Boxscore: Kansas City vs. Detroit - March 31, 2008

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Monday, March 31, 2008:

Royals 5, Tigers 4

Royals(1-0)

Kansas City at Detroit linescore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
kc (1-0)	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	5	10	0
det (0-1)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	10	1
Gameday Wrap

Tigers(0-1)

Kansas City	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
DeJesus, CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
a-Gathright, PH-CF	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000
Grudzielanek, 2B	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	.750
1-German, E, PR-2B	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000
Gordon, A, 3B	5	1	1	2	0	2	5	.200
Guillen, J, RF	5	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000
Butler, B, DH	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200
Teahen, LF	3	1	1	0	2	0	2	.333
Gload, 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.250
Buck, C	5	1	2	1	0	2	0	.400
Pena, T, SS	5	0	1	1	0	3	2	.200
Totals	42	5	10	5	3	10	18	.238

a-Grounded out for DeJesus in the 3rd.
1-Ran for Grudzielanek in the 10th.

Detroit	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Renteria, SS	5	0	1	1	1	3	1	.200
Polanco, 2B	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000
Sheffield, DH	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	.000
Ordonez, RF	5	0	2	0	0	0	5	.400
Cabrera, M, 3B	5	1	1	1	0	2	3	.200
Guillen, 1B	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	.600
Rodriguez, I, C	5	1	1	0	0	2	1	.200
Jones, Jac, LF	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000
Thomas, C, LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
Inge, CF	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	.333
Totals	40	4	10	4	6	11	18	.250

BATTING
3B: Teahen (1, Lopez, A).
HR: Gordon, A (1, 6th inning off Verlander, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Teahen 3; Butler, B; Grudzielanek 3; Gordon, A 4; Pena, T; Gload; Buck 2.
RBI: Gordon, A 2 (2), Buck (1), Grudzielanek (1), Pena, T (1).
2-out RBI: Grudzielanek; Pena, T.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Guillen, J; Teahen; Gordon, A; Gload; Butler, B; German, E.
SAC: Gload.
Team RISP: 4-for-14.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Grudzielanek (1, 2nd base off Verlander/Rodriguez, I), German, E (1, 2nd base off Bautista/Rodriguez, I).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Guillen, J (Ordonez at home).
DP: (Pena, T-Grudzielanek-Gload).

BATTING
2B: Guillen (1, Meche), Ordonez (1, Meche), Inge (1, Meche), Thomas, C (1, Soria).
HR: Cabrera, M (1, 5th inning off Meche, 0 on, 0 out), Guillen (1, 8th inning off Tomko, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Inge 2; Cabrera, M 4; Guillen 7; Rodriguez, I; Thomas, C 2; Renteria; Ordonez 3.
RBI: Renteria (1), Sheffield (1), Cabrera, M (1), Guillen (1).
2-out RBI: Renteria; Sheffield.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cabrera, M; Polanco 2; Ordonez 2.
SAC: Inge.
GIDP: Ordonez.
Team RISP: 2-for-11.
Team LOB: 10.

FIELDING
E: Cabrera, M (1, throw).
PB: Rodriguez, I (1).
Outfield assists: Inge (Teahen at home).

Kansas City	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Meche	6.0	8	3	3	4	5	1	4.50
Tomko(BS, 1)	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	1	4.50
Oviedo(W, 1-0)	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.00
Soria(S, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Totals	11.0	10	4	4	6	11	2	3.27

Detroit	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Verlander	6.0	4	4	4	1	6	1	6.00
Grilli(BS, 1)	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Seay	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Lopez, A	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Jones, T	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Bautista(L, 0-1)	2.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	4.50
Totals	11.0	10	5	5	3	10	1	4.09

Verlander pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

Game Scores: Meche , Verlander .
HBP: Grudzielanek (by Verlander).
Pitches-strikes: Meche 99-64, Tomko 32-19, Oviedo 26-16, Soria 15-10, Verlander 97-60, Grilli 8-7, Seay 4-3, Lopez, A 11-9, Jones, T 15-10, Bautista 38-25.
Groundouts-flyouts: Meche 4-6, Tomko 3-0, Oviedo 0-1, Soria 2-0, Verlander 7-4, Grilli 1-0, Seay 0-0, Lopez, A 1-2, Jones, T 1-1, Bautista 1-0.
Batters faced: Meche 29, Tomko 7, Oviedo 7, Soria 4, Verlander 25, Grilli 2, Seay 1, Lopez, A 6, Jones, T 3, Bautista 10.
Inherited runners-scored: Grilli 2-1, Seay 2-0, Lopez, A 2-1.
Umpires: HP: Tim Welke. 1B: Chuck Meriwether. 2B: Adrian Johnson. 3B: Bill Welke.
Weather: 51 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 16 mph, In from RF.
T: 3:37.
Att: 44,934.
Venue: Comerica Park.
March 31, 2008
Compiled by MLB Advanced Media