Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 7, Detroit 5
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Wally Bell, 1B - Marty Foster, 2B - Mark Carlson, 3B - Kerwin Danley
Attendance: 12032
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final123456789XRHE
Detroit 10202000005110
Kansas City 02002021007110
Team Records
 
Team W/L Home Away Streak
Detroit 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1
Kansas City 0-0 0-0 0-0 W2
Recap Quick Hits
  • With this win, the Kansas City Royals have a 0-0 record at home this season. The Detroit Tigers have a 0-0 record on the road.
  • Kansas City has a streak of 2 straight up wins. The Royals have won 0 of their last 10 games.
  • Detroit has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Tigers have won 0 of their last 10 games.
  • Yasuhiko Yabuta pitched 2.1 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 0.00. Joakim Soria closed out the game to get the save and has 0 saves for the season. Bobby Seay took the loss for Detroit.
  • Ryan Raburn had the only homerun for Detroit.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Detroit   Kansas City
Rick Porcello Player Bruce Chen
No Decision W/L No Decision
6.0 IP 4.2
4 Strikeouts 1
7 Hits 7
6.00 ERA 9.64
Hitting
Detroit   Kansas City
Ryan Raburn Player Billy Butler
3 Hits 2
1 RBI 2
1 HR 0
6 TB 3
.750 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Detroit 11 1 17 .314 13 4 5 4 0 0
Kansas City 11 0 16 .355 11 4 7 3 1 0