Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 5, Detroit 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Marty Foster, 1B - Mark Carlson, 2B - Kerwin Danley, 3B - Wally Bell
Attendance: 10584
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Detroit
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Curtis Granderson CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000
Placido Polanco 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000
Carlos Guillen LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 .000
Miguel Cabrera 1B 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .000
Aubrey Huff DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .000
Clete Thomas RF 4 0 1 0 0 3 3 .000
Brandon Inge 3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .000
Gerald Laird C 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 .000
     Alex Avila PH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000
Ramon Santiago SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000
     Marcus Thames PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Totals 32 1 5 1 3 11 17  
Batting
2B - Carlos Guillen (0), Clete Thomas (0)
TB - Carlos Guillen 2, Aubrey Huff, Clete Thomas 2, Brandon Inge, Ramon Santiago
RBI - Alex Avila (0)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Placido Polanco (0), Carlos Guillen (0), Clete Thomas (0), Brandon Inge (0), Marcus Thames (0)
SF - Alex Avila (0)
Team LOB - 8
Baserunning
SB - Gerald Laird (0, 2nd off Tejeda/Buck)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Justin Verlander (L 0-0) 6.0 6 1 1 3 8 0 0.00
Bobby Seay 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0.00
Fernando Rodney 0.2 2 3 3 1 0 0 0.00
Casey Fien 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
HBP - Mitch Maier (by Seay)
IBB - Alberto Jose Callaspo (by Seay)
Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 112-73, Bobby Seay 24-14, Fernando Rodney 17-8, Casey Fien 5-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 5-5, Bobby Seay 2-0, Fernando Rodney 1-1, Casey Fien 1-0
Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 27, Bobby Seay 6, Fernando Rodney 5, Casey Fien 2
Inherited Runners-Scored - Casey Fien 1-1
Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
David DeJesus LF 5 1 1 1 0 1 2 .000
Mitch Maier CF-RF 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 .000
Billy Butler 1B 5 1 3 2 0 1 1 .000
Mike Jacobs DH 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 .000
     Brayan Pena PH-DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Alberto Jose Callaspo 2B 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 .000
Mark Teahen RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 .000
     Josh Anderson CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
John Buck C 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000
Alex Gordon 3B 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .000
Yuniesky Betancourt SS 3 1 1 0 1 1 3 .000
Totals 33 5 10 5 5 9 17  
Batting
2B - Billy Butler 3 (0), Alex Gordon (0)
TB - David DeJesus, Mitch Maier, Billy Butler 6, Mike Jacobs, Alberto Jose Callaspo, John Buck, Alex Gordon 2, Yuniesky Betancourt
RBI - David DeJesus (0), Mitch Maier (0), Billy Butler 2 (0), Mike Jacobs (0)
2-Out RBI - Billy Butler (0), Mike Jacobs (0)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - David DeJesus (0), Brayan Pena (0), Alberto Jose Callaspo (0), Mark Teahen 2 (0), Yuniesky Betancourt 2 (0)
S - Mitch Maier (0)
Team LOB - 11
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Robinson Tejeda (W 0-0) 6.0 3 0 0 2 8 0 0.00
Kyle Farnsworth (H 0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Jamey Wright 0.1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0.00
Joakim Soria (SV 0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Pitches-Strikes - Robinson Tejeda 98-64, Kyle Farnsworth 25-17, Jamey Wright 17-9, Joakim Soria 11-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Robinson Tejeda 2-8, Kyle Farnsworth 4-0, Jamey Wright 0-0, Joakim Soria 0-2
Batters Faced - Robinson Tejeda 24, Kyle Farnsworth 6, Jamey Wright 4, Joakim Soria 2
Inherited Runners-Scored - Joakim Soria 3-1