Starting Lineups:
Detroit Tigers Kansas City Royals
1. Granderson cf Costa cf
2. Polanco 2b Grudzielanek 2b
3. Rodriguez c Mientkiewicz 1b
4. Ordonez rf Sanders rf
5. Shelton 1b Guiel dh
6. Monroe lf Brown lf
7. Inge 3b German 3b
8. Thames dh Blanco ss
9. Infante ss Buck c
Verlander p Affeldt p
TIGERS 1ST: Granderson flied to center; Polanco struck out;
Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Costa grounded out (first to pitcher); Grudzielanek
grounded out (shortstop to first); Mientkiewicz popped to third;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Royals 0.
TIGERS 2ND: Ordonez flied to right; Shelton popped to first;
Monroe walked; Inge homered to left [Monroe scored]; Thames
singled to left; Infante singled to center [Thames to second];
Granderson homered to left [Thames scored, Infante scored];
Polanco grounded out (second to first); 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 5, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Sanders struck out; Guiel lined to second; Brown
lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Royals 0.
TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); Ordonez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Shelton flied to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: German grounded out (shortstop to first); Blanco
grounded out (second to first); Buck grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Royals 0.
TIGERS 4TH: Monroe grounded out (shortstop to first); Inge
grounded out (third to first); Thames doubled to right; Infante
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Costa grounded out (second to first); Grudzielanek
singled to right; Mientkiewicz forced Grudzielanek (first to
shortstop); Sanders struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5,
Royals 0.
TIGERS 5TH: Granderson flied to center; Polanco doubled to
right; Rodriguez singled to center [Polanco to third, Rodriguez
to second (error by Costa)]; Ordonez singled to center [Polanco
scored, Rodriguez scored]; Shelton singled to left [Ordonez to
second]; Monroe singled to left [Ordonez scored, Shelton to
second]; Inge grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Monroe out at second]; 3 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 8,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Guiel walked; Brown lined to third; German lined to
first; Guiel was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 8, Royals 0.
TIGERS 6TH: Thames grounded out (third to first); Infante
singled to shortstop; Granderson walked [Infante to second];
Polanco struck out; Rodriguez flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Tigers 8, Royals 0.
ROYALS 6TH: Blanco struck out; Buck grounded out (shortstop to
first); Costa grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Tigers 8, Royals 0.
TIGERS 7TH: NELSON REPLACED AFFELDT (PITCHING); Ordonez singled
to right; Shelton grounded out (second to first) [Ordonez to
second]; Monroe flied to left [Ordonez to third]; Inge walked;
Thames grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 8, Royals 0.
ROYALS 7TH: Grudzielanek popped to second; Mientkiewicz singled
to second; Sanders was called out on strikes; Guiel struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 8, Royals 0.
TIGERS 8TH: SISCO REPLACED NELSON (PITCHING); Infante singled to
left; Granderson flied to left; Polanco struck out; Rodriguez
flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 8, Royals 0.
ROYALS 8TH: Brown singled to left; German struck out; Blanco
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Brown
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 8, Royals 0.
TIGERS 9TH: PERALTA REPLACED SISCO (PITCHING); Ordonez singled
to center; Peralta threw a wild pitch [Ordonez to second];
Shelton struck out; Monroe grounded out (third to first); Inge
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers
8, Royals 0.
ROYALS 9TH: Buck flied to right; Costa singled to left;
Grudzielanek singled to right [Costa to second]; Mientkiewicz
was called out on strikes; Sanders flied to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Tigers 8, Royals 0.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Tigers 8 14 0 8
Royals 0 5 1 4
