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Royals 7

Tigers 3

Final

Kendall comes up big for KC

Jason Kendall knocked in three runs with three hits and Bruce Chen went five-plus innings, allowing two runs on four hits with four strikeouts to earn his second win. David DeJesus had two RBIs as KC had 13 hits.

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Detroit	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Jackson, A, CF	5	0	0	0	0	2	3	.333
Damon, LF	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	.280
Ordonez, RF	4	1	1	0	1	0	3	.313
Cabrera, Mi, 1B	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	.355
Boesch, DH	4	1	2	3	0	2	2	.339
Raburn, 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.176
a-Santiago, PH-2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237
Inge, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.237
Laird, C	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	.154
Everett, SS	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	.185
b-Kelly, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271
Totals	36	3	8	3	3	10	17	.270

a-Flied out for Raburn in the 8th. b-Reached on error for Everett in the 9th.

Kansas City	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Podsednik, LF	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	.300
Kendall, C	3	0	3	3	1	0	0	.293
DeJesus, RF	3	0	1	2	0	1	1	.304
Butler, 1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.332
Guillen, J, DH	4	0	1	0	0	2	4	.244
Callaspo, 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.286
Aviles, 2B-SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.303
Maier, CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.252
Betancourt, Y, SS	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	.283
Getz, 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213
Totals	32	7	13	7	2	3	8	.278

BATTING
2B: Boesch (12, Chen), Damon (16, Chen).
HR: Boesch (5, 6th inning off Farnsworth, 2 on, 0 out).
TB: Damon 3; Ordonez; Cabrera, Mi 2; Boesch 6; Inge.
RBI: Boesch 3 (25).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Laird; Ordonez 2; Damon; Boesch.
Team RISP: 1-for-11.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Ordonez (DeJesus at 2nd base).
DP: (Everett-Raburn).
Pickoffs: Ni, F (Kendall at 1st base).

BATTING
2B: Maier (5, Scherzer).
TB: Podsednik 2; Kendall 3; DeJesus; Butler 2; Guillen, J; Callaspo; Aviles; Maier 2; Betancourt, Y.
RBI: Betancourt, Y (21), Kendall 3 (15), DeJesus 2 (25), Podsednik (18).
2-out RBI: Kendall 3; DeJesus; Podsednik.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Guillen, J.
SF: Betancourt, Y; DeJesus.
Team RISP: 4-for-6.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
CS: Kendall (5, 2nd base by Ni, F/Laird).
PO: Kendall (1st base by Ni, F).

FIELDING
E: Podsednik (2, fielding).

Detroit	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Scherzer(L, 2-5)	5.0	9	5	5	2	3	6.66
Perry	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	5.91
Ni, F	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	2.04
Bonine	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	1.65
Totals	8.0	13	7	7	2	3	4.07

Kansas City	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Chen(W, 2-0)	5.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	2.95
Farnsworth(H, 3)	1.0	2	1	1	0	3	1	2.70
Tejeda	2.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	3.94
Texeira	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.03
Totals	9.0	8	3	3	3	10	1	4.78

Scherzer pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.
Chen pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.

WP: Chen.
Pitches-strikes: Scherzer 85-52, Perry 16-8, Ni, F 3-3, Bonine 19-12, Chen 91-59, Farnsworth 25-15, Tejeda 35-26, Texeira 13-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Scherzer 2-6, Perry 0-1, Ni, F 1-0, Bonine 4-1, Chen 5-4, Farnsworth 0-0, Tejeda 0-3, Texeira 3-1.
Batters faced: Scherzer 24, Perry 5, Ni, F 1, Bonine 6, Chen 22, Farnsworth 5, Tejeda 8, Texeira 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Perry 1-1, Ni, F 1-0, Farnsworth 2-2.
Umpires: HP: Dana DeMuth. 1B: Kerwin Danley. 2B: CB Bucknor. 3B: Doug Eddings.
Weather: 88 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 14 mph, R to L.
T: 2:46.
Att: 21,930.
Compiled by MLB Advanced Media

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