Starting Lineups:
Detroit Tigers Kansas City Royals
1. Granderson cf Aviles ss
2. Polanco 2b German 2b
3. Ordonez rf DeJesus lf
4. Cabrera 1b Guillen rf
5. Guillen 3b Teahen 3b
6. Sheffield dh Butler dh
7. Joyce lf Gload 1b
8. Inge c Buck c
9. Santiago ss Gathright cf
Verlander p Bannister p
TIGERS 1ST: Granderson walked; Polanco flied to left; Ordonez
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Granderson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Aviles singled to right; Aviles was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); German walked; DeJesus struck
out; Guillen flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0,
Royals 0.
TIGERS 2ND: Cabrera homered to right; Guillen doubled to center;
Bannister threw a wild pitch [Guillen to third]; Sheffield
struck out; Joyce grounded out (second to first) [Guillen
scored]; Inge grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Tigers 2, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Teahen struck out; Butler grounded out (second to
first); Gload singled to right; Buck flied to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Royals 0.
TIGERS 3RD: Santiago grounded out (second to first); Granderson
walked; Polanco doubled to center [Granderson scored]; Ordonez
lined to right; Cabrera grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Gathright walked; Aviles singled to third [Gathright
to second]; German grounded out (shortstop to first) [Gathright
to third, Aviles to second]; DeJesus struck out; Guillen flied
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 0.
TIGERS 4TH: Guillen walked; Sheffield struck out; Joyce lined
into a double play to shortstop [Guillen out at first (shortstop
to first)]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Teahen flied to center; Butler flied to center;
Gload singled to left; Buck singled to right [Gload to second];
Gathright grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 3, Royals 0.
TIGERS 5TH: Inge flied to center; Santiago flied to center;
Granderson popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 5TH: Aviles popped to second; German grounded out
(shortstop to first); DeJesus lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Tigers 3, Royals 0.
TIGERS 6TH: Polanco popped to shortstop; Ordonez flied to
center; Cabrera homered to left; Guillen lined to right; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 0.
ROYALS 6TH: Guillen singled to center; Teahen struck out; Butler
singled to left [Guillen to second]; Gload singled to second
[Guillen to third, Butler to second]; Buck was called out on
strikes; Gathright forced Gload (shortstop to second); 0 R, 3 H,
0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 0.
TIGERS 7TH: Sheffield popped to catcher; Joyce doubled to
center; Inge flied to left; Santiago grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 0.
ROYALS 7TH: Aviles grounded out (shortstop to first); German was
called out on strikes; DeJesus walked; GLOVER REPLACED VERLANDER
(PITCHING); Guillen flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 4, Royals 0.
TIGERS 8TH: Granderson flied to center; Polanco grounded out
(shortstop to first); Ordonez flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 0.
ROYALS 8TH: Teahen grounded out (second to first); Butler popped
to third; Gload singled to left; Buck tripled to right [Gload
scored]; Gathright flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers
4, Royals 1.
TIGERS 9TH: WELLS REPLACED BANNISTER (PITCHING); Cabrera
grounded out (shortstop to first); Guillen grounded out (pitcher
to first); Sheffield singled to center; Joyce struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 1.
ROYALS 9TH: RODNEY REPLACED GLOVER (PITCHING); Aviles doubled to
right; German doubled to left [Aviles scored]; DeJesus walked;
Guillen struck out; Teahen struck out; Butler singled to center
[German scored, DeJesus to third]; SMITH RAN FOR BUTLER; DeJesus
was out trying to advance to home (catcher to pitcher); 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Royals 3.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Tigers 4 6 0 3
Royals 3 13 0 12
