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Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers

2008-08-31 · Day game · Comerica Park · Att: 39782 · 87°F, sunny · Wind 6 mph from CF · 2:56

Detroit Tigers defeated Kansas City Royals 4–2. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 6th. Gary Glover earned the win and Fernando Rodney picked up the save. Miguel Cabrera went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Gary Glover L: Kip Wells SV: Fernando Rodney

Umpires — HP: Brian O'Nora · 1B: Paul Nauert · 2B: Tom Hallion · 3B: Kevin Causey · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
David DeJesus	3	1	1	0	1	2
Mike Aviles	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jose Guillen	4	1	1	1	0	1
Billy Butler	4	0	2	0	0	1
Mark Teahen	4	0	0	0	0	2
Miguel Olivo	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ross Gload	4	0	0	0	0	1
Alberto Callaspo	3	0	3	0	1	0
Joey Gathright	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Buck	1	0	0	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Curtis Granderson	3	1	0	0	1	0
Placido Polanco	4	2	1	0	0	0
Magglio Ordonez	3	0	1	0	1	1
Miguel Cabrera	4	1	2	4	0	1
Matt Joyce	4	0	1	0	0	1
Gary Sheffield	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jeff Larish	4	0	0	0	0	3
Ramon Santiago	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dane Sardinha	2	0	1	0	0	0
Brandon Inge	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gil Meche	7.0	5	0	6
Kip Wells	0.1	0	2	0
Ramon Ramirez	0.2	1	1	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Armando Galarraga	7.0	8	1	7
Gary Glover	1.0	0	0	0
Fernando Rodney	1.0	0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

David DeJesus: K
Mike Aviles: S8/L6D
Jose Guillen: 3/P3F
Billy Butler: S9/L4D-.1-3
Mark Teahen: K

Bot 1

Curtis Granderson: 7/F78D+
Placido Polanco: 3/P3F
Magglio Ordonez: K

Top 2

Miguel Olivo: 7/F7LDF+
Ross Gload: 7/F7LD
Alberto Callaspo: S7/L78S
Joey Gathright: 6(1)/FO/G6

Bot 2

Miguel Cabrera: 63/G6S-
Matt Joyce: K
Gary Sheffield: 8/F8LXD+

Top 3

David DeJesus: T9/L3D
Mike Aviles: 9/F9LS
Jose Guillen: K
Billy Butler: WP.3-H
Billy Butler: K

Bot 3

Jeff Larish: K
Ramon Santiago: K
Dane Sardinha: S9/L89S
Curtis Granderson: 5/P5F

Top 4

Mark Teahen: K
Miguel Olivo: 1/BP
Ross Gload: K

Bot 4

Placido Polanco: 63/G6
Magglio Ordonez: S5/G5S-
Miguel Cabrera: K
Matt Joyce: S7/L78S+.1-3
Gary Sheffield: 7/L78S

Top 5

Alberto Callaspo: S7/G6
Joey Gathright: 23/SH/BG23-.1-2
David DeJesus: W
Mike Aviles: 5(2)3/GDP/G5

Bot 5

Jeff Larish: K
Ramon Santiago: 6/P6D
Dane Sardinha: 7/F8LXD

Top 6

Jose Guillen: HR/F7D+
Billy Butler: S9/F89M
Mark Teahen: 8/F8LM
Miguel Olivo: 7/F7LD
Ross Gload: 7/L78M

Bot 6

Curtis Granderson: 7/F7S
Placido Polanco: S8/G6M
Magglio Ordonez: 7/F78M
Miguel Cabrera: HR/F9LD+.1-H
Matt Joyce: 7/F7D

Top 7

Alberto Callaspo: S9/L8RS
Joey Gathright: 13/SH.1-2
David DeJesus: K
Mike Aviles: 2/G2L-

Bot 7

Gary Sheffield: 7/F7D+
Jeff Larish: 9/F9LD
Ramon Santiago: 8/F8LD

Top 8

Jose Guillen: 53/G5+
Billy Butler: 3/G3
Mark Teahen: 43/G4

Bot 8

Brandon Inge: HP
Curtis Granderson: W.1-2
Placido Polanco: 26(2)/FO/BG2R-.1-2
Magglio Ordonez: W.2-3;1-2
Miguel Cabrera: D7/G5.3-H;2-H;1-3
Matt Joyce: 3!/G3+
Gary Sheffield: W
Jeff Larish: K

Top 9

Miguel Olivo: K23
Ross Gload: 6!3/G6
Alberto Callaspo: W
John Buck: DI.1-2
John Buck: K

Notes & reviews

Royals shortstop Mike Aviles left the game due to an injured hand/wrist
Tigers Manager Jim Leyland ejected by 3B umpire Kevin Causey; Leyland argued that shortstop Tony Pena never had control of the ball on the force at third

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