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Detroit Tigers @ Kansas City Royals

2011-08-06 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 25818 · 92°F, sunny · Wind 6 mph R to L · 2:58

Detroit Tigers defeated Kansas City Royals 4–3. Detroit Tigers put up 2 in the 1st. Justin Verlander earned the win and Jose Valverde picked up the save. Jeff Francoeur went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Justin Verlander L: Danny Duffy SV: Jose Valverde

Umpires — HP: Alan Porter · 1B: Rob Drake · 2B: Gary Darling · 3B: Bruce Dreckman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Austin Jackson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Brennan Boesch	3	1	0	0	2	0
Magglio Ordonez	3	1	0	1	1	1
Miguel Cabrera	5	1	2	1	0	0
Victor Martinez	4	0	3	2	0	0
Jhonny Peralta	4	0	1	0	0	2
Carlos Guillen	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ryan Raburn	3	0	1	0	0	0
Alex Avila	3	1	1	0	1	0
Andy Dirks	1	0	0	0	0	0
Don Kelly	1	0	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alex Gordon	4	0	0	0	0	1
Melky Cabrera	1	0	0	0	0	1
Billy Butler	4	0	0	0	0	1
Eric Hosmer	3	1	1	0	1	1
Jeff Francoeur	4	2	2	1	0	2
Johnny Giavotella	4	0	1	0	0	1
Brayan Pena	3	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Moustakas	2	0	0	0	1	1
Alcides Escobar	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mitch Maier	2	0	0	0	1	2

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Justin Verlander	7.0	5	2	8
Joaquin Benoit	1.0	0	1	0
Jose Valverde	1.0	0	0	2

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny Duffy	5.0	5	3	4
Blake Wood	2.0	1	0	1
Tim Collins	0.1	2	0	0
Greg Holland	1.2	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Austin Jackson: 53/G5
Brennan Boesch: W
Magglio Ordonez: W.1-2
Miguel Cabrera: D9/F89D.2-H;1-3
Victor Martinez: S8/L6MD+.3-H;2-3
Jhonny Peralta: K
Carlos Guillen: K

Bot 1

Alex Gordon: 8!/F8RXD+
Melky Cabrera: K
Billy Butler: K

Top 2

Ryan Raburn: D8/F8RXD+
Alex Avila: 7/F7M
Austin Jackson: K
Brennan Boesch: 3/G34-

Bot 2

Eric Hosmer: W
Jeff Francoeur: K
Johnny Giavotella: S8/G4M+.1-2
Brayan Pena: CS3(156)
Brayan Pena: 6/L6

Top 3

Magglio Ordonez: K
Miguel Cabrera: D9/F9LD+
Victor Martinez: S9/L89M.2-H
Jhonny Peralta: 9/F9M
Carlos Guillen: 54(1)/FO/G56+

Bot 3

Mike Moustakas: 43/G4
Alcides Escobar: 63/G6+
Alex Gordon: 43/G4-

Top 4

Ryan Raburn: 3/F3-
Alex Avila: W
Austin Jackson: 9/F89XD+
Brennan Boesch: 6(1)/FO/G6M+

Bot 4

Mitch Maier: K
Billy Butler: 8/F89XD
Eric Hosmer: 7/F7D+

Top 5

Magglio Ordonez: 63/G6+
Miguel Cabrera: 6/F6-
Victor Martinez: 8/F8RD

Bot 5

Jeff Francoeur: HR/F78XD+
Johnny Giavotella: K
Brayan Pena: 63/G6M
Mike Moustakas: K

Top 6

Jhonny Peralta: K
Carlos Guillen: 43/G4S-
Ryan Raburn: 43/G4M-

Bot 6

Alcides Escobar: 63/G6S-
Alex Gordon: K
Mitch Maier: K

Top 7

Alex Avila: S1
Austin Jackson: FC1/SH.1-2
Brennan Boesch: 13.2-3;1-2
Magglio Ordonez: 13!/G13.3-H;2-3
Miguel Cabrera: 8/F8LD

Bot 7

Billy Butler: 13/G13-
Eric Hosmer: S8/L8LS+
Jeff Francoeur: D9/L3D-.1-H(E9/TH)
Johnny Giavotella: 8/F8LM
Brayan Pena: D8/F8RXD+.2-H
Mike Moustakas: W
Alcides Escobar: 2/F25F-

Top 8

Victor Martinez: S8/L8LM
Jhonny Peralta: D7/L7LM+.1-3
Carlos Guillen: 4/F4M-
Andy Dirks: FC4/G4S.3XH(42);2-3
Alex Avila: 6!3/G56

Bot 8

Alex Gordon: 7/F78D+
Mitch Maier: W
Billy Butler: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 9

Austin Jackson: 8/F8RXD
Brennan Boesch: W
Don Kelly: S8/L8LS-.1-2
Miguel Cabrera: 46(1)3/GDP/G4MS-

Bot 9

Eric Hosmer: K
Jeff Francoeur: K
Johnny Giavotella: 6/F6D-

Notes & reviews

CF Austin Jackson made a leaping catch at the 10 foor CF wall to rob Alex GOrdon of a home run
Royals left fielder Melky Cabrera left the game due to an injured ankle

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