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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Kansas City 00100013005100
Team Records
 
Team W/L Home Away Streak
Detroit 0-0 0-0 0-0 L2
Kansas City 0-0 0-0 0-0 W3
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 3 straight up wins. The Royals have won 0 of their last 10 games.
  • Detroit has a streak of 2 straight up losses. The Tigers have won 0 of their last 10 games.
  • Robinson Tejeda pitched 6.0 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. Justin Verlander took the loss for Detroit.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Detroit   Kansas City
Justin Verlander Player Robinson Tejeda
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 6.0
8 Strikeouts 8
6 Hits 3
1.50 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Detroit   Kansas City
Carlos Guillen Player Billy Butler
1 Hits 3
0 RBI 2
0 HR 0
2 TB 6
.333 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Detroit 5 0 7 .156 17 11 1 3 1 0
Kansas City 10 0 14 .303 17 9 5 5 0 0