3	1	2	2	0
Brent Mayne	3	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Lima	8.0	6	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Chris George	7.0	3	4
Jason Grimsley	1.0	2	1
Roberto Hernandez	1.0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roger Cedeno: S9/P89S-
Jose Macias: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M
Bobby Higginson: 63/G6

Bot 1

Carlos Febles: 3/P34S
Neifi Perez: 4/P34
Carlos Beltran: S8/G4M+
Joe Randa: 7/F78D

Top 2

Tony Clark: 3/G
Shane Halter: K
Damion Easley: 53/G56S

Bot 2

Raul Ibanez: 4/L4
Mark Quinn: 6/P6
Dee Brown: 43/G4

Top 3

Deivi Cruz: K
Juan Encarnacion: D8/L8LXD+
Javier Cardona: S7/L7M+.2-3
Roger Cedeno: 64(1)/FO/G56.3-H
Jose Macias: 46(1)/FO/G6M

Bot 3

Dave McCarty: 53/G56
Brent Mayne: 9/F9D+
Carlos Febles: 9/L89XD+

Top 4

Bobby Higginson: 8/F8RD
Tony Clark: 3/FL/P3DF
Shane Halter: 43/G4

Bot 4

Neifi Perez: 4/P34D
Carlos Beltran: HP
Joe Randa: CS2(24)
Joe Randa: W
Raul Ibanez: HR/F9LD+.1-H
Mark Quinn: 6/P6D

Top 5

Damion Easley: 7/L7D+
Deivi Cruz: 3/P3D-
Juan Encarnacion: K/C

Bot 5

Dee Brown: 7/F78XD+
Dave McCarty: S/G56
Brent Mayne: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 6

Javier Cardona: 63/G6
Roger Cedeno: K
Jose Macias: 9/L89D+

Bot 6

Carlos Febles: S8/L8RM+
Neifi Perez: 9/F89XD
Carlos Beltran: 3/G3-.1-2
Joe Randa: 13/G13

Top 7

Bobby Higginson: 1/L15+
Tony Clark: 8/F8LXD
Shane Halter: 4/P4D

Bot 7

Raul Ibanez: 7/F7D
Mark Quinn: S8/P8RS
Dee Brown: 7/F7D
Dave McCarty: HR/F7D+.1-H
Brent Mayne: 43/G4

Top 8

Damion Easley: 63/G6
Deivi Cruz: S/L6D+
Juan Encarnacion: D9/L3D.1-3
Robert Fick: K
Roger Cedeno: 1/G3S-

Bot 8

Carlos Febles: 8/F8RD
Neifi Perez: 9/L9D+
Carlos Beltran: 13/G13+

Top 9

Jose Macias: 5/FL
Bobby Higginson: 3/L3
Tony Clark: K

Notes & reviews

and again the mystery switch for Halter and Cruz

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